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FRESHWATER FISH MODULE CONTENTS
BOOK BOX
BOOKS/BOOKLETS/VISUAL AIDS
__10 Fishes of the French Creek Watershed by Laura Wies (orange, spiral bound booklet)
__10 Pennsylvania Fishes by PA Fish and Boat Commission (blue & green book)
__1 Identification Guide to Pennsylvania Fishes by Clark Shiffer (white & green book)
__1 North Woods Fish Keychain Identification Guide (plastic cards)
__6 Freshwater Fishes (Peterson Field Guide) by Page and Burr (green or white book)
__20 Pennsylvania Fishes Identification Guide Pamphlets by PA Fish and Boat Commission
__1 Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America by A.J. McClane (blue book)
__2 GO FISH! Collector Cards by the PA Fish & Boat Commission
__1 A Pocket Naturalist Guide: Freshwater Fishes

CARDBOARD BOX {PLEASE PUT AWAY CAREFULLY!!!}
__Yellow Perch Anatomy Mount
__Fish Life Cycle Mount

POSTERS (ROLLED IN BLUE TUBE)
__Pennsylvania Fish Commission Poster Series of Fish (6 posters)
__PA's Threatened and Endangered Fishes (5 color copies)
POSTERS (LAMINATED)
__11 Pond & Stream Study Guides/Dichotomous Keys

MAIN BOX
ACTIVITY ENVELOPES
Fishy Who's Who; Fish Food; Fishy Adaptations, Fishy Communication, Fishy Freeze Tag; Hide and Seek; Fighting for Life in French Creek; Hooks and Ladders, Finding the Way Home; Turbid Vision; When the Oxygen is Gone

SMALL PLASTIC CASE WITH ORANGE HANDLE AND LATCHES
__Fish scale slides, preserved fish scales, new micro. slides & cover slips
CLEAR BOX
__2 stop watches
__ whistles
__3 boxes poker chips (100 chips per box)
__ white rope
__3x5 index cards
OTHER
__6 Clear plastic bowls with blue lids (4 cup size)
__2 Brock Scopes (student field microscopes that do not require electricity)
__6 Yellow field markers (16 oz size plastic bowls)
__4 Red field markers (16 oz size plastic bowls)
__4 Fish Identification Matching Games - PA Trout & Salmon, 2-Various PA Fish, Small PA Fish Common in Our Creeks
__External Fish Anatomy Poster Game
__Internal Fish Anatomy Poster Game

Fishy Who's Who
· An identification activity. Students research fish and present their data to the class, includes a creek cross-section and a Fishy Quiz on color overheads.

Turbid Vision

Fish Food
· Make an aquatic food web with people and string.

Fishy Adaptations
· Studying the physical adaptations of fish to their environments.

Dead Yellow Perch Parts
· A fill-in the blank worksheet matching clues to parts of a perch's anatomy.

Fishy Freeze Tag
· Students play a game of freeze tag to illustrate predator/prey relationships.

Hide and Seek
· A game of hide & seek to simulate searching for camouflaged prey and the ability to navigate in turbid water.

Fighting for Life in French Creek
· Outdoor game simulating a fish's journey through French Creek.

Hooks and Ladders
· Students simulate the life cycle of steelhead trout and their migration patterns through an outdoor activity.

Finding the Way Home
· Students play a board game to simulate the seasonal migration of fish.

How Old Is That Fish
· Determining the age of a fish by examining fish scales.

When the Oxygen is Gone
· Examining how fish respond to a low oxygen environment.

Create a Winter Pond
· Students draw a mural of a creek or pond and its inhabitants during the winter.

Fish Anatomy
· Posters are included in module as matching games on external and internal fish anatomy.

Fish Faces
· An on-line game in which students match images of common Pennsylvania fish to their common names.

Sections

Fish Commission Info
Everything you need to know in order to get the proper fishing license(s) or educational field study permit as well as the PA Fish & Boat Commission's Education Resource Catalog and order forms.

Fact Sheets
Colorful, concise, and reproducible information and worksheets from the PA Fish & Boat Commission on general types of fish, fish anatomy, senses, reproduction, and habitat, threatened and endangered fish and fishing.

Articles of Interest
Selected articles on darters, muddlers, madtoms, salmon, brook trout, fish habitat and the connection between fish and wetlands.

General Activity Information
A list of module activities and an explanation of the activity format (layout). 

Activities
Specific to the freshwater fish theme, these activities include all the necessary background information for teachers to pick up the activity and do the lesson in their classrooms. 

Fish Websites

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
PA Endangered Species