Archive for April, 2008

Riverworks

We’re well on our way, learning facts about the Presumpscot and its history. Recently Sarah Plummer, from the Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District, came to talk to students about a particular anadromous fish, the Atlantic Salmon. We were amazed to learn that while a salmon lays 8,000 eggs at a time, only one or two of those eggs survive to adulthood and return to their place of origin to spawn.

We played a game called “Smell Your Way Home;” salmon use their sense of smell to locate their home waters, so we tried to do the same…with limited success!

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Wabanaki/Abenaki Resources

Find pictures and videos of Wabanaki artifacts:

http://windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu/index.aspx

http://www.bigorrin.org/abenaki_kids.htm




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