- In this media-rich lesson, students learn how Alaska Native people utilize their Indigenous Knowledge to observe snow and ice conditions in their environment.
- Meet a juvenile ringed seal on the sea ice in Barrow, Alaska. Through scientific tagging and radio monitoring, scientists show the seal breeding and migration patterns. We learn about the way seals are studied, monitored, and then watch the ringed seal be released back into the wild!
An educational video aimed at Middle School students, the lesson plans are available. All videos filmed by University of Alaska students, and edited by Tyson Hansen and Maya Salganek. - The Ecosystem of the Arctic Sea Ice is rich and diverse. Learn about the abundance of life on the sea ice, see a food web, and discover the interrelation of organisms. All videos filmed by University of Alaska students, and edited by Tyson Hansen and Maya Salganek.
An educational video aimed at middle school students. - Iñupiat Elders share their knowledge about the environment, whaling, and sea ice. Life long residents of Barrow, Alaska, these Elders have insight and perspective to cultural change and environmental shift unique to the world. Elders' recollections are illustrated with animations by Miho Aoki, and archival footage from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library. All videos filmed by University of Alaska students, and edited by Tyson Hansen and Maya Salganek.
Designed as a video for middle to high school age students, lesson plans are available on request. ankn.uaf.edu/SOP/SOPv4i2.html#elders - From Nova:
In this series of video stories, explore the past and future of the fast-changing Bering Sea region, its culture and people, and the new polar science that is emerging from an expedition on board the Coast Guard cutter Healy. - Larry Hinzman, director of the International Arctic Research Center. Hinzman spoke with EarthSky about the challenge of doing research in Earth’s polar regions. It’s important research, he said, because changes in the Arctic and Antarctic – such as glacial melting and fluctuations in sea ice – affect life all across the planet. But doing research at the poles is not easy, he said.
- Documentary Wales, Alaska Climate Change is a student-produced video.
