The Anchorage Alaska Public Lands Information Center (AAPLIC) offers many opportunities for the educator outside of the Anchorage area. For more information about the film loans, library loans, educational brochures, or the Great Alaskan Mystery Box, please feel free to call (907) 271-2737 or toll free in the US (866) 869-6887.

1. Teacher Packet
2. Movie Viewing and Film Loan
3. Resource Library Loans
4. Great Alaskan Mystery Box
5. Educational Brochures
6. E-Mail Support

   For scheduling of kits, film loans, library
   materials, and the Great Alaskan Mystery Box,
   call Joanne at (907) 271-2741.

TEACHER PACKET

The Teacher Packet contains wildlife activities, information about Alaska's public lands, an Alaska Map, a crossword puzzle, addresses for obtaining curriculum specific to Alaska, and much more. Our Alaskan topic files include a one-page description on "Alaska Life", "Alaskan Facts", "Native Alaskans", "Gold in the Klondike", "Alaska's Bears", "Alaska's Marine Mammals", the "Iditarod Trail", "Glaciers", "Alaska's Birds", the "Aurora Borealis", "Alaska's Whales", and "Volcanoes". You may ask for individual topics of interest or for the entire package. Requests may take up to 4 weeks for delivery.

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MOVIE VIEWING & FILM LOAN

We have over 100 different films for viewing on topics ranging from the Gold Rush to dog racing to pioneer homesteading! Some films are loaned for viewing in the classroom. Call or write for a film listing. Out-of-town loans are for a month, including mailing time to and from the location.

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RESOURCE LIBRARY

The Alaska Public Lands Information Center has a wonderful library chocked full of curriculum, books, games, tapes, and posters for use in the classroom. AAPLIC will assist educators by mailing library material on specific topics. Library materials are loaned for 6 weeks, including mailing time to and from the location. Materials in the AAPLIC Resource Library include: Alaska Sea Week Curriculum, Alaska Wildlife Week Curriculum, the NatureScope series, Outdoor Biology Instructional Series , the Alaska Oil Spill Curriculum, Earth Education series, Keepers of the Earth, Hands-on Nature, Teach About Geese, Learn About Seabirds, and the Outdoor Survival Training series. AAPLIC also has compiled four activity books on "Marine Mammals", "Fish Resources", "Endangered Species", and "Alaska's Birds".

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THE GREAT ALASKAN MYSTERY BOX

Is your class interested in learning about Alaska? Doing a unit on the Far North? Then this new educational "traveling trunk" is for you! The Great Alaskan Mystery Box contains videos, books, slides, puppets, and a myriad of student activities...all about Alaska. The box contains four Mystery Bags covering four main topics: Alaska (in general), Alaskan Geology, Alaskan Animals, and Alaskan Culture. Each Mystery Bag includes an introduction, student activities, a video and reading selection, a "real-life" application, and an exercise to test students on what they have learned. A journal and camera are included for use by classes to document use of the box.

The Great Alaskan Mystery Box (Photo by Joanne Welch)

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EDUCATIONAL BROCHURES

The AAPLIC has brochures which may aid in the following topics of study: Endangered Species, Biological Diversity, Migratory Birds, Alaskan Birds, Wetlands, Rainforests, Alaskan Volcanoes, Habitat, The Gold Rush, and Insects.

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E-MAIL SUPPORT

Alaska Public Lands Information Center can act as a resource for students studying Alaska. Our center represents over 379 million acres of Alaska's national parks, state parks, national forests, and national wildlife refuges. These lands are the background for some of the most scenic and unspoiled wilderness areas in America. In addition, they are home to active volcanoes, frequent earthquakes, 40 foot tides, one-half the world's glaciers, and animals that are endangered or threatened elsewhere. If you have access to the Internet, are doing an Alaskan unit, or have specific questions on Alaska's public lands... and would like some on-site/on-line support, please contact Joanne Welch at joanne_welch@nps.gov.