The School House!

Welcome to the Schoolhouse! Polly Perch is always eager to learn. She’s a freshwater fish, so she’s constantly searching the shores and bottoms of shallow lakes and ponds for information.

Polly’s not your usual perch; she’s a little cuter than the real thing. But you can tell she’s a perch by her unusual dorsal fin that’s divided into two parts. The front part is spined, and the back part called soft-rayed.

Join Polly and find out about ocean and freshwater environments and species, and where to go to university to study these subjects. There’s also a resource section for teachers.

Activities & Lesson Plans | Experiments

Teacher-led Activities and Links to Lesson Plans

• Do Fish Drink The Water?
• Aquatic Food Webs
• Litter Can Be Deadly
• Choosing Salmon Streams
• Lesson Plans for Teachers

Experiments:

Fun in and out of the classroom!

Jet Boat | Making Waves | Underwater Scope | Eruption! | Water Swinger I Haven't The Foggiest Idea | Old Sea Salt | Why Boats Float and Elephants Sink...