Fishy Who’s Who?
With Project WILD Aquatic’s activity “Fishy Who’s Who?,” students look at local fish habitats, species that occur in these habitats, and locate the fish species on a map. To help students locate and research Iowa fish, be sure to use the “Biodiversity” CD. This CD is available from the Aquatic Education Program's office.
As an extension to this activity, contact your local fisheries office or experienced angler and ask where good fish habitat is that is close to your school/nature center. Take your students to the location, and point out what makes it a good fish habitat, and look for the fish that live there.
Book List
PreK – 2
Cook, B. 2005. The Little Fish that Got Away. HarperCollins.
DK Publishing. 2006. Duck Pond Dip. DK Publishing, Inc.
Heinrichs, A.R. 2003. Fish. Coughlan Publishing.
Knudson, M. 2005. Fish and Frog. Candlewick.
Lionni, L. 1974. Fish is Fish. Knopf Books for Young Readers.
Long, E. 1987. Gone Fishing. Houghton Mifflin.
Pfeffer, W. 1996. What its Like to be a Fish. Harper Trophy.
Prosek, J. 2004. A Good Day’s Fishing. Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Quigley, M. 2007. Granddad’s Fishing Buddy. Dial.
Sayre, P. 2007. Trout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant. Northword Books for Young Readers.
Wells, E. 2006. Wishing I was Fishing. Beaver’s Pond Press.
Yoo, T. 2007. The Little Red Fish. Dial.
Grades 3-5
Amdahl, P. 2000. The Barefoot Fisherman: A Fishing Book for Kids. Clearwater Publishing.
Brewster, B. 1988. Discovering Freshwater Fish. The Bookwright Press.
Burger, C. 1960. All About Fish. Random House.
Carney, M. 2002. The Biggest Fish in the Lake. Kids Can Press Ltd.
Fitzsimons, C. 1988. My First Fishes & Other Water Life. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
Fletcher, A.M. 1971. Fishes That Travel. Addison-Wesley.
Goetz, D. 1973. Lakes. William Morrow and Company.
Heinz, B. 2000. Butternut Hollow Pond. Millbrook Press.
Lionni, L. 1974. Fish is Fish. Knopf Books for Young Readers.
Morrison, G. 2002. Pond. Houghton Miffllin.
Parker, S. 2005. Fish. DK Publishing, Inc.
Pfeffer, W. 1996. What its Like to be a Fish. Harper Trophy.
Rinehart, S. 2004. Eliza and the Dragonfly. Dawn Publications.
Sanders, S. 2002. Crawdad Creek. National Geographic.
Sill, C. 2005. About Fish: A Guide for Children. Peachtree Publishers.
Silver, D. 1994. One Small Square: Pond. W.H. Freeman and Co.
Grades 6-8
Fletcher, A.M. 1971. Fishes That Travel. Addison-Wesley.
Heinz, B. 2000. Butternut Hollow Pond. Millbrook Press.
Morrison, G. 2002. Pond. Houghton Miffllin.
Pratt-Serafini, K. 2001. Salamander Rain: A Lake & Pond Journal. Dawn Publications.
Rinehart, S. 2004. Eliza and the Dragonfly. Dawn Publications.
