For Educators
Resources
HOMER FIELD TRIP PLANNING
Plan your Homer environmental education field trip on www.homerfieldtrips.com. Find out about available programs, where to visit, all kinds of logistics questions, even ideas on where to sleep and make reservations on this great website. Includes information on and links to the Refuge, the Pratt Museum, the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies and the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve.
CURRICULA
Developed by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the following curricula use the wild and wonderful
resources of the Alaska Maritime Refuge to address state education standards in
an inspiring and useful way.
Available: locally through the Islands
& Ocean Visitor Center shop (and other Alaska Natural History Association
outlets) and online as noted.
Learn
about Seabirds
Can you imagine what your students will say if you ask them
to name all the Alaskan communities with populations of a million or more?
Includes:
Teacher’s
background story
14 teaching activities, grades 4-6
Guide to Alaskan Seabirds
Zoobooks:
Seabirds
Poster: Help Protect Alaska’s Seabirds
Interdisciplinary
topics:
Seabird identification, food webs, population dynamics, predator/prey
relationships, adaptations of seabirds to their habitats, traditional uses by
people, and dangers faced by seabirds and their habitats.
Arctic-Nesting
Shorebirds
An easy-to-use, multidisciplinary, 300-page package
designed to help K-12 teachers lead an investigation of shorebirds and wetland
ecology in a fun, activity-based manner.
Includes:
Teacher’s
background chapters
More than 30 activities, K-12
Field Trip plan &
activities
Tie-in to international internet program
Shorebird Field Guide
Migration
Poster
Interdisciplinary topics:
Shorebird biology, ecology, wetland
conservation, migration, field biology skills, and cultural awareness. Links to
become part of the Shorebird Sister Schools Program using the Internet
Alaska
Wildlife Curriculum (from Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
For
K-12 teachers who wish to use Alaska-based material to study the natural world.
Four Books. Each containing background chapters and activities to use as individual
lessons or together as units. Correlated to Alaska State Content Standards.
ADDITIONAL ONLINE
CURRICULA/LESSONS
Cyber Salmon (from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Plain-language, entertaining
approach to the lives of some of Alaska’s most important fish. Includes the
life cycle of salmon, the variety of habitats needed throughout their lives, and
the significance of salmon to people.
Sea
Ducks of Alaska (from Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies - Homer)
Hands-on
activity guide exploring adaptations of sea ducks and their role in the marine
and fresh water food webs. Includes identification cards and "trading cards."
Endangered
Species of Alaska (from Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies - Homer)
Attu:
North American battleground of World War II (from Teaching with Historical
Places Lesson Plans, National Register, National Park Service)
The setting:
World War II campaign to regain Alaska islands seized by the Japanese. Includes
inquiry question, historical context, maps, readings, visual evidence - and activities
to put it all together. Links and notes on further reading.
Shorebird
Sister Schools Program
Inspires shorebird and habitat conservation by
connecting people along flyways from South America, North America, and Asia. The
long-distance flying-machines that are shorebirds open doors to other cultures.
Additional
Resources
Outreach
and Education of the Alaska Regional office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
Notes on kits, slide shows, videos, and related
links
Last updated:September 8, 2008
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