The Fish Hotel Teaching Kits were created by:

in partnership with:

Visit the Center for Land Use Education "Fish Hotel" website for more information about the kits and to download additional resources.

What's a fish hotel? It's a tree that's fallen in a lake or stream. It's like a hotel for fish because it provides what they need to survive: food and shelter. Large submerged trees can host entire fish communities!

The Fish Hotel Kit is designed to help students learn about the benefits of leaving trees in lakes. The kits are intended to be a Wisconsin fish-focused option for grades 1-5. The teaching guide provides discussion questions, activities and a list of the Wisconsin Science and English Language Arts standards that are met. The kid includes both a fiction and nonfiction book on this topic.

The Winnebago County Land & Water Conservation Department has 3 Fish Hotel Teaching Kits available for local educators to borrow for use in their classroom. Contact Jody at 920-232-1950 or jbezio@winnebagocountywi.gov for more information.

The Fish Hotels Kit includes:

• Fish Hotels, non-fiction (20 student copies) - Full-color, 20 page companion booklet *
• Fish Cards - Color photos of 19 Wisconsin fish
• Fish Hotel Lesson Plans
• Fish Hotel Poster
• A Second Life for Trees Poster
• How to Help Fish & Wildlife Poster
• Video links to short videos of real fish swimming through swimming
• though fallen trees
• Video link of Fish Hotel (picture book) being read.
• Educator Resources:
  • Impervious Surfaces: How They Impact Fish, Wildlife and Waterfront Property Values
  • Water's Edge
  • Field Journal
  • Wisconsin Wildcards - Fish**

* This booklet is tailored to the Wisconsin standards for science for grades 3-5 (Standards SCILS1 and SCI.LS2), but have been used with a wide variety of audiences including camps and special education classrooms.

** Wisconsin Fish Wildcards are provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.