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Educational
Programs Offered at
Alaska National Park Sites
The
National Park Service offers education programs for learners of
all ages throughout Alaska, both in parks and in classrooms. These
programs include ranger-led programs, traveling trunks, activity
guides, teacher workshops, and other educational resources. Park
education staff offer curriculum-based programs which support the
Alaska State Content and Performance Standards for Alaska students.
National Park Service education programs are available on request
at most park sites. Please contact the park site of interest for
additional information.
Alaska
Public Lands Information Center - Anchorage
- Ranger-led/In-class
- A Fairy Tale Adventure
Puppet Show (K-3)
- Ranger-led/In-park:
- Alaskan Animals Scavenger
Hunts,
- The Last Great Gold
Rush,
- On-site programs with:
- The Bird Treatment
& Learning Center,
- the Alaska Zoo, and
- the Alaska SeaLife
Center
- Travel Trunks:
- Geobear Project (1),
- The Great Alaska Mystery
Box(3-6),
- Alaskan Animals Track
Kit,
- Owl Pellets,
- Beak Adaptations,
- Animal Scents,
- Loons,
- Wolves,
- Minerals,
- Songbirds,
- Marine Mammals,
- the Gold Rush,
- Map & Compass,
- Wolf Puppet Story,
- the Constitution
- Teacher Workshops:
Periodically
- Service Learning:
Internships: available
- Activity/Curriculum
Guides:
- Our Wild Neighbors
educational resource book and website,
- Resource education
books and films available for loan
- Other:
- Alaska Public Lands
Information Center is an urban interagency visitor center managed
by the National Park Service.
Contact
Web
Alaska
Public Lands Information Center - Fairbanks
- Ranger-led/In-park:
- Sensory (Pre K-K),
- Homes and Habitats
(1-2),
- Alaskan Adaptations
(3-4),
- Regions of Alaska
(4-6),
- Special Use Maps (5-6)
- Travel Trunks: Out
of state lending
- The Great Alaska Mystery
Box
- Travel Trunks: In-state
lending
- Birds,
- Bird Study Skins,
- Fish,
- Gold Rush,
- Insects,
- Loons,
- Mammals,
- Marine Mammals,
- Map & Compass,
- Minerals,
- Songbird Blues,
- Stampeder,
- Trees,
- Water,
- Wetlands
- Service Learning:
Internships may be available
- Activity/Curriculum
Guides:
- Resource education
materials available for loan through lending library
- Other:
- Alaska Public Lands
Information Center is an urban interagency visitor center managed
by the National Park Service.
Contact: (907) 456-0527
- Web: www.nps.gov/aplic
Aleutian World War II National Historic
Area
- Activity/Curriculum
Guide:
- Teaching With Historic
Places "Attu" curriculum,
- teachers' research
guide
- Other:
- Affiliated National
Park area is privately owned, the Aleutian World War II Visitor
Center is a contact area for information on Aleut internment and
the Aleutian War Campaign
Contact: (907) 257-2658
- Web: www.nps.gov/aleu
Denali National Park & Preserve
- Service Learning:
- Projects coordinated
upon request, Student Conservation Association internships
- Resources:
- Lesson plans and activities
available online at http://www.nps.gov/akso/ParkWise and www.nps.gov/dena
at Education Resources page. Electronic field trips available
at www.efieldtrips.org.
- "Denali: A Living
Classroom" curriculum guide, Teacher Training Workshops offered
through Denali Institute, www.denaliinstitute.org.
- Self-guided Junior
Ranger and Discovery Pack programs for children and families visiting
the park.
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- Other:
- Murie Science &
Learning Center, a research and education center for Alaska's
interior and northern National Parks. Elderhostel programs through
Denali Foundation www.denali.org.
Contact: (907) 683-9531 or (907) 683-2294
Web: www.nps.gov/dena
Gates of the Arctic National Park &
Preserve
Resources:
- Student Handbook
- Leave No Trace materials
- Other:
- "Project Jukebox"
(oral cultural histories) available soon as a link from the Park
website; Elderhostel programs
Contact: (907) 692-5494- Web: www.nps.gov/gaar
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
- Activity/Curriculum
Guide:
- Self-guided Junior
Ranger program designed for children and teens visiting Glacier
Bay by cruise ship or tour boat
Contact: (907) 697-2650 or (907) 697-2230
- Web: www.nps.gov/glba
Inupiat Heritage Center
- Teacher Workshops:
Annual training day
- Other:
- The Center is affiliated
with the National Park Service through the New Bedford Whaling
National Historical Park
- Contact: (907) 852-4594
or (508) 996-4469
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- Web: www.nps.gov/inup
Katmai National Park & Preserve,
Aniakchack National Monument & Preserve,
Alagnak Wild River
- Service Learning:
Student Conservation Association internships
- Activity/Curriculum
Guide:
- Self-guided Junior
Ranger program,
- brown bear safety
volunteer program
- Other: Elderhostel
programs
Contact: (907) 246-2131
- Web: www.nps.gov/katm,
www.nps.gov/ania
Kenai Fjords National Park
- Ranger-led/In-class:
- Intertidal Connections
(K-12),
- Home Sweet Home (K-2),
- Glacier Tracks (3-5),
- Ecosystems at Work
(6-8),
- Harding Icefield Challenge
(limited to 10 students, 9-12)
- Service Learning:
Student Conservation Association internships available
- Activity/Curriculum
Guide:
- K-6 Glacier curricula/activities
will be available spring 2003 on park website, self-guided Junior
Ranger program
- Other:
- Ocean Alaska Science
and Learning Center, a research education program for Alaska's
coastal National Parks, under development;
- Marine Science Boat
Programs with NPS Ranger on board are offered through Kenai Fjords
Tours;
- Elderhostel programs
Contact: (907) 224-2118 or (907) 224-3175- Web: www.nps.gov/kefj
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical
Park
- Ranger-led/In-park: Klondike Gold Rush walking tour
- Travel Trunk:
- "Stampeder" traveling trunk with video, gold panning
equipment, and teacher's guide
- Activity/Curriculum Guide:
- "Educator's Guide to America's Last Grand Adventure"
(K-12),
- Teaching With Historic Places lesson plans on park website;
- self-guided Junior Ranger program
- Other: Elderhostel programs
Contact: (907) 983-9224 or (907) 983-9221- Web: www.nps.gov/klgo
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
- Activity/Curriculum Guide: Educational activities and materials
available on park website
Contact: (907) 246-2131- Web: www.nps.gov/lacl
Sitka National Historical Park
Ranger-led/In-park: Carved History Walk, Battle Walk, Russian Bishop's
House Tour
Activity/Curriculum Guide: Russian abacus math curriculum for grades
K-2; self-guided Junior Ranger program
Other: Elderhostel programs
Contact: (907) 747-6281
Web: www.nps.gov/sitk
Western Arctic National Parklands -
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve,
Cape Krusenstern National Monument,
Kobuk Valley National Park,
Noatak National Preserve
- Travel Trunks:
- 15 trunks on Alaska
natural and cultural history topics, most can be mailed to any
location
- Service Learning:
Summer internships available
- Activity/Curriculum
Guide:
- Curriculum guides
accompany every education kit
- Other: Elderhostel
programs; please note that these Parklands are remote and require
much planning to access
Contact: (907) 442-8321 or (907) 442-3890- Web: www.nps.gov/bela,
www.nps.gov/cakr, www.nps.gov/kova, www.nps.gov/noat
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park &
Preserve
- Travel Trunk:
- "Pathways to Discovery",
- "The Great Alaska Mystery Box",
- Backcountry Safety & Leave No Trace traveling tote
- Teacher Workshops:
- McCarthy Teachers Workshop with the Wrangell Mountain Center
- Service Learning: Student Conservation Association internships
- Activity/Curriculum Guide:
- "Pathways to Discovery" activity guide available on
request for grades 2-5
- Other: Elderhostel programs
- Contact: (907) 822-7238 or (907) 822-5234
- Web: www.nps.gov/wrst
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
- Activity/Curriculum Guide:
- Peregrine falcon recovery education program,
- self-guided Junior Ranger program
- Contact: (907) 547-2233
- Web: www.nps.gov/yuch
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