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Polygons, Pingos, and Themokarst! Oh MY!
Students complete activities to learn about the common land features in Alaska. In this land study lesson, students study an overhead for permafrost features. Students define ice wedge polygons, thermokarst, and pingos. Students also...
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Working with Sinusoidal Models
In this sinusoidal model worksheet, students use the sinusoidal model to solve word problems about the hours of daylight in Anchorage, Alaska. Students complete 5 problems.
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Adaptations
Fifth graders are able to physically record on a sheet of paper predictions and results of an experiment pertaining to the adaptations of Arctic animals after a class discussion about the topic.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Writing an Equation: Altitude Range vs. Day in Barrow, Alaska
Students answer questions about the altitude range of the sun over time in Barrow, Alaska.
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Cultural Exchange (Alaska)
Students explore the culture of Alaska. They identify the geographic location of Tlingit Indians. Students compare/contrast the culture of the Europeans and Tlingits. Students complete selected reading worksheets and provide alternative...
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Tourist and Traveler Information
Students work with monetary exchange rates and the metric system as they simulate working to help tourists travel through Canada to Alaska.
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What Is On Your Plate?
Students investigate the type of foods that are grown in Alaska. The introduction gives the justification, facts, and statistics to be shared with students. They draw and chart the many different types of food that can be eaten in one...
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Web of Life - Alaska
Seventh graders research Alaska, then construct their own food web after researching a habitat of their choice.
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Sunshine Experiment
Students investigate how sunlight is used to help plants grow. They use different factors of artificial and natural sunlight in order to simulate the environment of Alaska. Students make observations and then write a report based upon...
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Reporting on WWII in Alaska
Learners explain the people and the political, geographic, economic, cultural, social, and environmental events that have shaped the history of the state, the United States, and the world.
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Globe Lesson 17 - Alaska and Hawaii - Grade 4-5
Learners develop their globe skills. In this geography skills lesson, students explore the area added to the United States when the Alaskan territory was purchased from Russia.
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Observing Sea Ice
Students study and observe types of sea ice found in Alaska. In this sea ice lesson plan, students use the student network for observing weather to study the different types of sea ice. Students study sea ice depicted in Alaskan art.
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Cause-Effect Relationships in Alaska's American Period, 1867-present
Students discuss that history is a series of interrelated events, processes, and movements. They discuss what criteria make a good cause-effect statement.
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Mapping Seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska
Students describe major topographic features on the Patton Seamount, and interpret two-dimensional topographic data. They create three-dimensional models of landforms from two-dimensional topographic data.
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Rock Eaters of the Gulf of Alaska
Students compare and contrast the processes of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis. They identify and describe sources of energy used by various organisms for chemosynthesis.
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Flow Chart Secret Code: What Should You Call A Cow That Lives in Alaska?
In this math code worksheet, students solve 10 multi-step problems using all math operations. Students start with the given number and perform each step in a flow chart format. Students take their total answer and decode the secret message.
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Building Vocabulary: Touching Spirit Bear
Two activities are provided for you here as you start to read Touching Spirit Bear with your class. First, introduce them to some of the new vocabulary they'll encounter once they start reading. Then, complete two KWHL charts. For the...
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Glacier Bay - The Kelp Forest
Few people get to visit Alaska's Glacier Bay, and fewer yet go underwater to explore its kelp forest. Through this presentation, viewers get to do just that! In the process, they learn about the simple structure of kelp and the diverse...
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Cache: Lesson Plan 4 - Grades 4-5
After viewing the West of the West's documentary Cache, individuals craft either a newspaper article chronicling the discovery of the cache on San Nicolas Island, a historical narrative of the placement of the cache in the cliff side, or...
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An Educator’s Guide to the Works of John Green
The novels of John Green cover the gamut of teenager emotions. A guide to his works provides classroom lesson plans for the novels Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, The Fault in Our Stars, and Paper Towns. Each lesson...
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The Science of Surveys
To drill or not to drill? An informative unit has scholars first research the advantages and disadvantages of oil drilling in Alaska. They set up and conduct a sample survey to assess attitudes toward oil drilling in a specific...
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Storytelling: Performance and Art Learning Center
Tenth graders explore the process of telling stories without words. In this literature instructional activity, 10th graders watch a music video performance made by Alaska Native students, and then examine art objects that may be...
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Storytelling: Oral Traditions Learning Center
Students explore the oral traditions. For this storytelling lesson, students compare and contrast stories from the cultural traditions of Alaska and Hawaii.
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Weather Proverbs
Your class explores weather proverbs and superstitions from around the country and writes their own proverb about weather. They interview community elders to learn proverbs about Alaska and its weather. Then they discuss several example...
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