Welcome Teachers! Thank you for inviting Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum into your classroom. If we are working in your school directly, find the complete set of materials that you will need below. Download and print. Find the Powerpoints and videos for select exercises linked on the right.

Please print these materials:

Teachers are encouraged to choose from additional tie-in activities such as artwork, games and additional videos on this website, to enhance the materials.

If you are interested in using our curriculum independently, you may choose to download the individual activities and exercises on the right per the needs of your classroom.

Sehome High School

Lesson Plan

Power Point

Algae Lessons

Lesson 1: Salish Sea Seaweeds

Lesson 2: Amazing Algae

Water Quality Data

Drayton Harbor Datasets:

Birch Bay Data

Here are some resources for local real-time data:

Sustainable Seafood and Social Justice

Sustainability student worksheet

Plastics

The Plastic Tide

It’s Raining Plastic

Sound Toxins Resources

PBS Newshour Video - Coastal Toxins

Sound Toxins Website

Our Web Resources

If you are wanting to take a deeper dive into marine issues with your students check out our multimedia page to learn more about ocean acidification, sustainable seafood and social justice issues, and other shellfish resources.

If you have students interested in pursuing a career in fisheries this NOAA pamphlet is a great resource.

We also have a document of web resources for teachers.

Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum is funded through Career Connect Washington, the Whatcom Community Foundation’s Sustainable Whatcom Fund, the Rose Foundation, the Washington Department of Ecology, and individual donations.

We acknowledge and respect the treaty rights of the Coast Salish Peoples to the lands and waters of the Salish Sea and we recognize their stewardship since time immemorial.

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