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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
Four 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).