Education
Salmon in the Classroom
We run a salmon in the classroom project, this started in 2005, each year the number of school participating increases and to date a total of 19 Ayrshire schools in 2009 were involved in the project. This project provides an opportunity for pupils to learn about their local river and the life cycle of salmon.
The initial stages of the project include a presentation to each class detailing their 
local river and the threats which are involved including pollution and overfishing. Each pupil is given a ruler showing the life cycle stages, which is covered in detail in the presentation including spawning and migration. Each class is then provided with an aquarium containing roughly 100 salmon eggs, advice is provided on how to look after these.
The pupils record daily progress of the eggs, once hatched and most of the egg 
sac is absorbed, they are then released back into their local river in Spring.
The final day of the project includes a visit to the area of the river where the salmon where released, an electrofishing demonstration and bug-hunting. This involves the pupils to indentify the species of fish caught and the invertebrates netted thus allowing them to assess the water quality.
If you would like to get your local school or classroom involved in this project 
please click on the pdf file link below for more information salmon in the classroom background information (260Kb).
For further information on the salmon in the classroom on the website you will find a detailed page under the projects tab or you can access it by clicking here.
