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Salmon Homing
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1306/teaching/teaching.htm
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In this activity students will be challenged to record a path based upon olfactory cues. Most researchers believe that scents within the water are the primary cues upon which fish rely for homing to a specific stream. Scents placed at critical junctures will set the fixed path that each team must follow. The activity is performed on a grid that has been laid out on a large flat surface area. This activity offers students an opportunity to detect and differentiate odors, apply odor discrimination to uncovering a trail, and a cooperative challenge in which students work together to uncover a series of trails.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
Subject:
  • Biology
  • Environmental science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 1990-2003 The Chedd-Angier Production Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Each SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS program is accompanied by an online teaching guide filled with science activities and educators are encouraged to download and photocopy these materials for use in the classroom.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-008-204
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • C - Life science:
        • Reproduction and heredity
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Populations, resources, environments
Related resources:
This resource is part of 'Deep Crisis'
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1306/index.html
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: The Chedd-Angier Production Company, Scientific American Frontiers Television Series