EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Find information, lessons, supply lists, protocols and further details in the
Grande Ronde Community Science Curriculum
Grande Ronde Community Science Curriculum
Umatilla Tribal Dictionary - translates from English to Umatilla
The Confluence Project - Many stories
Umatilla River Vision and First Food Upland First Foods Vision - Guiding documents for all of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatalla DNR’s restoration work.
Wakanushpum - The Salmon People Curriculum
Native Plant and Food Curriculum Portal
Tribal History / Shared History - Oregon Department of Education
8th Grade
Tribal Place Names
Tribal Seasonal Rounds - Student Handouts
10th Grade
Climate Change and First Foods
Food Desert - Historical and Contemporary - Timeline
Time Immemorial - Student Handouts
Causes of the Whitman Incident - Images
Effects of the Whitman Incident - Student Handouts
How to Teach Nature Journaling
Indigenous STEAM
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation - Climate Adaptation Plan
OPB Articles
Oldest evidence of human habitation
Native Celery Gathering
Caretakers of the Land + Ascension School
The Confluence Project - Many stories
Umatilla River Vision and First Food Upland First Foods Vision - Guiding documents for all of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatalla DNR’s restoration work.
Wakanushpum - The Salmon People Curriculum
Native Plant and Food Curriculum Portal
Tribal History / Shared History - Oregon Department of Education
8th Grade
Tribal Place Names
Tribal Seasonal Rounds - Student Handouts
10th Grade
Climate Change and First Foods
Food Desert - Historical and Contemporary - Timeline
Time Immemorial - Student Handouts
Causes of the Whitman Incident - Images
Effects of the Whitman Incident - Student Handouts
How to Teach Nature Journaling
Indigenous STEAM
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation - Climate Adaptation Plan
OPB Articles
Oldest evidence of human habitation
Native Celery Gathering
Caretakers of the Land + Ascension School
Observation Focused Lessons - Youth practice making observations of the natural world outside.
- BEETLES - I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me Of - a lesson to build observation skills using all our senses.
- Nature Awareness and Observation Pages 11-16 - Salmon Watch
- How to Teach Nature Journaling by John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygrin
- Nature Writing as Analytical Skills
Social Emotional Focused LessonsField trips are incredible learning opportunities. Though not all students feel safe going to new, different, and wild spaces. Consider following these lessons to explore how the Community Science Project can support students’ and the group’s social emotional learning and wellbeing.
- BEETLES - Group Agreements for Science Discussions
- BEETLES - Social Emotional Learning Routine
- Crayfish Study Curriculum
- Master Water Stewards Website and YouTube Channel - This is a great resource to introduce youth to the protocols they will be using in the field
- Greater Oregon STEM Hub career video - Stream Restoration Coordinator video and corresponding Watershed Lesson
- Salmon Watch + Freshwaters Illustrated short videos - This western Oregon focused program is similar to the Grande Ronde Community Science project and has a lot of resources including short “virtual field trip” videos from the Freshwaters Illustrated.
- Freshwaters Illustrated has full length films and associated lessons including a film on mussels. Contact Carrie for info regarding access.
- Mussels - Ohio River Foundation - Mussel host activity and Mussel reproduction activity, and Minnesota Zoo Mussel curriculum. These are focused on Midwest mussels but could be adapted for Pacific Northwest Species.
- Article comparing John Day and Snake River Salmon populations from the Lewiston Tribune.
- Project WILD, Aquatic WILD, Project Learning Tree, and Project WET all have great lessons that connect to the community science project.