Alaska Sea Grant's Marine Education Resources

Ocean Festival activity

Alaska Sea Grant has been gathering resources and publishing books about our unique and wonderful marine environment for more than 30 years. These pages, many of them still under development, offer a look at just the tip of the iceberg. Feedback and suggestions are welcome! Come explore what we have to offer, and if you don't find what you're looking for, please ask us.

Alaska Seas and Rivers Curriculum

This update to the Alaska Sea/River Week curriculum is under development, and the new site already has lots of great content. Teachers are needed to pilot the newly developed curriculum; please check out the Alaska Seas and Rivers Web site for more information, or contact Marla Brownlee at marlabrownlee@mac.com or (907) 796-6489.

Notes from an IPY cruise

In summer 2007, Nome Marine advisory agent Heidi Herter took part in a research cruise from Dutch Harbor to Nome. Read her journal entries as she reports on scientists and their work aboard the Oshoro maru.

News and activities

School visits, workshops, festivals, trade shows and more… see what we're up to.

Alaska Seas and Rivers Teacher Workshop

A workshop to update and expand the Alaska Seas and Rivers Curriculum

Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, Alaska
June 9–20, 2008

Teachers will increase their content knowledge of marine/aquatic environments, assist in the development of inquiry units of instruction for statewide use, and participate in field trips and classroom activities with visiting scientists, content experts, and master teachers.

Marine education books, videos and posters

book covers Ocean bounty poster

Our bookstore has a variety of educational publications for all ages, from K–12 to adult, grouped by topic and by grade level. For a more general listing, visit our bookstore's marine education web catalog.

Harbor seal skull

Marine mammals of Alaska

Our marine mammals site has information on whales, sea lions, and other marine mammals. We've posted field guide excerpts for several mammals, as well as 3-D skulls for selected mammals. We're planning to add marine mammal sounds.

For more information

For more information on Alaska Sea Grant's educational programs, contact Sherri Pristash, (907) 474-6701.

Teaching kits

We're developing teaching kits that can be checked out by local teachers for use in the classroom, and by home schoolers. If there's a particular kit you'd like to see, please help us by answering a few questions that will assist in their development.

Feedback, please!

This site is under development, and we want your ideas and feedback. What would you like to see here? What did you find interesting? What didn't you find that you were looking for? Let us know!