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Kenai Fjords National Park
Fabulous Fjord Ecosystem
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Fjord estuary ecosystems only exists in 6 places around the world! Students will explore this unique environment, observe the plants and animals that thrive here and consider the interconnected systems that maintain its delicate balance. This program discusses the transfer of energy within food webs and changes in community/population dynamics. Students will have the opportunity to dive into humans’ role in this ecosystem and their local ecosystems.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Those Fabulous Fjords!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will become fluent in the vocabulary and physical geography of fjords. They will understand where fjords occur and why.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Piecing Together the Fjord Estuary Ecosystem Puzzle
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
By exploring the coast of Resurrection Bay, students will learn about the formation of a fjord, the relationships within an estuary ecosystem, and the importance of conserving the biodiversity within Kenai Fjords National Park.
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Glacier Explorers
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What is a glacier and how is it formed? What is the difference between an icefield and an icesheet? This program will help young students gain an appreciation for our national parks and learn about Alaska’s glaciers. A park ranger will share the incredible beauty and impressive glacial features of Kenai Fjords National Park with the students, and inspire a sense of wonder and stewardship for the ice that continues to shape our planet.
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Glacial Detectives
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn basic glacial concepts in preparation for a trip to Exit Glacier or deeper exploration of the site online.
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Supper Sea
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Supper Sea is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the humpback whales that visit Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Humpback whales migrate over 2,500 miles to feed in Alaska’s cold waters. Why do they make such a long journey for lunch? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and more. The ranger will engage students with photos, story time, and song to broaden their understanding of this showy marine mammal.
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Swimming on Your Back
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Swimming on Your Back is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the sea otters in Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Sea otters are the largest members of the weasel family, and lack the blubber, and consequently size, that all other warm-blooded sea animals need to stay warm. So how do they survive our cold Alaskan waters? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and engage students with photos, story time, and song.
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Listening to the Ice
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
What are global warming and climate change? How are they caused, and how they are impacting our planet? A National Park Ranger will use Kenai Fjords National Park as a looking glass through which to observe our planet's health. The ranger will engage students with questioning, video content and other techniques in order to broaden their local and global understanding of climate change and leave them with a hopeful attitude about the future of our natural environment.
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The Scientific Method
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will conduct a basic soil science experiment and re-familiarize themselves with the scientific method.
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Temperate Rainforest Ecology
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will review the concept of ecosystems and thoroughly examine the members of their local ecosystem. By concentrating on a specific relationship within the rainforest ecosystem, students will better understand the entire community.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Activities for children to learn about sea otters in Alaska.
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Succession and Nutrient Cycling in a Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will examine succession in two forest ecosystems: a recently de-glaciated area and an established temperate rainforest. (Note: This lesson can be adapted to succession in any forest ecosystem.)
Haleakalā National Park
ʻĀhinahina Haleakalā
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Eia ihola ke kiʻi o nā ʻĀhinahina ma Haleakalā. Akāka ke kiʻi o ka ʻĀhinahina mākua.