Steelhead in the Classroom Live!
Join us as we watch steelhead eggs develop and hatch into fry in our remote aquarium and learn more about steelhead and our local watersheds from experts in Sonoma County and beyond.
Season two:
Join us each week for check ins on our aquarium, Q&A with a biologist, and information about our watersheds from local experts
Have a question for our Ask a Biologist segment? Submit your question here
Episodes air at 8am each Monday on our YouTube Channel
2021 Schedule:
Monday March 8th 8am - Watch Now - What fish need to survive: Tank components and comparison to fish habitat in the wild
Monday March 15th 8am - Watch Now - Eggs go into the tank, Tank Time with Tom, Q&A with a biologist and more
Monday March 22nd 8am - Watch Now - Helping habitats, Tank Time with Tom, a litter hunt, Q&A with a biologist and more
Monday March 29th 8am - Watch Now - Fish’s growth, Tank Time with Tom, invasive species, Q&A with a biologist and more
Monday April 5th 8am - Watch Now - Fish’s special adaptations, Tank Time with Tom, fish movement, Q&A with a biologist and more
Monday April 12th 8am - Watch Now - Thinking about climate change, Tank Time with Tom, Q&A with a biologist and more
Monday April 19th 8am - Watch Now - Thinking more about climate change, Tank Time with Tom, Q&A with a biologist and more
Monday April 26th 8am - Watch Now - It’s the final episode, we release the fish, and our team takes personal actions to continue protecting fish
Season One 2020:
Friday April 17th 11am - Watch now - Eggs go into the tank, Tank Time with Tom, Q&A with a biologist and more
Friday April 24th 11am - Watch now - Eggs are hatching, we learn about alevin, silt and gravel, ask a biologist and more
Additional materials: Silt is a dirty word activity, count the eggs
Friday May 1st 11am - Watch now - Anatomy of steelhead, Tank Time with Tom, ask a biologist and more
Friday May 8th 11am - Watch now - What’s a rainbow trout and what’s a steelhead, Tank Time with Tom, ask a biologist and more
Friday May 15th 11am - Watch now - Steelhead fry habitat, Tank Time with Tom, ask a biologist and more
Friday May 22nd 11am - Watch now - What you can do to keep your streams clean, Tank Time with Tom, ask a biologist and more
Friday May 29th 11am - Watch Now - Stream snacks, steelhead food and what it tells us, Tank Time with Tom, and ask a biologist
Friday June 5th 11am - Watch Now - Helping wild fish survive, Tank Time with Tom, ask a biologist and more
Friday June 12th 11am - Watch Now - It’s the big day Tank Time with Tom goes stream side to release our fish
Curriculum and Activity Guides:
Parents and teachers can find educational PDFs, arts and crafts guides, activity guides, NGSS correlation information, and more on CDFW’s curriculum website
Additional Resources:
Sonoma Water Education program
Trout Unlimited (teacher resources, nationwide focus)
Monitoring Salmon and Steelhead in the Russian River (Sea Grant)
Trout Unlimited’s Wild Steelhead Program (a great deep dive for older students)
Russian River Fly Fishers (learn to fly fish)
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