{"id":6617,"date":"2021-02-26T16:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2021-03-29T14:10:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:10:40","slug":"sras-fish-friends-first-online-lesson-launched-26feb2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2021\/02\/26\/sras-fish-friends-first-online-lesson-launched-26feb2021\/","title":{"rendered":"SRA&#8217;s Fish Friends first online lesson launched 26Feb2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-12.41.17-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6620\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-12.41.17-PM-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-12.41.17-PM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-12.41.17-PM-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-12.41.17-PM-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-12.41.17-PM.png 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE\u00a0 Mar 29, 2021: 4 lessons now available: <a href=\"https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com\/1-introduction.html\">Introduction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com\/2-watersheds.html\">Watersheds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com\/3-habitat--egg-observation.html\">Habitat &amp; Egg Observation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com\/4-shelter--alevin-observation.html\">Shelter and Alevin Observation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View more at <a href=\"https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com\/\">SACKVILLE RIVERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMVIRTUAL FISH FRIENDS\/RIVER RANGERS 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>Original post<\/em><br \/>\nI just checked out the <a href=\"https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com\/1-introduction.html\">first video lesson<\/a> the SRA\u00a0 (Sackville Rivers Association) has posted in its new online Fish Friend Series series, launched because of\u00a0 limitations on their hands-on programs in Covid times. It is incredibly well done.<\/p>\n<p>The lessons are geared for elementary school children, but I still enjoyed and learned from this first video &#8211; especially about First Nations&#8217; Perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>In the first video (LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students are introduced to the SRA and the work they do<\/li>\n<li>Students are introduced to the concepts of &#8220;Watershed&#8221; and &#8220;Habitat&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Students are introduced to scientific and traditional (Mi&#8217;kmaq) approaches to ecological knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.26.55-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6627\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.26.55-PM-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.26.55-PM-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.26.55-PM-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.26.55-PM.png 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There are a couple of worksheets to print out, one a Trout Outline Drawing for participants to fill in; and the second a &#8220;Reciprocity Worksheet&#8221; &#8211; it asks &#8220;What does the river give us and what can we give in return?&#8221;. Wonderful materials.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations &amp; Thanks SRA!<\/p>\n<p>The message I received from SRA this am gives some further info.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Hello!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Every year Sackville Rivers Association runs two education programs: Fish Friends and River Rangers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.27.20-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6628\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.27.20-PM-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.27.20-PM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.27.20-PM-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-8.27.20-PM.png 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Due to Covid these programs have been temporarily shelved. However, we are pleased to announce our\u00a0free online program\u00a0that combines both Fish Friends and River Rangers. This program is offered in both\u00a0French and English.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We hope to help students develop watershed stewardship through a better understanding of natural habitats and fish life cycles. Each video lesson is 15-30 minutes long and includes additional classroom resources such as art activities and worksheets. Seven main topics are explored over 10 lessons:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 The Mi\u2019kmaq concept of Netukulimk<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Watersheds<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 River and ocean habitats<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Fish life cycles<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Food chains<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Developing observation skills<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Natural and human impacts on the environment<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the first lesson students are introduced to:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 The Sackville Rivers Association and the work we do<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 &#8220;Watersheds&#8221; and &#8220;Habitats&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Scientific and traditional (Mi&#8217;kmaq) approaches to ecological knowledge<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are excited to announce that this lesson is now online at: <a href=\"https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com\">https:\/\/sra-edu.weebly.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Future lesson will become available throughout March, April and May 2021.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also,<br \/>\nView <a href=\"http:\/\/sackvillerivers.ns.ca\/?page_id=146\">past reports on Fish Friends activities<\/a><br \/>\nView <a href=\"http:\/\/sackvillerivers.ns.ca\/?page_id=159\">past reports on River Ranger activities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE\u00a0 Mar 29, 2021: 4 lessons now available: Introduction, Watersheds, Habitat &amp; Egg Observation, Shelter and Alevin Observation View more at SACKVILLE RIVERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMVIRTUAL FISH FRIENDS\/RIVER RANGERS 2021 &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Original post I just checked out the first video &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2021\/02\/26\/sras-fish-friends-first-online-lesson-launched-26feb2021\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","category-watershed"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6754,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions\/6754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}