Students Make 'Explore the Salish Sea' Short Film

Our Explore the Salish Sea Curriculum is being deployed throughout the region, and recently one classroom put together their own documentary based on what they learned. Check it out!

Written and Performed by:

  • Oliver M., Landon L., & Caeleb T. (Introduction)

  • Keegan D., Joella E., Landon D., & Trayson B. (Tidal Zone)

  • Violet A., Egan B., & Seth B. (Sub-Tidal Zone)

  • Jillian W., Sailor S., & Nora S. (Orcas)

  • Caroline S., Maizy J., & Jossalyn S. (Salmon)

  • Jamieson D., Amara D., & Annie B. (Conclusion)

Based on the book “Explore the Salish Sea - A Nature Guide for Kids” by Joseph K. Gaydos & Audrey DeLella Benedict. All wildlife video from the SeaDoc Society’s Salish Sea Wild except for...

All wildlife photos from “Explore the Salish Sea - A Nature Guide for Kids” and “The Salish Sea - Jewel of the Pacific Northwest” by Joseph K. Gaydos & Audrey DeLella Benedict, except for...

Orca photography by Annette Columbini

Creative Commons images: Salish Sea from space by NASA, Geoduck in sand by Jeff, Wasting sea star & Orca chasing Chinook salmon by Oregon State University, Rally at Peace Arch Park by Robert Ashworth

Thanks to our PTA and the Safeway Innovation in Education Grant

Indigenous land map from Native-land.ca website

Music: Perspectives Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Grant Center for the Expressive Arts
Tacoma, WA - Spring 2021