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Alaska Native Teens Help ResearchersIn this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Native students contribute to research on how their environment is changing as a result of global warming. |
6-12 |
Video |
Arctic Climate Perspectives This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, describes how global climate change is affecting Barrow, Alaska.
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6-9 |
Video |
Arctic Climate SystemLearn how the Arctic is a part of a global climate system in this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada. |
6-12 |
Video |
Arctic HazeIn this video segment adapted from KUAC, find out why the horizon in Alaska is sometimes shrouded in pollution and what it means for climate change in the Arctic. |
6-12 |
Video |
Building the Alaska Oil PipelineThis video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of how environmentalists, Alaska Native peoples, and engineers concerned about the effects of permafrost challenged plans for the Alaska oil pipeline. |
6-12 |
Video |
Climate Change Impacts Alaska GlaciersThis video adapted from KTOO takes a look at Earth's warming and cooling cycles and the current atypical trend of warming that is impacting the glaciers in Alaska's Inside Passage. |
6-12 |
Video |
The Effects of Global Warming in AlaskaIn this media-rich lesson, students learn how global warming is changing the Alaskan environment and examine the consequences of climate change on the region's human and wildlife inhabitants. |
6-12 |
Lesson Plan |
Global Warming Threatens CaribouThis video segment adapted from Arctic Mission presents the challenges faced by caribou herds unable to adapt to a warming climate. |
6-12 |
Video |
Global Warming Threatens ShishmarefIn this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, visit the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref, and learn how an entire town may be forced to relocate because of warmer temperatures, melting sea ice, and coastal erosion. |
6-12 |
Video |
How the Arctic Ecosystem Might ChangeIn this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn why the unique Arctic ecosystem may be replaced if global warming continues to melt sea ice. |
6-12 |
Video |
Hunters Navigate Warming ArcticIn this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn how the Inuit people have used their traditional knowledge to understand and adapt to changes in their Arctic environment, particularly when hunting and navigating the landscape. |
6-12 |
Video |
Living from the Land and SeaIn this video segment adapted from the Alaska Native Heritage Center, discover the connections between Alaska Native subsistence culture and the natural cycle of the seasons. |
6-12 |
Video |
Losing Permafrost in Alaska
In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, learn how Alaska Native communities that rely on hunting and fishing are threatened by rising temperatures and melting permafrost.
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6-12 |
Video |
Melting PermafrostIn this video adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, see melting permafrost and hear Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discuss its impact on Inuit culture and resources. |
6-12 |
Video |
People of the ArcticThis video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada explores how the Inuit people have adapted their traditions and ways of life to changing environmental realities. The video features archival footage and interviews in Native languages. |
3-12 |
Video |
Richard Glenn: Iñupiaq GeologistIn this interactive resource adapted from Raven Radio/KCAW, listen to Iñupiaq Eskimo and geologist Richard Glenn describe the complementary nature of Alaska Native ways of knowing and the methodology of Western science. |
3-12 |
Interactive |
Soil Microbes and Global WarmingIn this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, discover how warmer winters in Alaska may cause soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. |
6-12 |
Video |
Steve MacLean: ConservationistIn this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet conservationist Steve MacLean, an Iñupiaq from Barrow, Alaska, who works to preserve the health of the Bering Sea ecosystem. |
3-12 |
Video |
Students Measure Changes in Lake Ice and SnowIn this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, students provide field measurements that researchers need in order to understand how lakes in Alaska are changing as a result of climate change. |
6-12 |
Video |
An Unpredictable EnvironmentIn this video segment adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Inuit observers describe how their traditional understanding of weather patterns is being challenged by unpredictable weather behaviors. |
6-12 |
Video |
