At a time when students of all ages are learning to think about their place on this planet, One Fish Foundation prompts them to think about their relationship to seafood and the impact their decisions have on seafood and our oceans.
Students learn about different wild harvest methods and the environmental, economic, and social impacts of each in compelling images and dynamic discussion. They see the growing impact of aquaculture on seafood sustainability, including some of the key benefits and real pitfalls of different approaches to farming fish, shellfish, and seaweed. Students begin to understand some of the complex challenges in managing local, regional, national, and international fisheries and the increasing impact of climate change on marine ecosystems.
We work with teachers to customize these discussions to meet students where they are in their curricula.
Elementary School
Engaging elementary school students in the story of seafood is essential to helping them to understand how seafood goes from the ocean to their plates, and why knowing that story is important. Interactive, hands-on discussions with students about their relationship to seafood makes them more aware of why we need to take care of our oceans, and the role their decisions have on seafood as a shared public resource.
Middle School
Middle school students are curious about their connection to natural resources and the food they eat, and they like to hear that their personal choices matter. One Fish Foundation visits provide an interactive, hands-on forum to explore issues ranging from gear type to abundance, changes in oceans near and far, and how their decisions have an impact on marine ecosystems.
Middle School
Middle school students are curious about their connection to natural resources and the food they eat, and they like to hear that their personal choices matter. One Fish Foundation visits provide an interactive, hands-on forum to explore issues ranging from gear type, to abundance, changes in the Gulf of Maine, and how their decisions have an impact on local seafood resources.
High School
High school students dive into some of the science behind the many oceanic changes happening now: sea surface temperature spikes, ocean acidification, predator-prey relationships, oceanic current shifts. All of these topics come to life in roundtable discussions, hands-on demonstrations and informative slide presentations during a visit from One Fish Foundation.
Undergraduate & Graduate
We explore the intersection of markets, climate change, policy, and food justice with undergraduate and graduate students, and dive into some of the complex challenges that face small- and medium-scale seafood harvesters and community-based fisheries. We connect students to key seafood system stakeholders (in person or recorded) and challenge them to use those perspectives and their own intuition to develop meaningful solutions to some of the industry’s more persistent issues.
Undergraduate & Graduate
We explore the intersection of markets, climate change, policy, and food justice with undergraduate and graduate students, and dive into some of the complex challenges that face small- and medium-scale seafood harvesters and community-based fisheries. We connect students to key seafood system stakeholders (in person or recorded) and challenge them to use those perspectives and their own intuition to develop meaningful solutions to some of the industry’s more persistent issues.