EDUCATION RESOURCES CATALOG Fish Catalog Index TITLE & DESCRIPTION TYPE The 100-Year Chain: The Pike Family PDF ONLY Overview of the pike family.   Minimum grade level: MS   A Big School of Yellow Perch FACT SHEET This math worksheet involves checking basic addition and subtraction out to three digits.   Minimum grade level: ES   All About Fish -- PLAY WEB ONLY PLAY brochure containing the following articles: All About Fish -- Internal Anatomy -- Living in Water: Fish Anatomy -- PA Fish Family Tree -- How Fish Swim   Minimum grade level: ES   American Eel PDF ONLY Introduction to the American eel.   Minimum grade level: ES   Atlantic Sturgeon PDF ONLY Introduction to the Atlantic sturgeon.   Minimum grade level: ES   Back to the Sea FACT SHEET Fact sheet details fall migration of fish such as American shad, herring, striped bass and American eel from Pennsylvania's Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers. Includes information on turbine passage.   Minimum grade level: ES   The Catfish Family -- PLAY WEB ONLY PLAY brochure containing the following articles: The Catfish Family -- Catfish in Pennsylvania -- Life of a Catfish -- Know your Catfish -- To Catch a Cat -- Little Cats   Minimum grade level: ES   Burbot PDF ONLY Introduction to the burbot.   Minimum grade level: ES   Diadromy FACT SHEET Information on diadromous fishes--fish that migrate between salt and fresh water. Anadromous and catadromous fish.   Minimum grade level: ES   Dino-fish FACT SHEET Information on the prehistoric fish, Dunkleosteous, found in Pennsylvania.   Minimum grade level: ES   Fish Colors FACT SHEET Biology of fish coloration, color patterns, pigments, etc.   Minimum grade level: ES   Fish Get Sick Too FACT SHEET Fact sheet on fish diseases and parasites. Includes information on viruses and treatments.   Minimum grade level: ES   Fish Nests FACT SHEET Information sheet on the different types of nests fish build.   Minimum grade level: ES   Fish Parts FACT SHEET Word search puzzle on external anatomy of soft ray fish. Label the parts and find the names in the word search. Good introduction to terminology. Answers   Minimum grade level: ES   Fish Senses: Sight FACT SHEET How fish see: color, distance vision, 3D, etc.   Minimum grade level: ES   Fish Senses: Hearing FACT SHEET How fish hear, the mechanics of the lateral line and otolith.   Minimum grade level: ES   Fish Senses: Taste and Smell FACT SHEET How fish taste and smell: chemistry of smell, taste buds and nares.   Minimum grade level: ES   Fishways FACT SHEET Basic explanation of how fishways work. Explains differences between fish lifts and fish ladders.   Minimum grade level: ES   From Egg to Creel: Life of a Hatchery Trout FACT SHEET Fact sheet on the steps in trout culture. How the Commission raises and stocks trout.   Minimum grade level: ES   From Egg to Creel: Walleye FACT SHEET Fact sheet on the steps in walleye culture. How the Commission raises and stocks walleye.   Minimum grade level: ES   Highlights on Hybrids FACT SHEET Info on hybrid fish stocked in PA and why we stock hybrids.   Minimum grade level: ES   How to Make a Largemouth Bass FACT SHEET Steps in the life cycle of a largemouth bass. Includes information on reproduction.   Minimum grade level: ES   It's a Trout's Life PDF ONLY Compares life cycles of hatchery and wild trout.   Minimum grade level: ES   Know Your Bass PDF ONLY How to tell the difference between largemouth and smallmouth bass.   Minimum grade level: ES   Know Your Sunfish FACT SHEET Identification and information on common sunfish.   Minimum grade level: ES   Largemouth Bass: Focus on Habitat FACT SHEET This handout describes and shows the habitat for a largemouth bass.   Minimum grade level: ES-HS   Life of a Sunfish PDF ONLY Life cycle of sunfish.   Minimum grade level: ES   Migratory Fish Restoration and Passage on the Susquehanna River BROCHURE Minimum grade level: MS-HS   PA Fish Fact Game FACT SHEET Game involving facts involving Pennsylvania's fishes.   Minimum grade level: ES   PA Fish Word Search FACT SHEET Word search puzzle with the names of Pennsylvania's fishes.   Minimum grade level: ES   PA's Dynamic Darters BROCHURE Information on common darters. Includes identification, range and more.   Minimum grade level: ES   Paddlefish PDF ONLY Introduction to paddlefish.   Minimum grade level: ES   The Pennsylvania Fish Facts Game FACT SHEET Fact sheet to match Pennsylvania fish with fish facts.   Minimum grade level: ES-MS   Pennsylvania Fishes Identification Guide BROCHURE Brochure showing the different types and species of fish found in Pennsylvania. All drawings in color.   Minimum grade level: ES-HS   Pennsylvania's Trout and Salmon Family Tree PDF ONLY Overview of the trout and salmon family.   Minimum grade level: ES   Longnose Gar PDF ONLY Introduction to the longnose gar.   Minimum grade level: ES   PLAY: All About Fish BROCHURE PLAY brochure with fish anatomy, a fish family tree, and fish locomotion.   Minimum grade level: ES-HS   PLAY: All About Trout WEB ONLY PLAY brochure containing the following articles: All About Trout, PA's Trout & Salmon Family Tree, It's a Trout's Life, Trout Fishing, Care of the Catch   Minimum grade level: ES-MS   PLAY: Minnows WEB ONLY PLAY brochure about minnows. The different types, where they're found and fishing for minnows.   Minimum grade level: ES-MS   PLAY: PA's Unusual Fish WEB ONLY PLAY brochure containing the following articles: Unusual Fish, Paddlefish, Quillback Carpsucker, Longnose Gar, Atlantic Sturgeon, American Eel, Burbot   Minimum grade level: ES-MS   PLAY: The Sunfish Family (Bass) BROCHURE PLAY brochure containing the following articles: The Sunfish Family, Sunfish Family Tree, Life of a Sunfish, Know Your Bass, To Catch a Bass, Care of the Catch   Minimum grade level: ES-MS   PLAY: Wild Trout and other Wildlife WEB ONLY PLAY brochure containing the following articles: Natural PA Symbols, Garbage Bag Watershed Experiment, Focus on Habitat, Wild Trout Habitat, What's Wild?, State Fish Art Contest, Best Baits for Brookies   Minimum grade level: ES-HS   Popular Sport-fishes of Pennsylvania FACT SHEET How, where and when to catch them.   Minimum grade level: MS   Quillback Carpsucker PDF ONLY Introduction to the quillback carpsucker.   Minimum grade level: ES   Seasons of a Trout FACT SHEET Life cycle of a wild trout.   Minimum grade level: ES   The Sunfish Family PDF ONLY Overview of the sunfish family.   Minimum grade level: ES   Sunfish Family Tree PDF ONLY Family tree of Pennsylvania sunfish.   Minimum grade level: ES   This Fish Has a Scale to Tell FACT SHEET Activity sheet on aging fish scales. Includes brief intro to factors that influence growth of fish, and how PFBC uses age & growth information. Scale must be aged.   Minimum grade level: ES-MS   Trout Identification FACT SHEET Identification of brook, brown, rainbow, golden rainbow trout.   Minimum grade level: ES   Water Temperature and Fish (SMART Angler's Notebook) WEB ONLY Shows the range of water temperatures that different species of fish can live in.   Minimum grade level: ES   What's Your Fish IQ? FACT SHEET Identification worksheet. Includes color illustrations of 24 different Pennsylvania fish, which must be labeled. Excellent for those who already know some fish names.   Minimum grade level: MS   VIDEOS - TITLE & DESCRIPTION LENGTH America's Non-game Fishes 28 Minutes Learn about those "other fish," the little known, but colorful, non-game fishes, such as darters, minnows, and dace. Learn about their ecological link in the food chain, and how they are indicators of water quality and ecosystem health. Also see how the USFWS is working to protect and restore non-game species.   Minimum grade level: MS   Bigmouth Bass (A Definitive Study) 50 Minutes Detailed documentary of the life cycle of a largemouth bass. Spectacular underwater footage. Is to bass what "Way of a Trout" is to trout.   Minimum grade level: ES   Coming Back: The American Shad Restoration Story -- Provides an overview of Fish and Boat Commission efforts to restore American shad and other anadromous fish to the Susquehanna and Delaware River Basins.   Minimum grade level: MS   Eyewitness: Fish -- Talks about the diversity of fish and the many different habitats they live in.   Minimum grade level: MS   Fish and Characteristics 15 Minutes Good introduction to fish, includes information on common characteristics, fresh and saltwater fish. A little old, but loaded with good introductory information.   Minimum grade level: ES   From Egg to Creel: Pennsylvania's Trout 35 Minutes Video explaining how the PFBC provides trout fishing opportunities through Trout management, Trout production and Trout fishing opportunities in Pa.   Minimum grade level: MS-HS   Headwaters 24 Minutes The life of a smallmouth bass born in a headwater stream is depicted in this film. The effects of pollution on the smallmouths ability to survive is shown.   Minimum grade level: MS   Paddlefish: An American Treasure 59 Minutes This video details the life cycle of paddlefish, describes causes of paddlefish population decline. This is a long video, but includes a lot of good information on this secretive fish.   Minimum grade level: HS   Sturgeon: Ancient Survivors of the Deep 57 Minutes The story of the Sturgeon.   Minimum grade level: MS   Way of a Trout 28 Minutes Shows the life of a native rainbow trout from egg to creel and its release. Emphasis is placed on predators that reduce the numbers of trout in the stream and mans choice of either keeping or releasing the fish.   Minimum grade level: ES   EDUCATION RESOURCES CATALOG – CATEGORIES Amphibians & Reptiles Aquatic Habitat Boating & Water Safety Conservation Critters Ethics Fish Fishing Fishing & Boating (where-to) PA Fish & Boat Commission Pollution Water & Wetlands Catalog Index Publications – Education – PDF Help