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Elementary Polar Science Station

Overview

My high school has a Science Club whose members visit local elementary schools and run various “stations” that (elementary) students visit for 10-15 minutes before rotating to a different one. This lesson is designed to be one those – a quick hitting, but engaging look into polar science that will stir the kids’ inherent curiosity and get them

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Arctic
Less than 1 period
Elementary and Up
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Bowhead Whales: An Introduction to Our Whales Unit

Overview

This First Grade unit on the bowhead whale has been created to support the knowledge of children living within a whaling community. The unit focuses on the basic components of understanding the bowhead in a more scientific manner. Although my students know the bowhead in a uniquely intimate way because of their environmental and subsistence circumstances, our goal

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Arctic
More than a week
Elementary and Up
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Recess at 25 Below

Overview

Students will engage in a hands-on activity to help them consider what students in a tropical climate do to prepare for recess compared with students who live in the interior of Alaska.

Objectives

Students will: * Compare what students in a tropical climate do to prepare for recess with students who live in the interior of Alaska. * Learn

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Arctic
Less than 1 period
Elementary and Up
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Welcome to the Bering Sea: An Introductory PowerPoint

Overview

The following PowerPoint presentation is part of an anticipatory set used to excite and introduce students to the many wonders of the Bering Sea. The PowerPoint is to be presented at the beginning of a unit about the Bering Sea.

Objectives

At the start of a unit on the Bering Sea this PowerPoint video presentation will engage

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Lesson
Arctic
Less than 1 period
All Aged
n/a
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Chill Out – All About Ice in the Bering Sea

Through activities, video observation, experimentation and the construction of a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) students will learn about the chemical and physical properties of sea ice.

Objectives

Students will be able to answer main questions of where sea ice is, how it is formed, why the ice is important, how it is classified by indigenous people and scientists, how

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Arctic
More than a week
All Aged
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Recess at 25 Below

Overview

Compare what students in a tropical climate do to prepare for recess with students who live in the interior of Alaska. Learn several consequences caused by sub zero temperatures. Create awareness that people are able to prepare for a cold environment by adding layers of clothes.

Objective

Compare what students in a tropical climate do to prepare

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Arctic
Less than 1 period
Elementary and Up
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