School is in session for these trout:

A school of fish… via PA Trout in the Classroom

Some students across Pennsylvania are helping raise brook trout in classroom aquariums. And it’s not just a front row seat to the life cycle of the fish.

Amidea Daniel of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission says the students also learn about water quality through hands-on activities – for example, by comparing the conditions in the tank to a local stream.

Daniel says,“The students are gaining an ownership of the health of the brook trout in the classroom and through that, they gain a connection to that local watershed.”

At the end of the year, they release the trout. The program is over, but for many students, an interest in conservation remains.

Get Schooled:

• Learn more about Pennsylvania’s Trout in the Classroom program.

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Amidea Daniel explains what children learn by raising classroom trout:

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See the PA Trout in the Classroom program in action (via PA Fish and Boat Commission):

The fine print:

• This segment was produced in partnership with Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and made possible by the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds.