Pike Fishing
Kit Lessons
What is a Pike?
Students look closely at model Northern Pike and learn about the species and different uses of the species. Students can identify a pike fish and some attributes of the pike, students also learn words to compare sizes of pike.
Going Fishing
Students pretend to go ice fishing for Northern Pike. As they catch fish they count and compare sizes of their catch. Students safely play with magnetic fishing rod, take turns, learn to identify Northern Pike, and compare lengths of fish by using terms: smaller, bigger, longer, shorter.
Making a Fish Rack
Students make pretend dried pike and hang to dry on fish rack. Students learn that pike can be dried and spaced out to preserve fish. Students count to 8.
Native Language — Relevant Vocabulary
English
Dena'ina
Sugt'stun
Yu'pik
01 – One
02 – Two
03 – Three
04 – Four
05 – Five
06 – Six
07 – Seven
08 – Eight
09 – Nine
10 – Ten
Ice
Ice Fishing
Lake
Pike
Spring
Winter
Related Alaska Children’s Literature
Fishing with Grandma
Ukaliq & Kalla Go Fishing
The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yupik Science & Survival
Traditional Food Guide for Alaska Native People