NASA video that combines a variety of imagery from satellites to provide "fly-overs" of Earth from space to illustrate the features of the cryosphere and their dynamics: Sea ice cover, Antarctic ice sheets, glaciers, and snow cover with good 3-D relief. The video and text do a good job of fleshing out the concluding message:
"For many reasons, the cryosphere is important to the global climate."
Also available as youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRhy-oeqtM LINK >>
Variety of resources including lesson plans to assist K-12 educators in meeting Alaska's science standards and addressing standards for culturally-relevant education. Publications can be ordered as print or DVDs: Village Science, Alaska Science Camps, Fairs, & Experiments; Observing Snow, Science Fairs are Fun.
Special collection of multimedia resources developed by WGBH Boston featuring Alaska Native knowledge, concerns, and the response of Alaska Native communities and cultures to climate change. Lesson plans include one on climate change in the Arctic, science fairs, and careers.
Brief, but eloquent presentation about the importance of ice and the animals that depend on ice habitat to Alaska Native culture and subsistence hunters. This is part 1. Part 2 is told from the perspective of scientists working to study the effects of the change in the extent of sea ice in the Bering Sea. Both videos emphasize how the Native people and scientists are working together.
K-8 curriculum with thematic units for each grade level and Alaska science stories. Grade 7 theme of "Ocean in Motion" focuses on tides and Alaska and global current patterns. Grade 8 theme of "Changing Ecosystems" focuses on environmental change, particularly the effects of climate change (e.g., melting sea ice and glaciers, Bering Sea ecosystem) and methods of interviewing community members and elders about long-term observations and changes in the local environment. Aligned with state science standards and Ocean Literacy Principles.
COSEE Alaska Office: 1007 West Third Avenue • Suite 100 • Anchorage, AK 99501• voicemail: (907) 274-9612 • facsimile: (907) 277-5242
email • Nora.Deans@nprb.org, Program Director or msigman@alaska.edu, Program Manager
