Salish Sea Heroes
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When it comes to understanding that we are all connected, the sea, the salmon, the orcas, and humans, Kent Prairie Elementary 4th graders really get it. And they are doing something BIG to keep those connections healthy and strong. Find out what they did last school year to become Salish Sea Heroes!
With newfound pandemic freedom, more schools than ever headed out into their ecosystems to research and help to restore health to the Salish Sea. This month’s Salish Sea Heroes feature highlights five of these student groups, including over 200 official Salish Sea Heroes, who participated in an international, cross-cultural project to help heal the waterways of their homes in the very heart of the Salish Sea.
What happens when an AWESOME teacher and her super smart students team up with an amazing community partner, like Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group? Let’s just say it helps 137 wildlfe species. Find out how here!
Find out what grade 5 students at Tacoma Public School’s Grant Center for the Expressive Arts created after Exploring the Salish Sea with SeaDoc Society’s marine science lessons last spring. Wishing these and all of last year’s Tacoma 5th grade Salish Sea explorers, a happy 6th grade year from Team SeaDoc!
See what one 7 year old girl can do to build hope and healing for the sea she loves.
Who needs salmon? Killer whales, seals, porpoises, and 134 more species of life, including us and even trees! Anyone helping salmon recover is an instant Salish Sea Hero, and this month’s heroes qualify in 3 ways!
Salish Sea Heroes: Sea Smart Youth Action Teams
Lower mainland British Columbian Salish Sea Heroes are at work in their classrooms, on the beach, and in their own homes to save orcas, sea lions, basking sharks, and leatherback sea turtles, thanks to a super cool sea school called Sea Smart. Find out how!
Salish Sea Heroes: Mr. Browning’s Biology Class and Vashon Nature Center. What do you do when you are preparing to study a disease epidemic and get hit with one yourself? That’s what happened to Vashon High school students in Mr. Browning's biology class
This month’s Salish Sea Heroes show us that even 4th graders can be published authors and help teach the world how to heal the sea for shell-bearing creatures and the whole food web that needs them!
Is the Sherman Elementary 5th grade going to let a pandemic like COVID-19 stop them from learning to improve the water quality of the Salish Sea? Not these Salish Sea Heroes. They just improvised. Find out how!