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Research & Extension Projects: 2005/06

Los Pescadores / Agua Pura Salmon & Steelhead Curriculum

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Tony Gomez, a Santa Barbara County 4-H Agua Pura Intern, guides youth in a watershed modeling activity at a Housing Authority after-school program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary:

 

 

 

 

 

Advisor Michael Marzolla leads this project that has developed an educational unit to help youth learn about salmon & steelhead, & the vital relationship these fish have to healthy watersheds. The online curriculum is experiential & place-based, & designed to enhance the participants' understanding of salmonids, engage them in their surroundings, & encourage their active leadership in addressing related issues in their community. The project is directed toward under-served communities, with a focus on Latino youth & families. The curriculum has been designed for 6th grade youth in classroom settings, after-school programs, & other venues. Collaborators include: UC Cooperative Extension, UCCE 4-H Youth Development Program, Adopt-A-Watershed Program, Resident Services of the Housing Authority City of Santa Barbara, & the Santa Barbara County Water Agency.           

 

 

 

 


Links to Other Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of California Salmon and Steelhead: Agua Pura, A Multi-Disciplinary Instructional Unit for Grade 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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