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YOUR FIELD INVESTIGATION TABLE

If you don't understand one of the words, try looking it up in the on-line dictionary by clicking on the books below:

Field Investigation Where To Find The Answers

2a) What's the lifecycle of a salmon and where do salmon live? Baby Salmon Pictures
Salmon Life cycle
Life Stage Descriptions
(for those of you keen on EXTRA information!)
salmon pages 1,2,3,5,6

2b) What are some different types of habitat important to salmon? Why is each one important? Fresh Water/Land
Salt Water
(read first paragraph only)

2c) Within each habitat, the kinds and numbers of predators and prey are especially important.What are some of the predators and prey of salmon? Predators and Prey
Ships
salmon sheets 1,2,3,5,6,8
(do the picture search on the back of sheet 3 for EXTRA ideas!)

2d) How do people and their actions impact salmon survival?
(EXTRA food for thought... Bonus Question: Think and write about what actions might affect prey and predation of salmon?)
Problems for Wild Salmon
Problems in the Ocean
Salmon Moving North?
(for tape recording, scroll down to no. 4: "Why Salmon May Move North")
salmon sheets 1,2,3,5,6,8
(do the word game on the back of sheet 1 for EXTRA ideas!)

For EXTRAresearch opportunities, check out the salmon-coloured hints. For example, for EXTRA information on life and life-style of a salmon, look at the life cycle series fact sheets of "Scales and Tales" from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), which your teacher can order:

Salmon Sheets (hand-outs):

   1. Not Eggsactly Exciting
     2. Lunchbags for Little Fish
     3. A Free-Swimming Fry
     4. Pacific Salmon Species
     5. Growing and Changing Fast
     6. Cruising the Ocean
     7. Salmon Anatomy
     8. The Last Lap

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Field Investigation	Where To Find The Answers
2a) What's the lifecycle of a salmon and where do salmon live?	Baby Salmon Pictures Salmon Life cycle Life Stage Descriptions (for those of you keen on EXTRA information!) salmon pages 1,2,3,5,6
2b) What are some different types of habitat important to salmon? Why is each one important?	Fresh Water/Land Salt Water (read first paragraph only)
2c) Within each habitat, the kinds and numbers of predators and prey are especially important.What are some of the predators and prey of salmon?	Predators and Prey Ships salmon sheets 1,2,3,5,6,8 (do the picture search on the back of sheet 3 for EXTRA ideas!)
2d) How do people and their actions impact salmon survival? (EXTRA food for thought... Bonus Question: Think and write about what actions might affect prey and predation of salmon?)	Problems for Wild Salmon Problems in the Ocean Salmon Moving North? (for tape recording, scroll down to no. 4: "Why Salmon May Move North") salmon sheets 1,2,3,5,6,8 (do the word game on the back of sheet 1 for EXTRA ideas!)