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Standards-based Lessons and Units for K-8

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    These online Alaska Seas and Watersheds teaching activities, developed by Alaska teachers, provide high-quality lesson plans and units for use by teachers and homeschoolers, as well as interpreters, youth groups, nature tour guides, and anyone seeking fascinating content on marine and associated watershed science topics. The lesson plans and units are complete and ready to use, aligned with Alaska state science standards, and include curricular connections to mathematics, English and Language Arts (ELA), art, and social studies; and teaching activities aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and Alaska Math and ELA standards have been recently added.

    The Alaska Seas and Watersheds program was previously named the Alaska Seas and Rivers program, and before that Alaska Sea Week. Our current name reflects the interdependence of ocean and the land environments along the vast coastline of Alaska and inland to the crests of the mountains. MORE about the program in relation to STEM education and environmental literacy

    Alaska’s 43,000-mile-long coast is the longest state coastline in the nation and its ocean provides nearly half of the seafood harvested in American waters. In this time of rapid environmental change, it’s vitally important that students learn about how Alaska marine ecosystems function and change and how to steward and sustain our coastal bounty. MORE about the importance of Alaska’s coastal ecosystems. MORE about the importance of Alaska’s coastal ecosystems

    Selected by CLEANFour units in the Grade 8 curriculum—Investigation 1, Ch-ch-ch-changes; Investigation 2, Impacts of Change in Glacier Ice; Investigation 3: Bering Sea Expedition; and Investigation 4, Changes in Our Local Environment—have undergone rigorous review and been selected as outstanding educational resources by the NSF-funded Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN).

    Events and Announcements

    Get Your Feet Wet

    April 1 - May 31

    Celebrate and share your local event with other Alaskan teachers and students! We'll send you and your students a certificate of accomplishment and place them on the Alaska Sea Grant honor roll if they complete a clean-up or other type of stewardship project. xx

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    Alaska Seas and Watersheds teaching resources and activity ideas for field trips and stewardship projects are available for all grade levels along with new NGSS-aligned lesson plans and units for field trips and the use of drones and submersibles to collect environmental data.

    Coming Soon!

    A collection of teaching resources for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Long-Term Ecological Research Project area and a link to resources for teaching about ocean acidification.

    Professional Development

    Alaska Sea Grant provides professional development in a variety of formats. Onsite in-service presentations and workshops are provided free-of-charge as an opportunity for Alaska K-8 teachers and informal educators to learn about our award-winning, Alaska-relevant curriculum materials and other educational resources.  Graduate-level courses can also be provided for the cost of Continuing Education Credits through the University of Alaska.

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    Grants to Alaska Schools

    Since its beginnings during the 2014–2015 school year, the Alaska Sea Grant school grant program has provided more than $100,000 to 10 Alaska school districts to increase local marine and aquatic education in 22 communities. The three-year, $10,000 grants have supported science curriculum revisions, development of NGSS-aligned lesson plans and units, field trip transportation, and the purchase of equipment and supplies.

    If you are an Alaska teacher or administrator, contact us to get on the email list for the next announcement for a Request for Proposals.

    anchoragewetlandsStudents explore and collect data in Westchester Lagoon, the outlet to Chester Creek. Alaska Sea Grant funds support a watershed education field trip program for more than 250 Anchorage School District students.
     
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    Photographs courtesy of Reid Brewer, Verena Gill, Heloise Chenelot, Stephen Trumble, and David Menke.

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