Bering Sea Ecosystem Collection

As the "eye on Alaska's coasts and oceans," AOOS represents a network of critical ocean and coastal observations, data and information products that aid our understanding of the status of Alaska's marine ecosystem and allow stakeholders to make better decisions about their use of the marine environment.

A current view of the Bering Sea Ecosystem and Climate

Educate. Empower. Act. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet water.

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Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents, and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12.

Curriculum Material Online - over 25,000 web pages

The COSEE Manual for Science Camps, Fairs, and Projects provides how to information for organizing fairs and camps and hundreds of science fair project ideas focused on the challenge of dealing with accelerating change as the effects of a warming climate ripple through Alaska s ocean ecosystems, watersheds, and communities.

Scuttlebutt, the Bridge discussion list, is a forum for marine educators to talk informally about marine education ideas, issues, and questions. The Bridge staff monitors list activity and will assist in locating expertise to answer questions that teachers post to the list, as needed. All educators and scientists interested in marine science education are invited to subscribe. The list does

"People of the Seal" explores the centuries-old connection between the northern fur seal and the Unangan natives of Alaska's Pribilof and Aleutian Islands in the middle of the Bering Sea. Aquilina Lestenkof travels five generations of her own family's history in this remote part of the world, weaving together native, Russian and American cultural threads. At the heart of the

Elders and subsistence camps are an important part of Native life throughout Alaska. One of the strategies that is proving most successful in connecting the school curriculum to students lives in culturally and educationally meaningful ways is through the involvement of Native Elders as teachers and the real-world setting of a subsistence camp environment as the classroom. The resources at

Whether you are a teacher looking for a curriculum guide to Alaska's marine resources or a naturalist looking for a field guide to marine mammals, there is something for everyone in this collection of authoritative books, posters, videos, and brochures about Alaska's ocean resources.

Every year, northern fur seals migrate 6,000 miles round-trip from their summer breeding grounds on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. Learn about the scientists at NOAA who are tracking these seals on their incredible migrations, and where the seals go during the winter months.

Video on Stellar Sea Lions bythe NOAA Ocean Media Center

Includes maps of physical geography, sonar imagery, islands, bathymetry, currents, habitats, and more.

Photographs of Bering Sea landscape, villages, people, flora, and fauna

Big collection of photos and images of research expeditions, animals, fish, birds, history, ships, helicopters, and scenery, with links to more.

Real-time weather data from buoys in the Bering Sea

Maps of the Bering Sea showing bathymetry, currents, habitats, islands, and seas, links to satellite images and other information.

Over 70 two-page synopses to learn about the substance and relevance of each of NPRB's completed projects. Description of research themes are also available on this page.

Stories from scientists participating in the NPRB Bering Sea Project field program. Examples include stories of catching murres on remote cliffs (left) to study their diets, studying the bottom of the sea, building an integrated model to attempt to explain this ecosystem and predict the future, or of interviewing elders to learn about traditional knowledge.

This website presents the current Bering Sea Status, a Quick Data Summary, data, and reports on Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystems. It includes public information essays listed separately in this resource list, as well as links to photos, maps, and other Bering Sea Education websites.

Description and logs from a 2006 expedition to the Bering Sea to study physical and chemical properties of the ice and water, to sample phytoplankton and zooplankton and look at their relation to the food web, to look at fish abundance at the sea ice edge using hydroacoustic methods, and to observe the birds and mammals that need the spring

Short video, background essay, and discussion questions, tied to Alaska Science Standards.In this video adapted from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, visit the Cup'ik people of Chevak, Alaska, to learn about the interconnectedness of nature and their subsistence lifestyle. Listen to an elder speak about the importance of sharing experiences. Learn about the holistic view that everything in nature is

World Wildlife Fund Board Chairman Bruce Babbitt travels to Bristol Bay in hopes of repeating history and helping prevent oil and gas development in the region. Diary sections include: Flying In, Dillingham, Chogglung (a fish camp), From the Sea to Your Plate, Going Home.

This website provides online access to the Smithsonian's Alaska Native collections with pictures and descriptions of artifacts, interviews, photos, and a wealth of information about the Sugpiaq, Unangan, Yupik, and St. Lawrence Island Yupik people and their relationship to the Bering Sea.