4th Grade Fish Slough
Docent Information
On this page: Schedule, Calendar, Location Map, Training Videos, Handbook with lessons and background, docent sign-up form, and docent schedule.
Schedule Information
ESWP Archeology Dates 2024
Training Day: Friday March 1, 2024 10 am to 5 pm
Location: Meet at ICOE, 166 Grandview Dr
Please bring water, lunch, and clothes to be comfortable in all weather, outside all day. Transportation provided to Fish Slough.
Program Dates:
Wednesday, March 6: Owens Valley and Lone Pine
Thursday, March 7: Round Valley and Big Pine
Tuesday, March 19: Bishop Elementary
Wednesday, March 20: Bishop Elementary
Thursday, March 21: Bishop Elementary
Program Hours: Meet across from the entrance to the Vons gas station at 7:30 am, back by 2:30 pm (depending on how long it takes us to pack up - kids arrive at 9 am and are on the bus to leave by 1:35).
Student Rotation Schedule
Rotation Schedule.pdfCalendar and Map of Field Location
4th Grade Fish Slough Training Videos
4th Grade Handbook and Journal
Lesson plans are in Handbook; Journal answer key is an earlier version but has answers, for reference
Handbook with lessons
ESWP 4th Grade Fish Slough Handbook 2018-rev.pdfField Journal - updated 2022
4th Grade Journal-2022.pdfField Journal Answer Key
Answer Key for student journal.pdfResources
Background Information you may find interesting and/or helpful
The Bigger Picture: How Rock Art fit into the Lives of the People who made it - Rock Art Lecture at White Mountain Research Center by David Lee
The Obsidian Trail - Archaeologists in the Owens Valley have for thirty years recorded petroglyphs, pottery, and bone, wood, and stone tools, piecing together the lifeways of the region’s original inhabitants. With advances in analysis of obsidian (black volcanic glass), they are re-examining what ancient arrowheads, points and flakes can reveal and are learning some surprising things. Also available on YouTube - see videos on Teachers' page.
Saved by a Bucket, but Can the Owens Pupfish Survive? New York Times (gift article - you should be able to open without a subscription)
More resources coming soon!
