Celebrate Our Salmon Fieldtrip to Oliver or Penticton River Channel
Celebrate the return home of sockeye salmon after a 6000 kilometre journey to the ocean and back. The program explores the sockeye salmon life cycle and challenges as fish travel through different habitats, as well as efforts to restore salmon spawning habitat in Oliver. The 1.5 hour program is tied to the new science curriculum. Schools have the choice of visiting the Okanagan River Restoration Initiative site in the Osoyoos Oxbows or the fish ladder at the north end of the Penticton channel.
Only 8 sessions available, so please book early.
Field trip locations (choose one)
October 1 to 4
Oliver Okanagan River Restoration Site: 5 minutes north of Oliver, parking at Pacific Silica next to the site.
October 7, 8, 9 & 17, 18
Okanagan River Channel, Penticton: The meeting place is Loco Landing Parking lot, 75 Riverside Drive. From there you will take a short walk to the Okanagan River Restoration Initiative spawning beds on the channel just below Okanagan Lake.ecostudies@osca.org
Grades: K to 4
Max. Size: 36 students (Only 8 Sessions Available)
Start time: Schools have the option of a 9:30am session or slightly later session beginning at 11:30am or 12:00pm.
Program Length: 1.5hrs
Transportation: Schools must arrange for and provide their own transportation
Cost: $95 per class ($600 value) payable by cheque to OSCA
To book and for more information contact: email Rachel Bland at ecostudies@osca.org
BEAR AWARE! We are in bear country! Please do not bring backpacks to the sites. A small snack in pocket is fine but there are no bear-proof garbage bins on site, so all garbage trekked in, needs to be trekked out with the students.
Please also be TICK AWARE and POISON IVY AWARE! Wear long pants and hats and have students and parents check for ticks at home following the field trip.
To register: email Rachel Bland at ecostudies@osca.org
Click on these links to view teacher materials:
Teachers Guide:
All programs are payable to OSCA by cheque via mail at:
OSCA
113 - 437 Martin Street, Box 349
Penticton BC V2A 5L1
