Resources
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Join our annual Get Your Feet Wet event
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PLANNING A FIELD TRIP with community partners
Tips on Organizing a School Field Trip
Beach Etiquette
Rules about Collecting and Harvesting on Beaches
Involving Community Partners in the School Native Elders, scientists, other community resource people
RESOURCE LINKS
Resources for water quality monitoring by students
Webinars for K-12 educators:
“It Takes a Watershed . . . to Grow a Salmon” Review of Alaska salmon life cycles, use of different parts of the watershed, and salmon-human connections, and recent research about potential climate change impacts on salmon habitat. Presenters are Laurel Devaney, retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fisheries education specialist, and Sue Mauger, Science Director, Cook InletKeeper. Teaching tips on use of the information in teaching Alaska Seas and Watershed units at various grade levels are included. 3/21/2016
Life on the Edge: Alaska Intertidal Ecology (Produced by ANROE and UAF Co-operative Extension)
Alaska Fresh Water Ecology (Produced by ANROE and UAF Co-operative Extension)
PLANNING A SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY CELEBRATION OF SEAS AND WATERSHEDS
Celebrating Alaska Seas and Watersheds in Your School and Community
STEWARDSHIP PROJECT IDEAS
- Participate in a beach or stream clean-up. Figure out the major sources of the litter or marine debris and brainstorm an action plan to reduce the amount of litter or debris that might harm fish or wildlife (Examples: a public awareness campaign, trash containers at key places).
- Participate in a stream restoration project such as planting vegetation on stream banks where erosion is a problem.
- Paint signs for storm drains to alert people that it drains to a salmon stream.
- Start a recycling program if your school doesn’t have one.
- Find out how plastics are being used and disposed of by your school or community. Start a campaign to reduce the use of plastics through re-use and recycling or finding alternatives (e.g., cloth bags for plastic bags). For plastics that can’t be recycled, look for ways to reduce the amount that ends up in local wetlands, ponds, streams, or on beaches.
- Research a local environmental issue that is causing harm to aquatic and/or marine life. Brainstorm solutions and strategies to solve the problem. Strategies could include:
- Making a presentation at a parent night at your school or at a community meeting
- Developing and distributing fliers or posters
- Writing news articles
- Developing and recording radio spots.
- Writing a letter and/or petition to an elected officials requesting a change in policies or regulations that affect the health of the local environment. - Look for ways that people are helping salmon or working to maintain the health of Alaska’s wetlands, streams, or the ocean. Write thank you letters and ask how you can help.
- Participate in a citizen science or other local environmental monitoring project.
WE AWAIT YOUR IDEAS AND PROJECTS WHICH WILL BE POSTED TO THIS LIST!
