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Cultural Connections to Alaska Science Curricula

Rocketing Into the Northern Lights
Researchers probed the auroral wind by shooting instruments into them in February 2013.
Photograph copyright Sebastian Saarloos. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, Earth Observatory, and Claire De Saravia, NASA-GSFC, with reporting from Amy Hartley, University of Alaska Geophysical Institute.
Levels
  • Introductory (K-5)
  • Intermediate (6-8)
Material Type
  • Activity/Hands-on
  • Educator/Facilitator Guide
  • Unit (of Study)
  • Interactive/Game/Simulation
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 3.2 – Energy from the Sun is created in the core…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
  • PS3 - Energy
Heliophysics Topics
  • Aurora
  • Magnetosphere
  • Sun
  • Space Weather
  • Sunspot
  • Magnetic Reconnection
  • Magnetotail
  • Electromagnetism
  • Solar Cycle
  • Solar System
  • Solar Wind
  • Energy
  • Geomagnetic Storm
  • Coronal Mass Ejection
  • Magnetic Field
  • Solar Flare
Heliophysics Missions
  • STEREO A & B
  • Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
  • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
Material Cost per Learner 1 cent – $1
Language English

This set of 11 Alaska-centered curricula developed by Cultural Connections to Alaska Science (CCAS), a statewide Alaska-based project that tests and implements a model for co-production of K-12 educational resources to support creation of supplemental science teaching aids for rural Indigenous learners. 

Each unit includes a teacher manual, a student guide, vocabulary list with pronunciation , a video, and more, including posters, vocabulary cards, animations, a storytelling video series, and even karaoke! The curriculum is in English with key terms in two Iñupiaq dialects, Lower Tanana Athabascan, Sugt’stun, and other native Alaskan languages.

Access the full set of resources here. ↗