How have plants and animals adapted in your area?
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In this lesson students will find the surface area of the footprints of a snowshoe hare and the surface area of their own feet. Next they will calculate the weight load per cm2 for both the snowshoe hare and for themselves.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: find the total surface area of the feet of a snowshoe hare and their own feet; find the amount of weight a snowshoe hare and a student applies per cm2; and describe how weight and surface area relates to travel on snow. |
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What adaptations might your community need to make in the face of a changing climate?
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This lesson gives students a look at rural water resources and asks them to respond to a real-life case study.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: interpret data from a graph;
identify the source of drinking/municipal water in their community; and describe potential affects of climate change on safe water for their community. |
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What are natural resources?
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In this lesson students identify renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to: identify the resources used in a pencil; and identify renewable and nonrenewable natural resources; find examples of renewable and nonrenewable resources around their classroom. |
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How do people use natural resources?
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In this lesson, students will determine how the sea surface temperature has changed near Port Clarence and how this change affects salmon migration on the Pilgrim River.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:describe the relationship sea surface temperature and how it affects the timing of the salmon run; graph the change in sea surface temperature near Port Clarence; graph the arrival of salmon at a weir on the Pilgrim River; and interpret the graphs of the affect of sea surface temperature on salmon runs on Pilgrim River. |
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How can people conserve natural resources?
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In this lesson, students build a calorimeter, test the energy content in various edible nuts and investigate biomass as an alternative energy source for Alaska communities through three case studies.
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On successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
build a simple calorimeter and test the energy content of various edible nuts;
calculate the calories, per gram, released during the combustion of various nuts and graph the results; consider the feasibility of biomass as an energy source; and
examine three case studies featuring Alaska communities using biomass energy. |
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Community Project
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In this culminating project, students use scientific processes and inquiry, along with local
knowledge to identify and propose a solution to a local problem.
On successful completion of all units in Theme 3 (Changing Lifestyles), students will be able to answer the following question with detail and specific examples appropriate to their age group: How can my community adapt to a changing landscape? |
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