Teachers guide to virtual resources for the Classroom Aquarium Education Program (AKA Trout in the Classroom)

Tools To Help You Teach (updated)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkuSaMazuvM&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1">Episode 1</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgCjkYcTbEk&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1&amp;index=2">Episode 2</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJnUVAp8xoI&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1&amp;index=3">Episode 3</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtYsmz_DNks&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1&amp;index=4">Episode 4</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt0b_WVFVXU&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1&amp;index=5">Episode 5</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtMamRc89k&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1&amp;index=6">Episode 6</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgHabHQ_5E&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1&amp;index=7">Episode 7</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAloAVt3heo&amp;list=PLf6jU9heYSxNN93P7SvHOGR5Cmc4aMxu1&amp;index=8">Episode 8</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht5ciItmYII&amp;t=620s">Episode 1</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jh4t2wB1pU">Episode 2</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bawhyLe0oEo">Episode 3</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4yT8bkqxfA&amp;t=2s">Episode 4</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLckU-JqNpQ&amp;t=1s">Episode 5</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoOeVusARJs&amp;t=1s">Episode 6</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU2iCCPnm9I&amp;t=3s">Episode 7</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4FGjR6u1L0">Episode 8</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDmD_wpc-rA&amp;t=10s">Episode 9</a>

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Click <a href="https://bookcreator.com">here</a> to go to Book Creator

Book Creator is a simple tool for creating awesome digital books. This book that you are reading was created using Book Creator. CAEP has created the following books for you to use with your students.

Send the <a href="https://padlet.com/catroutintheclassroom/askabiologist2023">link </a>to your students and have them click the plus button to add a question or comment. OR have your students make a list of questions and add them to the pallet. We are excited to answer you and your students questions!

Within the Google Drive you can find <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yER_tiw_yl6npsfRTtwSY3XIfzsLt65U?usp=share_link">K-5 CAEP Trout in the Classroom Lessons</a> created by long term educator Kate Gallagher. These ten lessons take you on a learning journey of what a rainbow trout is to how you can protect rainbow trout habitats.

You can also find CAEP <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j2hhpX0GwZm1sGTKSbDUzLZXYEu4iudt?usp=drive_link">Hyperdoc Lesson Collection</a> for 3rd-5th Graders! This collection of 5 lessons is designed to accompany your journey raising trout in the classroom. They can be used individually or as a group and modified to fit your needs.

Topics include: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15Lqdz1fi7qcKflQej9HIPLONGPZhE3e7?usp=drive_link">Trout Life Cycle</a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DNoZotv9YRW7Suxbk99M_rxhIZ62JT3u?usp=drive_link">Trout Anatomy</a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18VBQe68OiIi-yvc1cqXmt1rv_Z3ZXdTv?usp=drive_link">Trout Habitat</a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15_qe8zWjKEg_qUZlH-gs7bLbhyWuidre?usp=drive_link">Trout Diet </a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JrtacPCSg8TS6mJbCIq7fZ9uqiQhl6Za?usp=drive_link">Watershed Science</a>

Each lesson was carefully designed to be exciting, self-contained, and ready to use in the classroom immediately.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CaliforniaDFG/playlists?view=50&amp;sort=dd&amp;shelf_id=2">CAEP Playlist</a> This playlist includes many other series:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-PEXRYYBP1TLFcyuGCAw4uwt6_oVWzRi">More About Macroinvertebrates: Nature's Fish Food </a> In this playlist, venture out into the field to discover real life macroinvertebrates and explore how they relate to the wellbeing of wild trout. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-PEXRYYBP1To5PIlyx7scUozXHxzEsk8">Examining Our Ecosystems: Learn about Trout Habitat </a> This playlist includes videos further examining a trout's natural habitat and some challenges they are facing. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-PEXRYYBP1RLY3_ChVbCGCOcosIk0khR">More About Fish: Salmonids in the Wild and in the Classroom</a> In this playlist, you can find additional videos on the life and body of trout. Use them on their own or alongside our other series to create a week by week curriculum. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-PEXRYYBP1RfCz6G1UPM3M1zpDaZ4VmF">Ask a Biologist</a> Do your students have questions about fish? Ask them <a href="https://padlet.com/catroutintheclassroom/ask-a-biologist-2023-y1if560f3vbafd9j">here</a>, and Shelly Springs from Sonoma Water will ask a fisheries biologist. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-PEXRYYBP1TXLuLkRo1TaxNkeKdGe3lf">Tank Time with Tom</a> Tom Greer, Redwood Empire Trout Unlimited, checks in weekly on our remote trout tank giving an inside look at the life of our trout eggs. This segment is also included in our Steelhead in the Classroom series.

<a href="https://create.kahoot.it/share/caep-quiz-for-students/7bc66b4d-ee01-4a3d-a06e-7ed08b539c8b">CAEP Quiz for Students</a> Once your students have read the guide to hatching fish <a href="https://read.bookcreator.com/adF4iuVccDcObdJyzQVgmOnjp073/4Inan7M2RJiT0nx17ncN8w">here</a>, have them play this Kahoot to check their understanding of CAEP. You can also use this Kahoot as a pre and post quiz for the CAEP. CAEP by grade level Here are Kahoots that are aligned to standards for each grade level with CAEP curriculum. <a href="https://create.kahoot.it/share/d87d80d4-e4d5-44e7-969f-afb15926038b">Grade 2</a> <a href="https://create.kahoot.it/share/c7ed1077-d58d-41ab-91da-900d51340163">Grade 3</a> <a href="https://create.kahoot.it/share/510196f8-e0ec-4855-ae9f-b8f2728915d5">Grade 4</a> <a href="https://create.kahoot.it/share/cd93c4ee-9962-476a-a07a-35417f9c7b85">Grade 5</a> <a href="https://create.kahoot.it/share/99686c87-f852-4881-8366-eafa987de7dd">Grades 6-8</a>

<a href="https://create.kahoot.it/share/caep-watersheds/733d6ae3-c54c-4cc6-927d-960ef56533af">CAEP Watersheds</a> Are your students wild about watersheds? Have your students explore the images of Alameda Creek <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90868&amp;inline">here</a>. Then have your students play this Kahoot to check their understanding of watersheds.

Click <a href="https://kahoot.com">here</a> to go to Kahoot!

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, it allows students to compete for the best score by quickly answering multiple choice questions. CAEP has created the following Kahoots for you to use with your students.

Click <a href="https://admin.flipgrid.com/discovery/partners/california-state-parks?search=caep&amp;ns">here</a> to go to FlipGrid

Flipgrid is simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for pre-K to PhD educators, learners and families. FlipGrid's mission is to empower every voice. CAEP has created over 40 topics for you to use with your students. These topics include Tank Time with Tom, Ask a Biologist, and much more.

Here are instructions to use our Jamboards: 1) Click the link to the activity you wish to use below. In the upper right corner of the JamBoard, click and then press "Make a Copy". 2) Name the file and save to your desired location in "My Drive". 3) Find your file that you just created in "My Drive", and click SHARE to add in your student's names. Make sure when you share that it is set to "Editor". 4) Your students will be able to work collaboratively on one JamBoard, OR students can make their own copies for individual work.

<a href="https://jamboard.google.com/d/191XVdS2buPXFER9v6DgsxkTptnTH9xV_EehAXKaDtpM/copy">Are You Me?</a> and <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/d/1Bsxrq3Cvvm_WeHxa95FuI6WRtAlAs6fnJEMJmHTDSOY/copy">Are You Me? Teachers Edition</a> <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/d/1gB04gqSsYmz0z3wGwV0E52ILgib8AmTAnwyKpdGrQAI/copy">Clean Stream Bingo</a> and <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/d/1gXQEjU3CMjs_WRDtUP4pMUSmlP9QnObC30pWlPw3TEM/copy">Clean Stream Bingo: Teachers Edition</a> <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/d/1j9aGZLa0gyWOQAn5Kmq1rwmGf7PAanRWTtiGm5FQwE8/copy">Fashion A Fish</a> <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/d/10f-R93mqTirUkZ5WTXfwetbF_WHvcjD_g2vfd3TITT8/copy">Numbering the Salmonid Life Cycle</a>

Dear Educators, We appreciate the time and effort that you spend educating the youth of California. For those of you hatching trout in your classroom, we have been busy creating new virtual materials that are aligned to standards for you to use with your students.

Let's explore the many options available to your virtual classroom...

Tools to Help You Teach This is the book you're reading right now! You will be exploring virtual resources created by CAEP.

<a href="https://read.bookcreator.com/adF4iuVccDcObdJyzQVgmOnjp073/4Inan7M2RJiT0nx17ncN8w">A Fry's Eye View: Hatching Our Trout From Egg to Stream</a> This book gives students an idea of what it would be like to hatch trout in their very own classroom. <a href="https://read.bookcreator.com/mPL9PjolIMR9qaGOFK2oBNYEPLq2/_9da9nu3Svu-HaOZ3MF-DQ">A Fisheye's View: Hatching Your Students into Trout Caretakers</a> This book gives teachers an introduction to CAEP. It includes the benefits, challenging aspects, and personal experiences from this program.

Click <a href="https://padlet.com/catroutintheclassroom/askabiologist2023">here</a> to go to AAB pallet

Do your students have questions about fish? Use our Ask A Biologist Padlet and we will respond with a message or video.

These calendars are designed for teachers participating in CAEP. Although these calendars are specifically dated, the resource within each calendar can be used indefinitely! Each calendar contains QR codes to scan with access to supplemental activities, videos, lessons, photos, and information. 

Featured on our <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=213720&amp;inline">2023/24 CAEP Calendar </a>are 12 species of macroinvertebrates that can be found in waterways across California.

The 2023/24 calendar is filled with valuable teaching resources such as, <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=213721&amp;inline">Macro Invertebrate Mania</a> and multiple <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f950fc15083a44ffaac565068e3da707">StoryMaps</a>.

Featured on our <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=203052&amp;inline">2022/23 CAEP Calendar</a> are 11 species of trout native to California, their habitats, and range.

The 2022/23 calendar is filled with valuable teaching resources within <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c9c53868f8ba4d63a9275ee7b42990b0">StoryMaps</a>.

Here are instructions to find our content: 1) Go to <a href="https://info.flipgrid.com">Flipgrid</a>. 2) Create an educator account and log in. 3) Go to the Discover Library. 4) Under partners, go to the California State Parks tile. 5) Click the California Department of Fish and Wildlife collection.

OR simply type in "CAEP" into the search bar to find curriculum from the Classroom Aquarium Education Program. Students simply log on and start learning.

Click <a href="https://www.oppia.org">here</a> to go to Oppia

Oppia is an online learning tool that enables anyone to easily create and share interactive activities and explorations which try to recreate the experience of one-on-one tutoring. CAEP has created the following explorations for your students.

Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CaliforniaDFG">here</a> to go to CDFW's Youtube

Youtube is a video sharing platform used by millions of educators around the world. CAEP has create the following Youtube videos for you to use with your students.

Click <a href="https://www.redwoodempire-tu.org/siclive">here</a> to go to SIC Live!

Steelhead in the Classroom Live! (SIC Live) is a weekly webinar series where your students can watch 9 episodes for check ins on our aquarium, Q&amp;A with a biologist, and information about watersheds from our local experts. Join us as we watch steelhead eggs develop and hatch into fry in our remote aquarium and our local watersheds from experts in Sonoma County and beyond.

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Google Jamboard is an interactive whiteboard developed by Google, as part of the G Suite family. It is one way for your students to have their own whiteboard with activities on them. CAEP has created the following Jamboard activities for you to use with your students.

Click <a href="https://jamboard.google.com">here</a> to go to Google Jamboard

A Teacher's Guide to Virtual Resources for the Classroom Aquarium Education Program (CAEP)

WILD About Trout

This series of slide show presentations cover the essential concepts within the CAEP program. It provides teachers with a fully developed presentation including detailed slides and complete, well researched narratives to accompany it. <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nU25L4NDVrrYvs8b1jbXlLdWMkW4HK5I?usp=drive_link">Google Slide Decks with Speaker Notes.</a> WILD About Trout Slide Shows <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90863&amp;inline">Intro to hatching fish in the classroom (PDF)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90865&amp;inline">What Trout Eat (PDF)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90867&amp;inline">A Trout's Habitat (PDF)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90864&amp;inline">Life Stages of a Trout (PDF) </a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90868&amp;inline">Watersheds (PDF)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90869&amp;inline">What Trout Eat (Spanish) (PDF)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90872&amp;inline">A Trout's Habitat (Spanish) (PDF)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90874&amp;inline">Life Stages of a Trout (Spanish) (PDF)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90873&amp;inline">Watersheds (Spanish) (PDF)</a> WILD About Trout Narratives <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90875">Intro to hatching fish in the classroom (Word) </a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90876">What Trout Eat (Word)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90877">A Trout's Habitat (Word)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90878">Life Stages of a Trout (Word)</a> <a href="https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=90879">Watersheds (Word)</a>

Here are instructions to find our content: 1) Go to <a href="https://www.oppia.org">Oppia</a>. 2) Create an account and log in. 3) Go to the Library. 4) Under what are you curious about, type in "caep". 5) Click different explorations to explore what each one is about. You can also type in "cdfw" for more explorations.

So, you met a teacher during the workshop that you want to work with on a project. Or maybe you created something super cool and want to share it with other CAEP teachers? This is just the place!

Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive">here</a> to go to Google Drive

The folders are organized by grade level. Please note that any teacher can add or edit files. If you wish to use something that another teacher created, please make your own copy. Thank you for being respectful of other teacher's creations!

Share resources with your fellow CAEP teachers through the <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RXDaaRIHO2h_2JW_qCos-AGiDlfgY392?usp=drive_link">CAEP Resources for Teachers Drive</a>.

Click <a href="https://wildlife.ca.gov/CAEP">here</a> to go to CAEP's webpage

For more virtual experiences and learning tools offered by CDFW, check out our list of <a href="https://wildlife.ca.gov/Learning/resources#55639855-explore-k-12-experiences">Virtual Learning Opportunities</a>.

Our email list will send updates on NEW CAEP virtual resources as we continue to develop them. On the <a href="https://wildlife.ca.gov/CAEP/Curriculum-Aids">curriculum aids webpage</a>, you'll find access to CAEP curriculum and activity guides, posters, worksheets, handouts, videos, and more fun stuff for your students!

Do you have ideas, feedback, or questions? Please send an email to R3CAEP@wildlife.ca.gov

Thank you for all that you do in educating the youth of California.

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