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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas: marine
science, history, nayitgation, seamanship, language
arts, photography, physical
education
Timeline: two six-week
summer sessions with each session divided into
three two-week sessions: (a) orientation/classroom;
(b) fresh water studies; and (c) offshore salt
water collecting, sampling, seamanship, and
diving
Grade Levels: first
year-10th grade, second year-11th and 12th
grades
Purpose: to develop
appreciation and understanding of the sea and its
resources; to prepare interested students for
marine science careers
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G. Searles
Summer
Marine
Science Program
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 Activities
- Repeat a program conducted successfully in Point
Hope:
hire a director
hire outside instructors with a matching number
of instructors from the village
identify sea flora and fauna; learn scientific
and indigenous names
study methods of collection and cultural uses
obtain a vessel for offshore equipment and
handling; provide "hands-on" experience with scientific equipment
present students with problems to solve within
set time frames
investigate educational and vocational opportunities
in marine science
produce K-12 instructional material on orientation
to biological and physical science
the original project elicited high student
interest and excellent community support; nonachievers turned
into leaders and "accumulated outstanding
records"
the district dropped the project after its
second year ("too costly"); it is advisable to modify the funding
and administrative aspects of the original proposal so that it
is not wholly dependent on administrative support.
Resources
- vessel (floating lab), scientific equipment,
trained instructors, experience resource personnel
- Sea Week curriculum materials, University of
Alaska Fairbanks
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Variation
- Plan follow-up courses in
seamanship, navigation, and advanced marine
biology.
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