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Swim to and from the Sea! Lesson PlanSwim to and from the Sea! Lesson Plan
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Swim to and from the Sea!

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Students come up with devices that would aid the salmon life cycle in passing through a dam. In this dam lesson, students learn about the salmon migration. They then come up with devices that would help the natural life cycle of salmon through the passage of a dam. They have to present this at the end of the lesson.

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salmon, life cycles, dams

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dam, Engineering, pacific salmon migration, salmon life cycle, science
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
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