What resources do you use when planning your lessons? Do you use the resources the Foundation sent you in the fall? (The Sportfishing Handbook, Future Fisherman DVD, Aquatic Resouces Education Curriculum)? Do you use the lesson plans your group developed last summer at the teachers workshop?Let us know what resources you use the most and why!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Planning for Success
What resources do you use when planning your lessons? Do you use the resources the Foundation sent you in the fall? (The Sportfishing Handbook, Future Fisherman DVD, Aquatic Resouces Education Curriculum)? Do you use the lesson plans your group developed last summer at the teachers workshop?Let us know what resources you use the most and why!
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I used a lot of the stuff we received at the training, but I also made a lot of local contacts to provide some more information for fishing the local water ways. I also made contacts throughout our state to other PE teachers who are delivering a fishing unit. They provided me with some thoughts on things to include as well as some handouts that I took pieces from to make my own orginal that fits my class better. Networking with PE teachers in our state is great and turned out to be very rewarding for me and probably the best stuff I could use. I didn't have to reinvent the wheel, plus this stuff has been used and fine tuned before, so having something that is success to start with was great!
We currently use the Texas Parks and Wildlife curriculum in designing our fishing units. In additon to this curriculum, we are implementing the Future Fisherman DVD and Aquatic Resource curriculum. We area also applying to present Physhing 101 at our state convention, TAHPERD(Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) next year. This presentation will allow us the opportunity to share and network ideas with PE teachers in the state.
I read everything I can get my hands on. That would include what I get from the web, and advice from experience folks who share ideas.
I go out and try the things I read for myself. Somethings work better than others and only by trying them can I suggest things to kids.
Once I have all those things in my head, I do what I always do, I concentrate on the spot I want to hit and shoot straight from the hip. Works on the target range. Seems to work with kids too.
I owe it to my kids to share my experiences, not a script that someone else wrote. I know that isn't what they teach you in college but it works for me, most of all, it seems to work for my kids.
I have used both the information we got at the training and items I have come up on my own. Fellow Phys ed teacher always offer good suggestions. I got in touch with the state director of HOFNOD they have been a great resource for me and they have offered alot of help. The source I was suprised with were the local Newspapers and the outdoor editors,they have been great with both articles and showing up to help with the actual classes.
I am normally a pretty easy going kind of guy, but I am mad enough to..........well, say plenty. I am a department head for our building and I was in a district meeting yesterday. Our district is moving more and more towards having a common, written tests for all students in a subject area. The state (Michigan) is pushing for it, and so, is our district administration.
In this meeting, they were asking us to list on a White board for all to see, the reasons for this type of testing. I asked, "could we put up a few reasons not to judge our students this way?" The answer was "no."
You folks can do whatever you want with your kids, mine deserve more than to be judged the rest of their lives on a written test. I've got some real fine young kids that cannot successfully write a test.
I just got an e-mail from a student that I had over 30 years ago. He couldn't write a test to save his butt, when I had him in high school. From the sounds of his e-mail he is doing all right, I am glad I didn't write him off because of a score on a test.
I also remember when my long ago student had a discipline problem in my class. Now days they would probably call the police, or kick his butt out of school, something of that nature. I didn't even call home. I got in the car and drove to his parents farm. Dad was out in the barn milking cows. We talked things over while he milked, then went in the house and had coffee. That boy got an attitude adjustment without anyone raising their voice.
The whole deal was settled over the kitchen table, a couple cups of coffee and a handshake. God, I miss those days!
Just a little follow up to my last post. That kid, the one where I talked to his dad out in the barn. The one that couldn't write a test to save his butt. The one that todays school systems might just write off, "no child left behind," or not. We are understanding who we are talking about here, right?
He just offered me a job, that combined with retirement income would give me a very good raise.
Hey folks, it is the type of thing that you are all trying to do with the fishing, that saves kids like this. It gives them a reason to stay in school, when nothing anywhere else in school is working for them.
Who knows, that kid that you help survive the system may be your boss some day. Me, I still have a mission.........
Lets not forget that we are the students' ultimate resource. I think that one of the most rewarding things for kids' is when we share our own goals and dreams with our students.
It is (in my opinion) even better when we let students help us to reach our goals and dreams. This morning I switched out of my winter pack (exterior frame pack). In the winter, I have to be prepared for any condition when I walk to and from school. The frame pack allows me to tie on snowshoes and its' large capacity allows for extra layers,oversized rain gear and spikes to bite into ice.
Now, it is spring (24 degree with heavy breeze this morning) and some of that heavy gear won't be needed any more. Now, it is time to work on speed. Lighter pack and faster walking pace.
You can bet that the kids' will notice that I am carrying a much lighter, smaller pack and ask why? So, I will share my goal with them, and let them help me with it. My goal, is to walk across the UP from Lake Superior to Lake Michigan in one day. "Impossible," they will say. "Maybe, but I walked from Lake Huron to Lake Superior three years ago. 31+ miles in a little under 11 hours, including a long lunch break." "Wow," they will say. "How did you do that?" "Well, it took a lot of planning. I had to study the maps to find the shortest route. Then I had to condition myself for a long walk like that. Thats where you guys can help me. The Lake Superior to Lake Michigan route is about 40 miles. Maybe you guys can study the map and find a shorter route for me. Why don't those of you that are interested, come up and spread out these maps and see if you can come up with a shorter route for me."
"You know guys, you can help in another way. Once every couple of weeks in the spring, I try to do a half walk." "A half walk is where I try to walk 1/2 the distance that I will need to go to meet my goal of walking across the UP. I'll walk before school, then during school, we can take part of each class hour and you can join me. What I want you to do is walk as fast as you can and encourage me to keep up with you. Each hour can take over where the other left off. We will start each hour with a normal lesson then spend the last 15 minutes or so walking. How about some of you joining me during your lunch hour? After school, I'll walk home, 7 miles. If we all work together, I'll be able to get 20 miles in.
"Say Guys, how about you keeping a log of your walking. What if we photo copy the section of map that I will be taking. Then each day, you mark where you would be along the trail. Lets see how long it takes you to travel that distance."
"I'll tell you what, next summer when I attempt to make that trip, I will carry the maps of those of you that completed the same distance during and after school, with me, it will encourage me to keep moving when things get tough."
"For those of you that get 40 miles (during and after school) in before school is out for the summer, and show it on the log and map, I'll write you a note and tell you how I did after I go for the trip myself." "It will mean a lot to me, knowing that you kids are there for me, completing the trip is all our goal."
What a great idea Vance! I know your students will love to help you prepare for your walk across the UP! I know that there are some health promotion programs that give out FREE pedometers to groups to encourage kids to track how much they walk. I will do some investigating and see if I can post the information. I know that the CDC had a walking program that included free pedometers but it was for older adults. But there also has to be a few that are targeting our youth since there is an emphasis on fighing the obesity epidemic. Pedometers are fun gadgets that people enjoy using...did you know that one mile is 5000 steps??? I wore a pedometer for awhile and it helped me try to meet my goal to walk at least 5 miles a day. Sometimes I fell short during the day and had to walk up and down my driveway after dinner to get in my steps! My neighbors probably thought I was a little crazy:) I think I will go home and find my pedometer and clip in on again to support your efforts Vance! Great idea!!!!!Teresa
Something hi-tech that would go along with trail running or long distance walking is the SPOT. It is a GPS type of instrument that can be set up to broadcast to home computers for in some cases cell phones. With the SPOT it is possible to watch a map on the computer screen and see the progress someone is making on their journey. The SPOT unit cost about $150 and the tracking feature costs another $100 per year.
The reason that I come up that the SPOT is because cell phones don't work in the remote area that I walk in the UP. I've tried that walk twice before and haven't made it, which leaves my Wife to find me out there in the middle of no where. Lets just say that doesn't make the marriage work any smoother. The last time I attempted the trip my daughter (22 years old) wanted to walk with me. We ended up completing the walk but it took us two days. The second day, we got off track a bit and didn't come out where we had planned. The SPOT would have been real nice in that situation, a divorce can get expensive, certainly the SPOT would be cheaper.
Anyway, the SPOT wouldn't have to be attached to the teacher. Maybe your students would want to sponsor someone (maybe a student) in a marathon, and have the person wear the SPOT and then other students could always check on the runners location.
The uses for the SPOT seems to be endless, but the $250 or so investment per unit might be a little heavy for your budget.
Teresa, thanks for the tip. Also, thanks for the support on my walking project.
When the weather breaks, I have my students walking the last few minutes of the hour almost every day. I think it helps the kids focus better by getting them out of the seats that they spend most of their day in. (Of course, that helps other teachers and their classes rather than mine, because they move to different classes right after we come in from walking.)
It is disappointing that if a student tries to get out of walking, it is usually the one that needs the excerise the most. It is really sad that some of our students are so out of shape!
I guess Steve didn't hit it far off back when he said, "I kind of think of you living down by the river in the old van."
A person can kind of figure where they are on the social calendar, by the number of people they know only by their first name or worse, their street names. I have a awful lot of people that I "hang" with that I know only by a "handle" picked up on the streets.
Steve, some of the guys I spend time with in Key West would look at that old van along the river as a luxury apartment.
And, what a small world it is. About 10 years ago, while walking in Key West, someone grabbed me from behind twisted my arm up behind me. When I was released and turned around to see who had grabbed me, it was one a former students. He goes by the name "Fatboy." When he was in high school, he and his buddy stole a car from me, then attempted to sell it.
I remember, I asked the principal to leave his office and let me deal with the boys. I gave them the choice of dealing with me or the police. They decided that I was the one they wanted to deal with, they were wrong!
Both boys could now buy and sell most of the people in town. They are both very successful business people. The one that grabbed me down in Key West, had a daughter in my class a few years back. Both boys are people that I can count on.
Before breakfast this morning I talked to Cliff. Near as I can figure, Cliff does almost nothing but fish. "The crappie will be in the canal by the boat club soon," he said. "They will only be there 3-4 days," "I'll let you know when they are in and you and I can go over there and fish all night for them," he said.
Over the years I've been in some really ugly situations, sometimes dealing with people of questionable character. I've found that if a person isn't too quick to judge them, these people can turn into great resources.
Those of you that don't use the internet as a resource are really missing out on things. I am not just talking about our Blog, that we have, there are experts out there everywhere.
I am into carp fishing and in Michigan, we have the Michigan Carp Adventure website. The people on that forum, freely exchange information on carp fishing. We have already met as a group this year, in one of the members homes. The 20 of so people that were there at the meeting, offered tips and bait for my kids to use. They have even added a junior carp fisherman section to the website.
I've got some carp fishing field trips lined up and the members from the website have offered to be there to help kids develop the skills needed to catch carp.
Another website, Boatless fishing forum, is based out of Florida. Those guys can tell you what is hitting any pier in southern Florida on any given day. If you want to learn about salt water fishing these are the people to talk to. We go to Florida frequently, and getting the rods down there on a plane is always a pain. One of the guys on the forum offered to meet me and give me my rods, if I UPS' them to him. Some of the fisherman on the pier have even said that they will loan me some of their equipment so that I don't have to deal with the plane problems.
There has to be a dozen websites for every type of fishing out there. Don't think that you have to be in the same state to get information. On the carp fishing website I have talked to fisherman as far away as England and Spain. Lucky for me the guy in Spain knows english, I am language impaired.
Well to plan for success, we always have the $$ issue on our minds. Just found a great source for fly fishing stuff. It is The Hook and Hackle Company. www.hookhack.com Just called them to get some pricing and info and they told me that they would be able to do some good discounts on things (sometimes up to 25% or so). Take a look if you need something. Really nice guy I worked with.
Steve,
Thanks for the tip, we can never have too many companies that we get a break on prices from.
I have a tip. Last weekend, the carp fishing group that I belong to had a fish-in on Lake Erie. I thought about taking some students down to it, but didn't so that I could take a practice run on it myself.
What I did was take my Daughters' boyfriend. He is a young adult with no carp fishing experience. Actually, he has very little fishing experience of any kind. My idea was to introduce one person, who had little or no experience and see for myself what kinds of things I would be faced with. I learned some things, without making a fool of myself in front of a whole group of kids.
One thing I learned was that it takes a long time to set up when one person is setting up for others. I had plans to do some fishing with a car load of kids and I had allowed time to set-up. I can see now that I didn't allow near enough set up time. I either need to really get kids ready to set up for themselves or allow much more time for me to help them with the project.
I hauled a couple of tackle boxes that were very complete. I could fish most of the summer out of those two boxes. However, I discovered that there were very few things that I used out of the boxes, but I used those things constantly. I ended up having the things I used often in my pockets. Some of the most used tools were sharp on the end. A waist pack would have been a better place to put them (especially if you are going to sit down).
Another learning experience was on locating the set up. We had two hours of driving that took us through no end of detours around Detroit. (We actually ended up going under Cobo hall when we missed a turn.) Anyway, when we got to the fishing location, most of the guys were already set up. They had taken up most of the bank space that wasn't solid rock or black goo. The area that was black and muddy appeared to be a protected area where the wind wasn't so strong. (The wind was strong and the waves were hitting hard where the others set up.) I figured that we lucked out and the carp would probably be more likely to be in the protected area. WRONG again. All the really big fish (20+lbs) were caught where I thought the conditions were the worst.
We were having a little informal fishing contest. Prizes went for the biggest and smallest fish caught. Well, the two of us caught fish that were in for the smallest fish caught, (7lbs 9 oz, and 7 lbs 10 oz). Then, just before the end of the contest, someone caught a carp that weighed 6 lbs 10 oz and we were even out of it for the smallest fish caught. The lesson here, it takes experience to pick good spots and good spots are not always the most comfortable for the fisherman. I would hate to think that a teacher would take kids to an area they hadn't tried for themselves first. There were lots of things learned but probably the best thing is that a trip taken to scout and practice is well worth the time.
Maybe there was one other big lesson. Those that had fished the area before had us located near bathrooms that were open and clean. I am thinking that it won't pay to take kids fishing in an area where there is no private place to "go."
Steve,
As usual, I forgot something. My fishing buddy, "Buckeyeman" couldn't go fishing with us because of a family dinner. However, mid morning Buckeyemans' wife decided that he could have a couple of hours to fish.
So, Buckeye man grabbed a little equipment and headed for our favorite spot, closer to home.
About noon, "Buckeyeman," gave me a call. He had caught 3 carp, 19lbs, and a couple of 15 pounders.
The lesson there, the best fishing is not always a couple hours from home.
I am planning a field trip to go carp fishing on a Saturday. We will be traveling 75 miles to fish in Lansing. It isn't an easy area for me to scout because it is so far away. I didn't realize that I would need lead weights in the 6-8 oz size to be able to hold the bait to the bottom of the Grand River which has a fast current this time of year. Andy, who is on the Michigan Carp Adventure website was kind enough to explain the need for the heavy weights. Andy also is ordering some of the leads for me along with his, so that we can save shipping costs.
Dave from the same website offered to make rod rests (bank sticks) for us out of old arrows and wire. Andy, tapped in (again) and suggested that we needed really long bank sticks so that we could keep the line off the water in that fast current.
It is nice to be able to scout out a spot for a field trip from the comfort of my classroom computer, rather than traveling long distances and figuring it out for myself.
Dave and his wife have offered to let my students reel in any fish that he and his wife are able to get on their rods.
I think I said a while back that if you aren't using some of the websites you missing out! There, I said it again.
Hi,Pam here from Illinois. It is still snowing here, it's suppose to be April...we are still cold and fishing has been difficult. We went out anyway for some spin casting and caught a half way decent day but no fish. As far as materials go we did use the text booklets the foundation sent us for an introductory lesson and general information and other material from the training. This really could be a yearlong class...Today was exciting as our long awaited connection with the DuPage Fly Fisherman Club. 6 fly fisherman came out and worked in a 4:1 ratio with the casting and they brought in equipment enough for all. What an awesome experience that was and they will be back tomorrow for our other 2 classes. The snow/temp. kept us inside but none-the-less it was a good experience. Later this week we will be fly tying and next week we will be going fly fishing. Not sure the weather is going to assist us in convincing the fish they should begin feeding but just getting the hands on training is priceless. We also will be getting an introduction to canoeing next week and by months end will be in the canoes in a lake and then followed by in the river. Lot's going on despite our weather hurdles. Hopefully we can send some pictures before too long. And yes the materials were a good boost in adding to our fishing and boating units. Thanks FFF!
I have been using some of the lessons we created at the training as well. I found some neat lessons from FLOW. http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/flow/index.html this has some great lessons and games.
I have been using some of the lessons we created at the training as well. I found some neat lessons from FLOW. http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/flow/index.html this has some great lessons and games. I am dealing with weather and I am teaching 4 two week courses for an hour. I have too much I want to teach and not enough time...
I have been using some of the lessons we created at the training as well. I found some neat lessons from FLOW. http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/flow/index.html this has some great lessons and games. The only problem I am having is time. I am teaching four two week courses for two weeks each course. Too much material not enough time.
Guess I don't remember how to post... duh
I've said it before, if you don't have your ear to the ground you are missing out. I guess that they would call it networking today.
Examples, our field trip to Lansing and the Grand River, we need to change locations. How do I know that? A young lady on the Carp website lives down there. She discovered that the date I had picked for the weekend fishing trip is going to be a river cleanup weekend. People and boats will be everywhere, and the headquarters for the cleanup activities will be right where we were going to fish. So, we need to change locations or dates. Nice to know that stuff don't you think? If I hadn't been talking to people on the net, I would have discovered the cleanup activities when I arrived with kids. Not so nice!
Right now, I have people scouting the Saginaw river area for an alternative site for our fishing trip. It is 60-70 miles from me to the Saginaw river. It is real nice that I can find out what is going on up there without traveling there myself. (Our school car costs 1.00 per mile. The school system wouldn't pay me to use my personal vehicle either to go scouting with.)
This morning while eating breakfast in the local cafe, Cliff sit down at the next table. Cliff if you remember from an earlier post must do almost nothing but fish. Anyway, Cliff was going to tell me when the Crappie are in the canal and hitting. "I almost froze to death yesterday morning," he said. "I had only caught one fish and seen another, when I finally decided to make one more cast in a new area." "I caught my limit in less than an hour, they almost froze my hands they were so cold." "I prayed all night that it would rain today," he said. (Thanks Cliff, I had to walk in that rain you prayed for.") "That warm rain (41 degrees) should keep the fish in the canal," he said. "Give me your phone number and I'll call you if I go out tonight, fishing." "You can go with me, the place is posted but I have permission to fish in there with a buddy," he said.
Notice, he didn't invite my kids. But, as long as I don't give away the location, it gives me something to talk about in class. Maybe bringing in a few fish and showing the kids might get them more interested and help them identify the species of fish. Or, how about bringing in a few fish and showing the kids how to cook them, and let them sample what we cook?
By the way, it is a small world. One of the young guys I carp fish with lives 50-60 miles south of Lapeer. We have met through the web and at fishing outings. Anyway, he e-mailed me over vacation, he has a cousin in two of my classes. His cousin and the students Dad really want to take part in the Saginaw carp fishing trip. I had been talking to students individually about this trip because it takes specialized equipment and I have a limited amount of it. This young man was one that I had overlooked, I'll be talking to him next hour, about the trip. Looks like I'll need to go through the things in the pole barn and come up with some more equipment. If it were for keeping my ear to the ground, I would have left out someone who was really interested in the trip.
I finally created my own book by taking the lessons that I thought my kids could benefit by the most. I arranged them in a tabbed binder so that when I wanted to teach about habitat the best lessons are at my finger tips. I did include many of the FFF lessons, Project Fish, Project Wet, Passport to fishing and boating,...I found some fish family cards for fish identification at www.miseagrant.umich.edu/flow which is sponsored by the Michigan Sea Grant. I did spend a bit of time researching on the internet and reading a lot of books to see what else was out there and think about how I can teach concepts in game form instead of just lecturing about the various topics during our Hooked on Fishing Day. I think I created a fun closing game to the day by playing a quiz show where the kids are divided into groups and earn ladderballs to throw for points at the end of the closing to see which team wins. I also created an ethical angler relay. The kids are given a dilemma. The race to a pile of frisbies that have a whole variety of solutions on several frisby. Then we can talk about the solution when they get back to their team to find out which one represents the most ethical solution to the dilemma.
We did the story "The Disappearance of Mudpuppy Pond" story at the workshop. I invited our State Representative to kick off our Hooked on Fishing Day. He is going to read this story to the 4th grade as my class holds up posters to illustrate the story. I'm also creating visuals for my students to use during the lessons from the resources we got. The Sportfishing Handbook is written at my students level and with good explanations. I wish I had the Boating Safety "Sidekicks" Go Fishing! booklets from www.waterworkswonders.org These are perfect books to get into kids hands.
One last comment. When I'm teaching my students about casting, I'm also going to teach them about how to bait your hooks with different bait. During habitat, I invited a Profisherman to teach the students this. I liked that bass and bluegill game we planned. I'm also going to have him teach about when and where is a good time to fish. I had some books donated to me from Jay's Sporting Goods Store that had some sections discussing this. Remember, I'm a lady and I fish about 5 times a summer...I decided to read up on this just for the sake of taking my own kids fishing at the right time. So here are my no idea points..I had no idea that the full moon had anything to do with spawning and being a good time to fish. I also never made the connection that knowing the hatching of the bugs in the lake mattered...I just used bug spray and went to fish. I would observe the hatching of them but never made a connection~ to good fishing! A girl thing I'm sure.
Tammi,
It is really more of a process that everyone goes through when learning to fish. The more time you spend fishing, the more you notice what works and what does not. This causes you to develop a better awareness of what is going on around you in the environment. I had the same kind of "AH HA!" moment when learning to fly fish. I had tied on a beautiful fly that had been highly recommended by a salesman. I was determined to catch a brown trout I could see feeding...a few hours later, I finally noticed that what he was feeding on did not look anything like the fly I had tied on....so I switched flies and finally caught it. I then realized that before getting all rigged up and beggining to fish I should have just slowed down and observed the situation and studied the river for awhile before "diving in".
A good lesson I have used in many situations since then!
We finally caught some fish!!! The bluegils basically is all that is biting at the moment but the kids were able to take what they learned about fly fishing and use it on water. We had a couple good days and we caught our first fly fishing fish...it was exciting to see the kids catching fish in our first experience with fly fishing. We enjoyed it so much we are going to go one more day in May when hopefully other types of fish will be biting. This week we were suppose to be working on our canoe skills but the weather doesn't look to promising...hopefully we can get out there soon.
I was feeling kind of sorry for myself and my kids this morning. I cancelled the fishing trip scheduled for today because the weather man (wrong as usual, rained yesterday, looks like it today, but just cold and damp now) predicted heavy rain all week. The kids were only going fishing in the morning and would spend the rest of the day in class. I didn't think that it would be a good idea to drop 60 kids, cold and wet on their afternoon teachers. So, I cancelled the trip.
Anyway, one of my students came in before school and was showing me pictures of the fish that he caught, that were shown on his cell phone. (Don't you just love those camera phones?) The student and his Dad had been fishing one of the big steelhead rivers close to where I spend a lot of my summer vacation.
The student had missed my Saturday carp fishing trip to Steelhead fish with his father. He started telling me how he went about catching the fish and when I didn't appear to understand, he sat down to my computer and pulled up pictures and directions for me. One of my favorite activities as a teacher is to learn from my students.
While I was out unloading students from the buses, I got to thinking. Yesterday one of my students that went carp fishing with me Saturday, was showing me his pictures of him and a big carp. One of the members of the group on my carp website had been looking out for the student. He allowed the student to fight and land a fish that was on his rod. It sure is nice to have people that will help my kids out.
Then, again yesterday, I had another student come to me and tell me about the big carp he caught himself. He was feeling kind of bad because he hadn't attended our Saturday Carp trip, but he and his Dad went to their cabin and caught carp on their own. He had to sit right down to my computer and google up a map showing me the exact spots where the fishing is good.
As I sat at my computer writing to you fine folks, the counselor brought in a young man who will be starting as one of my students today. He looked a little scared when we were introduced but as I talked about what we had been doing a smile began to develop on his face. His smile made me feel really good, maybe today won't be so bad after all. I sure learn a lot from my kids!
For the spincasting unit we completed last fall I used mostly the Fish Iowa! curriculum guide available after a quick and easy training from the Iowa DNR. I did use some of the info from F3 training and Project FISH. For the fly fishing/canoeing unit we are just completing this week I used the ACA PS2 book, and contacted local experts. A friend of mine was a fly fishing guide in Colorado for a bit and he helped me out a lot. He loaned me the book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fly Fishing." It has LOTS of helpful information in it - I recommend it to any newbie!
For those who will be taking kids out the first time on a fishing field trip and you want to keep things simple but successful, check out the following spot on the web, http://web.jjc.edu/clubs/anglers/FishingWFamily.htm
I used both The Sportfishing Handbook and the Aquatic Resources Education Curriculum to create a notebook that each student received. I copied many pages to give my students a resource to keep. I also used the internet extensively and had the students use the internet to research fish.
I have used the following references for my lessons: Project F.I.S.H. Curriculum (Great) and workshop in March, Future Fisherman Foundation (Great),TBF Federation-Student Anglers Federation-DVD and curriculum (Excellent),Bane McCracken, "It's Not Gym Anymore",Fly Fishing for Beginners by Chris Hansen, www.michigan.gov/dnr and others. I was not able to go in the summer to the training so I depended alot on these resources. Thanks for all the other ideas!!!
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