Riverkeepers Lessons

HRAA’s Riverkeepers Educational Units offer hands-on lessons that connect participants with local ecosystems, conservation, and sustainable practices. From monitoring water quality and tagging smallmouth bass to raising juvenile Atlantic salmon and exploring the role of wetlands, these programs provide interactive learning experiences. Students might build bird habitats, tie fishing flies, or plant trees to understand carbon capture, all while gaining a deeper appreciation for New Brunswick’s natural resources.

Water Rangers

The Water Rangers lesson explores water quality through a video presentation and hands-on activities, including creating a DIY Secchi disk to measure turbidity, analyzing water temperatures, and modeling ocean currents.

Riverkeepers Lesson

Exploring Temperature (Gr. K-5)

DIY Secchi Disk (Gr. 6-8)

Modeling Ocean Currents (Gr. 9-12)

Fish of New Brunswick

The Fish of NB lesson introduces students to local fish species through a PowerPoint presentation on fish identification and characteristics, followed by hands-on activities like a fish identification matching game and exploring fish anatomy and adaptations.

Fish of New Brunswick Powerpoint Presentation

Parts of a Fish (Gr. K-5)

Fish Identification Game (Gr. 6-8)

Fish Identification Game Answer Key

Fun with Fishes: Adaptation Activity (Gr. 9-12)

AmBASSadors

The Smallmouth Bass lesson features an educational video on bass tagging, identification, and angling tips, with hands-on activities like an invasive species word search, a fishing-themed coloring page, and a fishing word search.

Smallmouth Bass Video

Fishing Coloring Page (Gr. K-5)

Fishing Word Search (Gr. 6-8)

Invasive Species Word Search (Gr. 9-12)

Winter Birds of NB

The Winter Birds of New Brunswick lesson includes a PowerPoint presentation on identifying native overwintering bird species and their habitats, with hands-on activities like making bird feeders and participating in a migration activity.

Winter Birds of NB Video

DIY Bird Feeders (Gr. K-5)

Bird Migration Activity (Gr. 6-12)

Carbon Capture

The Carbon Capture lesson features educational videos and a tree presentation on carbon footprints, with hands-on activities like calculating personal carbon footprints and participating in a carbon climate quiz.

Carbon Capture Video: Soil health and Planting

Carbon Capture Video: Salt Springs Restoration

Miyawaki Tree Video

Carbon Footprint Poster (Gr. K-5)

How Big is your Carbon Footprint? (Gr. 6-8)

Carbon Climate Quiz (Gr. 9-12)

Wild Wetland Wards

The Wild Wetland Wards lesson explores the importance of wetland ecosystems and their services using large educational posters, with hands-on activities like "Design a Duck" and "Wetland in a Pan" to illustrate wetland functions and wildlife adaptations.

What is a wetland? Be a Wetland Ward

Bogs & Frogs Duck Pond

Fantastic Ferns Rare Plants

Songbirds Swamp Squatters

Trees Please Floodplain Friends

Nocturnal Neighbours Marsh Monsters

Invasive Plants Herons & Birds

Wetland Warning Design a Duck (Gr. K-5)

Wetland in a Pan (Gr. 6-12)

Fish Friends

The Fish Friends lessons explore the Atlantic salmon lifecycle, fish habitats, and species conservation, with hands-on learning activities such as the Lifecycle Size Sequencing and Anatomy of a Salmon to enhance understanding of their biology and ecological importance.

Lifecycle of the Atlantic Salmon Video

Lifecycle Size Sequencing Activity Sheets (Gr. K-5)

Anatomy of a Salmon Activity (Gr. 6-8)

Salmonopoly Activity(Gr. 9-12)

Flybrary Founders

The Flybrary Founders lessons cover the basics of fly fishing and include a fly-tying tutorial, with hands-on learning through activities like fly tying and the "Only the Strong Survive" challenge to enhance practical skills and understanding.

Flybrary Video

Only the Strong Survive (Gr. K-5)

Fly Tying Tutorial (Gr. 6-12)