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.