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Class on a Raft

Class-on-a-Raft program incorporates a scenic float from Wilson to South Park exploring riparian habitats, wildlife/fisheries issues, macroinvertebrates, human development, map reading, and more for 5th grade students. This is a direct program of SRF and is hosted through donated float trips from local rafting companies.

Science Standards This Program Meets

5-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems

  • Grade: 5th Grade
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
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5-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems

  • Grade: 5th Grade
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Describe and graph the amounts and percentages of water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
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5-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

  • Grade: 5th Grade
  • Discipline: Life Science
Requirements:
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth primarily from air and water.
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5-LS2-1 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

  • Grade: 5th Grade
  • Discipline: Life Science
Requirements:
Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
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About Snake River Fund

Snake River Fund is non-profit organization with a mission to promote stewardship of and recreational public access to the Snake River watershed in Wyoming with an emphasis on partnerships, education and public outreach. 4th Grade programs: Partner with Teton County Weed & Pest – Wildlife Expo. SRF could be available for classroom and/or field based programming. 5th Grade programs: Class-on-a-Raft program incorporates a scenic float from Wilson to South Park exploring riparian habitats, wildlife/fisheries issues, macroinvertebrates, human development, map reading, and more. This is a direct program of SRF and is hosted through donated float trips from local rafting companies.

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Who Snake River Fund primarily works with the 5th grade classes. We also support educational programs for fourth grade classes and mid-school classes.
What Snake River Fund provides both in-class and in-field lessons regarding the riverine and riparian ecology, flora and fauna habitat associations, human impacts on water resources, macroinvertebrate sampling, and occasionally water quality sampling. Often our field based programs are conducted via scenic raft trip.
When Typically, early autumn or occasionally spring
Where Typically, along the Snake River corridor
Why Water is essential to all organisms. Understanding the cycle of water in Teton County and the impacts we as humans have on it is important. In Teton County, the Snake River is a constant. The Class-on-a-Raft program exposes children to field based observations, real world experience, and the Snake River.