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You Are What You Eat
07.02.2014    

Students play a game that demonstrates the importance of primary production by Arctic Ocean ice algae and the use of isotopes to trace sources of nutrients in food webs. They also discuss the implications of shrinking Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change.

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Frontier Scientists Vodcasts
04.26.2011    

Short vodcasts feature current research and the scientists involved. Four Climate Watch vodcasts, including ones on Changing Biomes and Permafrost, and a series on research at Lake El'Gypytgyn in Siberia involving coring through 3.5 million years of lake sediments to reconstruct Arctic paleo-environments were still in production on April, 2011.

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Bering Sea Learning Resource Collection
04.19.2011    

A body of educational resources focused on understanding the impacts of climate change and dynamic ice cover on the eastern Bering Sea ecosystem.

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COSEE Alaska Educator Guide to Resources for Teaching about Alaska's Sea and Rivers
COSEE Alaska Educator Guide to Resources for Teaching about Alaska's Sea and Rivers
11.18.2010    

Educator Guide. (PDF, 641 KB) Quick reference with links to:
- Lesson plans and units in the online Alaska Seas and Rivers K-8 curriculum produced by Alaska Sea Grant

- Resources and lesson plans related to planning and carrying out ocean science fairs and projects that can be entered into the Alaska Science and Engineering Fair.

The guide lists Alaska state science standards and grade level expectations and national Ocean Literacy Principles addressed by each lesson plan and the resources are aligned with Alaska standards for cultural relevance.

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Take Aim at Climate Change
08.01.2010    

Music video.

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PolarPALOOZA
08.01.2010    

Educational site about the International Polar Year.

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Arctic Climate Monitoring Program Curriculum
08.01.2010    

Curriculum framework and Inquiry-based lesson plans about the Arctic climate.

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Wandering Wildlife animation
08.01.2010    

Tracking wildlife by satellite.

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Alaska Native Perspectives on Earth and Climate
08.01.2010    

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.

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Alaska Seas and Rivers
08.01.2010    

K-8 curriculum with thematic units for each grade level and Alaska science stories.

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Alaska Native Knowledge Network
08.01.2010    

Variety of resources including lesson plans to assist K-12 educators in meeting Alaska's science standards and addressing standards for culturally-relevant education.

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Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
08.01.2010    

Online magazine for K-5 teachers integrating science, literacy, and the polar regions.

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History of Winter
08.01.2010    

NASA-sponsored scientist-teacher partnership program for student collection of data about snowflakes as part of the Global Snowflake Network and lake ice and snow pack temperatures using a Thermochron probe.

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Facing the Future sustainability curriculum
08.01.2010    

Climate Change: Connections and Solutions curriculum guides for Grades 6-8 and 9-12.

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Permafrost Borehole Project
08.01.2010    

This is the website for Kenji Yoshikawa, also known as "tunnel man", a geoscientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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PolarTrec Virtual Basecamp
08.01.2010    

Lesson plans, journals, photos, and opportunities to interact with teachers and researchers on a variety of expeditions and cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic.

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Polar Science and Global Science: an international resource for education and outreach. 2010.
03.01.2010    

Bettina Kaiser, Editor. Ice is featured as one of six polar themes. The book provides an excellent summary of current sea ice research and understandings and includes teacher-tested hands-on science activities.

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Two Ways of Knowing. 2010.
03.01.2010    

David and Doug Barber. A product of the IPY Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study onboard the icebreaker Amundsen which studied the leads in Arctic sea ice.

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Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change: an abbreviated guide for teaching climate change. 2007.
03.01.2010    

Project 2061 at AAAS.

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Place-based Ocean Science Fairs
03.01.2010    

COSEE Alaska is sponsoring ocean science fairs in rural Alaskan communities that integrate Alaska Native culture by requiring that projects have cultural or community relevance.

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The Little Fox and The Little Seal
03.01.2010    

Children’s books.

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Pete’s Wild Ride
03.01.2010    

Libby Hatton. 2008. Children’s book about Alaska current systems.

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