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Environmental Science Programs:

Alaska 4-H Program
The Alaska 4-H Program is a practical, learn-by-doing, agriculture based educational program for K-12 students coordinated by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service.

Alaska EPSCoR Student Travel Awards
The goal of the Alaska EPSCoR Student Travel Awards Program is to enhance undergraduate and graduate education in science, engineering, and mathematics at the University of Alaska in the three Research Focus Areas supported by Alaska EPSCoR.

Alaska Lake Ice and Snow Observatory Network (ALISON)
Teachers and students can participate in running an ALISON observatory!

Alaska Master Gardener Correspondence Program
Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who aid University of Alaska Cooperative Extension Service staff by helping people in the community better understand horticulture and their environment.

Alaska Master Gardener Program
Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who aid University of Alaska Cooperative Extension Service staff by helping people in the community better understand horticulture and their environment.

Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Alaska Native Cultural Material
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network is a database driven website designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing.

Alaska Quaternary Center


Alaska Region National Ocean Sciences Bowl
The Alaska Region National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) is an annual competition for Alaska high-school students that includes a Jeopardy style quiz and research project focused on ocean studies.

Alaska Science Forum
A weekly column dedicated to sharing the lastest scientific research in Alaska with the world.

Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium (ASHSSS)
Grades 9-12 can participate in Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (SMET) Mentored Research. Participation includes writing a scientific paper on student research performed and submitting a formal paper and abstract for competitive revie

Arctic Climate Modeling Program
Alaska Native Cultural Material
The Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) provides a pipeline of progressive instruction that uses Arctic weather and climate observations to teach progressive levels of science at elementary to high-school levels.

Climate Change: Project Jukebox
Alaska Native Cultural Material
Sponsored by Global Change Education Using Western Science and Native Observations Project.

Cold Climate Housing Research Center Blog
Sustainable North -- Are you Sustain Able?

Doug Schamel Memorial Fund
Funding opportunity for promoting and supporting science education and enthusiasm for science in K-12 age children.

Geophysical Institute Summer Tours
Join staff for a tour of the Geophysical Institute (GI), one of the foremost research facilities of its kind. Tours of the Geophysical Institute meet every Wednesday from June 1 - August 24 at 2:30 p.m. in the Elvey Building Auditorium, rm 214.

Georgeson Botanical Garden Summer Tours
Visit the Georgeson Botanical Garden for an hour-long guided tour every Friday at 2:00 p.m. from June 8 -� August 24. The Georgeson Botanical Garden (GBG) is a nationally recognized botanical garden.

Girls on Ice
A mountaineering adventure and learning experience for young women.

International Arctic Research Center School Tours
Join staff for a tour of the International Arctic Research Center (IARC), which serves as headquarters for scientists studying arctic and global climate.

International Arctic Research Center Summer Tours
Join staff for a tour of the International Arctic Research Center (IARC), which serves as headquarters for scientists studying arctic and global climate. Tours meet every Wednesday from June - August at 3:30 p.m. in the IARC Lobby.

Noxious and Invasive Plants Management
The Cooperative Extension Service Land Resources Program collaborates with several state organizations and agencies to heighten the awareness of the problems associated with non-native invasive plants across the state.

Observing Locally Connecting Globally
Alaska Native Cultural Material
Observing Locally Connecting Globally provides Alaska teachers and students the opportunity to engage in original global change research through the international Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program.

Open House: Alaska Sea Grant
Browse the book and video display for holiday gifts!
Starts: 2:00 pm 12/10/09 - Ends 6:00 pm 12/10/09   Interior Region

Permafrost Outreach Program
The University of Alaska EPSCoR program is conducting an outreach effort in conjunction with it’s research focus on permafrost and infrastructure.

Science Potpourri
Science Potpourri is a science open house held annually at the UAF Natural Science Facility. Children and their families can participate in many fun science experiments offered throughout the day at the chemistry, physics, geology and bi

SNAP - Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning
Offering interactive climate change maps for statewide use.

Sustainable Campus Task Force


UAF Alaska Summer Research Academy
The UAF Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) is a two-week summer camp for students in grades 8-12 administered by the College of Natural Science and Mathematics.

Upward Bound Classic
Upward Bound Classic is a year-round college-prep program designed for low-income high-school students from target high schools in Alaska interested in strengthening their academic performance.

Weekly Science Calendar





Similar Educational Resources
Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum
Alaska Native Cultural Material
Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum is a guide to creating science curricula that integrates Native and WesternKnowledge to teach science topics with goals of enhancing the cultural well being and the

Expeditions in Research
Expeditions in Research is a webspace where visitors can learn about International Arctic Research Center (IARC) research expeditions and interact with scientists.

Alaska: A Birds Eye View
Alaska: A Birds Eye View is an interactive, web-based teaching tool that allows elementary-school students to explore Alaska through a unique perspective: through the eyes of a Canada goose.

Village Science
Alaska Native Cultural Material
Developed by Alan Dick, Village Science is a resource handbook for rural K-12 teachers that contains ideas and lesson plans demonstrating basic science concepts as they relate to village life.

Translating Standards to Practice: A Teacher?s Guide to Use and Assessment of the Alaska Science Standards
Alaska Native Cultural Material
Translating Standards to Practice: A Teacher?s Guide to Use and Assessment of the Alaska Science Standards was developed to help teachers understand the Alaska Science Content standards and to explain what students need to know.

Life on the Beach: Among Friends and Anemones
Kids explore the ecology of Alaska’s rocky intertidal zone near Homer, Kodiak and Southeast Alaska. This new video features a fascinating array of coastal creatures in the intertidal zone.

Keith B. Mather Library
The Keith B. Mather Library is the research support library for the Geophysical Institute and the International Arctic Research Center. The library is located in the IARC building and is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Keith B. Mather Library Science Education Outreach Collection
The Keith B. Mather Library is the research support library for the Geophysical Institute and the International Arctic Research Center. The library contains a collection of science education outreach materials appropriate for K-12 teachers.

SAR DAAC imagery
International Polar Year Program
ASF has a rich archive of imagery from the Polar Regions and has been tasked with making it available to the science community for IPY.

Arctic Climate Modeling Program
Alaska Native Cultural Material
The Arctic Climate Modeling Program is a research-based weather and climate curriculum for K-12 classrooms.

Science for Alaska Public Lecture Series
International Polar Year Program


Observing Locally, Connecting Globally
Our project engages and supports teachers, students and community members as they investigate climate change issues.

Glacier Power
Study the complex and fascinating topic of glaciers.

Alaska Science Forum
The Alaska Science Forum is provided as a public service by the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Ola Ka Honua: Volcanoes Alive in Hawaii
Explore the Science, Math, and Native Hawaiian Culture of Volcanoes in Hawai'i.

Cooperative Extension Publications Index
A database of 100s of informational publications!




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