Elementary students promote preservation through PSAs, a website and science fair
Hogan Cedars Elementary fifth-graders and Deep Creek Elementary fourth-graders have a message: Save the salmon!
This school year, students of Jackie Cooke and Paul Chambers have teamed up for an interactive project focused on salmon preservation.
The students call themselves Students for Saving the Salmon and meet regularly on Google hangout to discuss their work.
Along with creating a Google sites page and video at their science fair about the project, students have created public service announcements the past couple weeks.
Joining the students and their teachers were consultants from Pearson Education Foundation and the Smithsonian Education Department.
Theyve also worked with Jeff Uebel, a former Gresham resident and U.S. Forest Service scientist, who was instrumental in designing the Cascade Streamwatch and Wildwoods Wetland Trail.
My favorite part was the website! said Laurel Bice, a Hogan Cedars fifth-grader.
Each student took a role in developing the site, with Derron Medrano and Francisco Fanchez as web developers.
Bice served as the reporter, documenting the projects progress and the technology used at the recent science fair iPads and QRC codes.
Siblings Lauren and Cole Patrick even gave a speech before the whole student body about their work.
The students site features American Indian folk tales; poetry and art created by students about salmon; a salmon survey; salmon facts about fishing, anatomy, habitat, life cycles and species; and action to protect salmon.
To see the website Students For Saving The Salmon, visit sites.google.com/a/gresham.k12.or.us/s4sts.
