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This page is dedicated to educational lesson plans and units that can be used by teachers and fellows during the TASK
program and in the future! Most lessons may be adapted for use in multiple grade levels.
We are still working on setting up a searchable database that will enable users to search by several values.
For now though, simply click on the link for the lesson you'd like to download.
**A note to users: Please keep in mind that not all of these lessons
and/or units have been field-tested and kid-approved!**
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GENERAL SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCES
LIFE SCIENCES
| A Salmon Story |
A Salmon Story |
Tania Deisher |
| Animal Adaptations to Winter in Alaska |
Lesson 1 - What is a Habitat?
Lesson 2 - How do animals stay warm?
Lesson 3 - How do animals hide from predators and move around in the snow?
Lesson 4 - Can we create animals that will survive an Alaskan winter? |
David Runfola |
Adaptations and Ecology in the Arctic
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Lesson 1 - Design A Creature
Lesson 2 - Arctic Concept Diagrams
Lesson 3 - Natural Selection and the Peppered Moth
Lesson 4 - Arctic Food Chains (requires PowerPoint presentation) |
Corinne Munger |
Ecochambers! -
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Lesson 1 - Introduction to Ecochambers
Lesson 2 - Laboratory design, staffing, and Ecochamber construction
Lesson 3 - Introducing water, soil, and ...
Lesson 4 - Animal Placement, Chamber Condition, and Temperature
Lesson 5 - Temperature measurement, Microscopy, and Seeds
Lesson 6 - Hydration, Temperature manipulation, and fertilization
Lesson 7 - Density Experiments and the Final Stages!
Lesson 8 - Light and Color Wavelengths |
Pieter deHart |
Effects of Aspect and Slope on Boreal Forest Ecology -
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Lesson 1 - Making Observations: Differences between South- and North-facing hillsides
Lesson 2 - Data Interpretation: Understanding the role of sunlight in the characteristics of a forest
Lesson 3 - Applying Theories - Forest ecology on a local scale
Lesson 4 - Applying Theories - Forest ecology on a global scale |
David Runfola |
Food Webs
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Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - Plants in the Food Web
Lesson 3 - Decomposers
Lesson 4 - Finding Decomposers |
Kimberley Maher |
Forest Products
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Lesson 1 - Introduction
Lesson 2 - Venn Diagram |
Kimberley Maher |
Habitats
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Lesson 1 - Role of Habitat for Wildlife and People
Lesson 2 - Camouflage
Lesson 3 - Plants
Lesson 4 - Human Impacts on Habitats
Lesson 5 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
Heather Vukelic |
Plants and Seeds
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Lesson 1 - Introduction to Plants and Seeds
Lesson 2 - Venn Diagram
Lesson 3 - Growing Seeds
Lesson 4 - Seed Art |
Kimberley Maher |
| Sampling, Classification, and Identifications of Aquatic Organisms |
Lesson 1 - Field collection of pond invertebrates
Lesson 2 - Field collection of stream invertebrates
Lesson 3 - Identification and sorting of aquatic organisms
Lesson 4 - Discussion & presentation of observations and inferences |
David Runfola |
| Terrariums |
Lesson 1 - Terrarium Construction
Lesson 2 - The Water Cycle
Lesson 3 - Plant Biology
Lesson 4 - Plant Classification
Lesson 5 - Flyswatter Plant Classification (game)
Lesson 6 - Plants of Interior Alaska
Lesson 7 - Steal the Plant (game)
Lesson 8 - Scientific Illustration
Lesson 9 - Terrarium Jeopardy! |
Corinne Munger |
| Waterfowl of Alaska |
Lesson 1 - Identifying Waterfowl of Alaska
Lesson 2 - Waterfowl Adaptations - Preening Feathers
Lesson 3 - Waterfowl Adaptations - Bills and Feet
Lesson 4 - Migration |
Katie Villano |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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