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Forest Detectives

Affiliated Organization:  Campbell Creek Science Center

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Program Type

  • Activity Guide
  • Calendar
  • Classroom Visits
  • Curriculum-based Programs
  • Demonstrations
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Field Trip
  • How to Manual
  • Internet Activity
  • Interpretation
  • Lesson Plan/Activities
  • Map
  • Poster Brochure
  • Presentation
  • Residential and/or Camp
  • Resource Guide/Catalogue
  • Service-Learning
  • Supplemental Curriculum
  • Traveling Trunks

Description

Students investigate the physical properties of snow by observing crystals, measuring snow temperatures, and conducting experiments in a snow shelter. In addition, skits and art projects help students discover how animals adapt to the winter environment.

Subjects

  • Alaska Ecology
  • Archeology
  • Arts
  • Biology
  • Climate Change
  • Employability
  • English/Language Arts
  • Environmental Education
  • Forest Service
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Health
  • History
  • Invasive Species
  • Math
  • Paleontology
  • Recycling
  • Social Studies
  • STEM
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Wilderness
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife Safety
  • World Languages

Audience

  • K-12
  • Elementary
  • Junior High/Middle School
  • High School
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • Teachers/Educators
  • Adults
  • Public

Region

  • Southcentral
  • Southeast
  • Southwest
  • Interior
  • Arctic Slope

City/Town/Village

Anchorage

Indoor/Outdoor/Both

  • Indoor
  • Outdoor
  • Both

Duration of Program

  • Less than 2 hours
  • 2 hours to a day
  • 2 to 7 days
  • More than a week
  • More than a month

Pay to Participate

  • Yes
  • No

Citizen Science Component

  • Alaska Curriculum Standards
  • Anchorage School District Common Cores
  • U.S. Department of Education Standards
  • Eppley Institute Standards for Interpretation
  • NPS Interpretive Development Program Standards