Salmon Hatchery

We had a wonderful time on our field trip to the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery this week! The kids looked great in their salmon-print t-shirts, the weather was gray but warm and dry, and the salmon were definitely jumping!


Room 241 posed for a class picture next to Gilda and Finley, two salmon statues in front of the hatchery. These 8-foot bronze statues' size is based on fossils of salmon from the Ice Age. 5-6 million years ago, “saber-tooth salmon” existed, measuring up to 10-feet long and weighing up to 500 pounds!


Anna, Grant, and Luke pose in front of the viewing window for the fish ladder.


One docent teaches the kids about the seven members of the Pacific Salmon family. We already knew about Chum, Sockeye, Chinook, Coho, and Pink, but we also learned about Steelhead and Cutthroat trout!

Another docent shows preserved specimens of eggs, eyed eggs, alevin, and fry.

Scientists on a Log: the kids wait patiently for the rest of the group to join us for our class photo.

What a fun day!!