Flying Fish Project Outline  

Flying Fish consists of a field trip to the river in the morning and a follow-up session back in school after lunch.

1) Morning field trip – Pupils will visit their local burn where they will be introduced to some of the methods biologists use to assess river health.  These include:

• A demonstration of a fish survey using electrofishing
• Fish identification
• Kick sampling for collection of freshwater invertebrates
• Invasive non-native species identification

2) Afternoon session – Pupils will sort and identify their invertebrates in a pop-up laboratory and complete a number of activities including:

• Invertebrate scoring for water quality assessment
• In-catchment pollution assessment
• Crafty caddisfly tying
• Production of a River Health poster