Onekama Third Grade Visits Platte River Fish Hatchery <--eggs ................................................................... Fingerlings --> |
On November 22, 2005 the third grade went to the Platte River Hatchery. We went there to get salmon eggs. First she took us to the weir. There is a weir so the salmon don't swim too far up the stream. Then she took us to see the fish ladder. The fish ladder forces the salmon to jump up it. The next thing we did was see the stage of the fingerlings. There was a lot of fingerlings in the carts. The last thing we did was see the salmon eggs. There we 20 thousand eggs in each tray. Then when we were done seeing everything we went back outside and played a game. My group was the rain. We had to say tinkle tinkle two times. When we got back to school we watched Mrs. C. pour the salmon eggs in the tank. They are tan with a black spot in the middle. The black spot in the salmon's eye. ...Janique | |
On the trip we
saw fingerlings. It was Nov. 22, 2005. We went to the
Platte River Hatchery. We playd a game. The eggs are 30
days old. They have their eye already. ...Elijah We went in a room that smelled like sour milk. We went to get eggs. We put the eggs in a bucket and brought them back to school. ...Tucker |
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When the class
went to see the fish hatchery we saw fish eggs in trays.
There were 10,000 fish eggs in each tray. There was about
500 trays. The class got to see small adult fish. There
was also a weir. This helps block the fish from going
down stream. ...Meredith When I went to the Platt River it was fun. We got to see fingerlings. We got to see eggs. They told us about the things they do there. There were a lot of eggs. ...Teddy |
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On November 22 the third graders went to the Platte River Hatchery. We saw the weir. The weir makes it so the salmon don't go up stream. The person there told us the life cycle. In one building we got to see fingerlings. Fingerlings are as big as your finger. In a different building we saw trays with fish eggs in them . There were 20 thousand eggs in each tray. ...Megan | ||
This is a story about our field trip to the Salmon Weir. We saw Platte River. Then we saw a fish ladder, fingerlings, and trays of 20,000 eggs in each tray. The we got back on the bus. It was short but fun. We put the eggs in the tank a few minutes ago. The eggs are yellowish-orange color with a black dot. I was cold but the cold didn't wreck the whole field trip. I like watching the eggs. ...Louise | We went to the Platte River Hatchery to get salmon eggs. We went to see the weir. There were 20 thousand eggs in each tray. We saw salmon in the river. We saw fingerling salmon. We got a little bit of eggs. There was a fish ladder. Salmon are born in streams and rivers. They will grow up and go to Lake Michigan. They will come back to a river and lay their eggs. ...Devin T. |
This is our
field trip. On our field trip we got to see little eggs
in trays. We went on Nov. 22. It was nice. We got to see
where they live. They live in the Platte River. The place
that keeps them is called the Hatchery. When the salmon
grow up they are called fingerlings. ...Alexis They told us about all different kinds of salmon. They said male salmon have a hooked lower lip. The female salmon has eggs. We all got to see fingerlings. ...no name |
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My class went to the Platte River Hatchery. We saw the weir. Then we saw the fish ladder. Then we saw eggs. In each tray there were thousands of eggs. In the egg there is a black dot. The dot is the salmon's eye. After the egs are laid, the salmon dies. ...Jon E. | |
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