The School House!

Welcome to the Schoolhouse! Polly Perch is always eager to learn. She’s a freshwater fish, so she’s constantly searching the shores and bottoms of shallow lakes and ponds for information.

Polly’s not your usual perch; she’s a little cuter than the real thing. But you can tell she’s a perch by her unusual dorsal fin that’s divided into two parts. The front part is spined, and the back part called soft-rayed.

Join Polly and find out about ocean and freshwater environments and species, and where to go to university to study these subjects. There’s also a resource section for teachers.

Activities & Lesson Plans | Experiments | Resources | Career Links | College & University Links

Teacher-led Activities and Links to Lesson Plans

• Do Fish Drink The Water?
• Aquatic Food Webs
• Litter Can Be Deadly
• Choosing Salmon Streams
• Lesson Plans for Teachers

Teachers' Educational Resources

This educational resource section is intended to provide educational material and linkages for teachers and students on a wide variety of topics.

Experiments:

Fun in and out of the classroom!

Jet Boat | Making Waves | Underwater Scope | Eruption! | Water Swinger I Haven't The Foggiest Idea | Old Sea Salt | Why Boats Float and Elephants Sink...

Career and Program Links

In future months these sections will expand to explore a wide range of careers within the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and some programs of study that might help you to get there. In the meantime, we have developed a list of hot career links, and provided links to colleges and universities with ocean sciences programs. You can search by programs offered at Canadian colleges and universities, or International Colleges and Universities.