Keystone Aquatic Resource Education
Fishing Skills Instructor Workshops -The Commission certifies instructors to teach fishing with a safe, ethical and conservation-oriented approach. Instructor workshops are 10 hours in length and include all materials needed to successfully teach fishing skills. Special assistance is available for school fishing clubs.

Teacher Workshops -Educators can take this 15-hour workshop and learn activities to enhance science, language, physical education and social studies classes. Instructor workshops include all materials, and each participant receives three activity books.

Pennsylvania League of Angling Youth (PLAY) - Designed for children in grades 4-6, this program is designed to further a child's interest in fishing, boating and the outdoors. Each child receives a membership card, a patch, stickers, activity sheets, a whistle for safety, a good luck hook, and a quarterly newsletter. The cost is $3.

For more information on these programs contact: KARE Coordinator, PA Fish & Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000.

Sample Lessons

Primary

Fish Imprinting

Through this fun hands-on activity children learn how to identify living things found in water environments.
(EE Standard 4.1.4c)


Christie prepares a rubber Bluegill John and Walt press a T-shirt Colleen and Fred model their finished products
Christie prepares a rubber Bluegill with fabric paint.John and Walt press a T-shirt onto a paint coated rubber fish.Colleen and Fred model their finished products.

Intermediate

Fish Fashion
Through this cut-and-paste activity children are given different species of fish. They are then asked to combine the characteristics of the fish to develop their own species.
(EE Standard 4.1.7c)


Jerome's group create a new fish species		Jerome's group combined different fish characteristics to create a new fish species: Blue Mouth Sucker Chub. This lesson includes a follow-up activity fish adaptations, habitats, reproduction, and survival.
High School

Where Have all the Shad Gone?
Students evaluate the trade-offs, cost and benefit of conserving watersheds and wetlands; evaluate the effects of human activities on watersheds and wetlands.
(EE Standards 4.1.12E)

Walt Dietz from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Northeast Division explains the process of plotting and charting for students to analyze historical Shad data in the Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna Watersheds.
Walt Dietz explains the process of plotting and charting