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Out to Sea with Sally

Growing Up For Good


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Out to Sea with Sally

Text copyright 2008 by Stephanie RachIllustrated by Cesar HenriquezIllustrations 2008 IAGmedia, Inc.Please visit www.growinguporgood.com or www.letsgochipper.com to learn more.Growing Up For Good is a division o IAGmedia, Inc.

All rights reserved. No part o this book may be reproduced in any orm withoutthe written permission o the publisher, except in the case o descriptions orquotes embodied in articles or reviews.

Isbn 978-0-9818286-2-6

Printed in USA, 2008Printed on paper rom authorized, well managed orests.


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Hi, Im Chipper. Are you ready to go?


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Im going into the great outdoors to visit myriends Paisley and Sally. Sally is a salmon.

Lets go!


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Hi Paisley. Were meeting my riend Sally.Sally lives in resh water but shes about to

take an adventure beyond the great

outdoors and to the oceans ar and wide.8


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How ya doin Chipper?!

Thats right,salmon are Anadramous

and that means my liesjourney takes me romresh water streams tothe salty ocean beyondthe trees. Come along, Ill show you.


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Salmon are born in resh waterand are called Fry. We stay in thestreams and eat lots o insects so

we can grow and gain strength.

A salmon ready tojourney to the oceanis called a smolt.A salmons colorchanges at thistime to a blue-ishgreen color orbetter camouagein the ocean.


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Salmon swimup fsh ladders,man-made areasthat help usclimb to thewaterways thatlead tothe ocean.

We have one morestop beore the ocean,the estuary. Anestuary is where theriver meets the sea.

We go through aprocess calledsmoltifcation.Now were ready to go!


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Salmon swim hundreds and thousands omiles to get to the ocean. Well live in the

ocean until we mature, up to seven

years or more or some salmon.

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Well eat squid and crustaceans likecrab, krill, shrimp and other

fsh which will help us grow and thrive.

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Wow, there is so much to explore beneaththe surace o the great outdoors.

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Once were mature enough to fnd a mate,we make our way home. Lets go!

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Salmon have a keen sense o smell tohelp guide us back to our birthplace. Some

scientists say its the earths magneticfelds that act like a compass and

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Come along, we have to swim up stream now.Salmon have to take many rests alongthe way to conserve energy. Sometimes

we wait or the water to rise whichhelps us get home.

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When I returnhome, I will lay

my eggs in a

nest called aRedd. The

eggs are orangeand the size

o a pea.

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Once spawning takes place, the eggs willhatch in three to our months.

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Thank you or takinga journey to exploremy lie as a salmon.Fish have gills so we

need water to help usbreathe. I wish I could

explore beyond thestreams and sea

with you.

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Sally, you live an amazing lie. You get totravel, meet lots o riends and you give so

much to the environment.


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Thats right! There are over 20,000 specieso fsh and weve been evolving or millions o

years. thats why it is important or every-one to take care o the environment

and waterways. Salmon depend on cleanwaters and deep streams and rivers to

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I agree! I you pick up your trash, recycle, andkeep storm drains clear in your community, you

will help keep waterways healthy or fsh andother wildlie. Lets work together so everyone

can enjoy the great outdoors.

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Help salmon thrive by doing your part to

keep your neighborhood clean.

Coho Pink

SockeyeSteelhead

AmagoChum Chinook

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Quick facts about salmon:

There are many types of salmon.Here are a few familiar ones to know.

Know Before You Go Intothe Great Outdoors.

Anadramous:Fish that are born in fresh water but live

their life in the sea. Like salmon!

Redd:A nest where the female salmon

digs to lay her eggs.

Alevin:The beginning stage or larval stage

of a salmon. They are about one inch inlength and live in a yolk sac which gives

them all their food to grow.

Smolt:The young life-stage of a salmon. This iswhen the salmon go off to the sea to live.

Osmoregulation:This is the time when a salmons gills

and kidneys physically change so it cantravel from fresh water to salt water andback again. There are many types of salm-on. Here are a few familiar ones to know.


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Time to color and journal!

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Exploration JournalYour explorations begin the minute you walk out your door.

Where did you go? What did you see? Who went with you? Take a picture or draw a picture and have fun!


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Mom and Dad,grandparents and friends visit

www.intothegreatoutdoors.comfor more info and to nd great resources

www.spawnusa.org

www.wildsalmoncenter.org

www.wildsalmon.org

www.childrenandnature.org

www.neefuse.org

www.gloabl green.org

www.worldwildlife.org


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