Resource Guide

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Change

• Arctic Climate Modeling Program: Global Climate Change: Arctic Climate Modeling Program Global Climate Change DVD provides an interactive, multimedia DVD-ROM to illustrate scientific concepts about clouds, weather, climate, and the natural and manmade forces that affect climate change.

  For more information, visit: www.arcticclimatemodeling.org

• Lesson Plan: Contour Maps With DOGSTAILS

Connections

• Science Teacher Education Program: STEP is a professional development program designed to increase Alaska teachers' science content knowledge, improve understanding of how to align instruction and assessment with Alaska Science Grade Level Expectations (GLEs), and help K-12 teachers prepare students to meet Alaska State Science Standard. The STEP Lesson Bank provides a centralized source of scientifically accurate, classroom tested, engaging science lessons for K-12 teachers aligned to the GLEs.
• IPY Vocabulary Words

Discovery

• Tour of the Cryosphere: NASA Earth observing satellites are providing scientists with unparalleled insights into how the cryosphere behaves, how it is changing, and what implications those changes have on the Earth's global systems, including weather and climate.

  To receive a copy of the DVD contact: outreach@eos.nasa.gov.
  To view the DVD visit: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/mediaviewer/Cryosphere/index.html.

• UAF Science Education Outreach Network: The Science Education Outreach Network provides information about the extensive variety of science and math education outreach programs, activities and resources available at UAF.

Observation

• The GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations Benefit the Environment) Program:
  • GLOBE pages from the Resource Guide
  • National GLOBE website: http://www.globe.gov/

People

• Alaska Native Knowledge Network: The Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN) is an AKRSI partner designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia.
• Alaska Native Languages: The interactive Alaska Native Language map provides information on all the cultural regions in the State.

Research

• Map of the North Pole
• Map of the South Pole
• IPY Frequently Asked Questions