Arctic Ocean
Foraging for Fish in a Melting Arctic: the Black Guillemots' Quest to Feed Their Young Kindergarten and up. Lesson Plan (PDF, 913 KB) Scientist Presentation (PDF, 2.82 MB)

Bowhead Whale Unit Grades 1-3. Lesson Plan (PDF, 203 KB)

Arctic Smorgasbord High School. Lesson Plan (PDF, 102 KB) Arctic Food Web Cards (PDF, 650 KB)

Arctic Food Web in Language Arts High School.Lesson Plan (PDF, 99 KB)

Arctic Sea Ice Impacts on Temperature, Salinity, and Density of Sea Water Middle School and up. Lesson Plan (PDF, 130 KB)

These lesson plans were developed as part of Marine Ecosystem Workshops sponsored by COSEE Alaska and its partners Alaska Sea Grant, the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, the Alaska SeaLife center, Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS) and the UAF Center for Crosscultural Studies to engage scientists and teachers in collaborative development of lesson plans. Major support for the workshops was provided by the National Science Foundation.

b>Bering Sea Workshop October, 2010. Collaboration with the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), and the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
Gulf of Alaska Workshop June, 2011. Collaboration with the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) EARTH Program.
Arctic Ocean Workshop May, 2012. Collaboration with the North Slope Borough School District, North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), and the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS).

Bering Sea

Life Cycle of Blue King Crab in the Bering Sea Grades 9-12. Lesson Plan  (PDF, 784 KB)

Blue King Crab Habitat in the Bering Sea Grades 9-12. Lesson Plan (PDF, 707 KB)

Climate Change Impacts on Blue King Crab Grades 9-12.
Lesson Plan (PDF, 686 KB)

These lesson plans were developed by Alexanda Doty as outreach for her research funded by the North Pacific Research Board.

Other Resources

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. MORE >>

Faces of Climate Change Videos 02.28.2011     Three compelling short videos showcase the dramatic changes in Alaska's marine ecosystems through interviews with scientists and Alaska Natives. This video was produced by COSEE Alaska, the Alaska Sea Grant program, the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, and the Alaska Ocean Observing System MORE >>

Climate Change Attitude Survey by the Alaska SeaLife Center 12.01.2010     Comparison of results from surveying Alaska SeaLife Center staff, residents of Seward, Alaska; and visitors to the Alaska SeaLife Center. MORE >>

Losing Alaska 08.01.2010     Shoreline erosion. MORE >>

PolarPALOOZA 08.01.2010     Educational site about the International Polar Year. MORE >>

A Tour of the Cryosphere 08.01.2010     NASA video featuring "fly-overs" of Earth, focusing on ice. MORE >>

Arctic Climate Monitoring Program Curriculum 08.01.2010     Curriculum framework and Inquiry-based lesson plans about the Arctic climate. MORE >>

NOAA Arctic theme page 08.01.2010     One of NOAA's "theme pages" focusing on the Arctic. MORE >>

National Snow and Ice Data Center 08.01.2010     Resources about the cryosphere. MORE >>

Wandering Wildlife animation 08.01.2010     Tracking wildlife by satellite. MORE >>

Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears 08.01.2010     Online magazine for K-5 teachers integrating science, literacy, and the polar regions. MORE >>

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. MORE >>

SEARCH: Study of Environmental Arctic Change Sea Ice Outlook 03.01.2010     The SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook is an international effort to provide a community-wide summary of the expected September arctic sea ice minimum. MORE >>

SEARCH: Sea Ice and Walrus Observation (SIWO) 03.01.2010     SIWO is a resource for Alaska Native subsistence hunters, coastal communities, and others interested in sea ice and walrus. MORE >>

Ice Observatories 03.01.2010     Near-real time and archived images and data are available from the coastal ice observatories operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institutes in the villages of Barrow and Wales, Alaska. MORE >>

SIKU: Knowing Our Ice: documenting Inuit sea-ice knowledge and use. 2010. 03.01.2010     Edited by Igor Krupnik et. al. MORE >>

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. MORE >>

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