For Educators

Special Events & Contests

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival (Homer, Alaska)

Early each May, join an international array of students and educators following migrating shorebirds to learn about our environment and wildlife. Hands-on science, guided bird walks, educational workshops, boat wildlife tours, arts and crafts, and music for kids.

Whale Fest Kodiak (Kodiak, Alaska)

Each April, learn about marine mammals and the ocean while celebrating the annual northbound migration of gray whales as they pass Kodiak Island heading to the Arctic. Special activities for students and teachers, hands-on science, singing, Native dancing, whale watching, talks by marine mammal experts, shark dissection, and nature hikes.

Junior Duck Stamp Contest

An integrated art and science curriculum developed to teach environmental science and habitat conservation through design of a stamp. Students use visual rather than verbal articulation to show what they have learned. Entries due by mid-March each year.

Migratory Bird Calendar Contest

For students living in western Alaska and the Aleutians. Students interpret visually or in writing a changing migratory bird conservation theme. Ribbons for best poster and literature entries submitted to each refuge. Statewide winners work is published in the calendar. Entries for the 2009 calendar must be postmarked by February 8, 2008. Students from Adak, Atka, Nikolski, Unalaska, St. Paul and St. George should send their work to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Education Coordinator, 95 Sterling Highway, Suite 1, Homer, AK 99603. Students from all other villages should check the website above to find out which refuge your work should be submitted to.

Last updated:September 8, 2008