Fishing Regulations and Sportsmanship
Topics: Ecosystems Fish Fishing Human Impacts on Environment Population Studies
Skills: Observation Presentation and Public Speaking Questioning Researching Using tools
Grade Levels: Grades 3-5
Resource Types: Kits
Settings: Indoors
Students participate in a scavenger hunt for answers to questions derived from the Minnesota fishing regulations booklet. They explore how fishing regulations are laws that help maintain healthy fish populations and aquatic natural resources. Personal responsibility and choices made by citizens involving unwritten rules of sportsmanship also play a role in managing our state’s resources. Students act out a short skit in response to a situation card that poses a fishing dilemma. They use the regulations booklet to defend or explain their choices and actions, then decide whether their decision was based on regulations or good sportsmanship.
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Credit: MN DNR MinnAqua Program
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