Background Research
Teachers and students will find additional information at the following sites:
- Where is the Yukon Delta?
- 2005 2006 Goose Management Plan
- YKNWR Flickr Photos
- Timing of Nesting on the Yukon Kuskokwim Wildlife Refuge – A Quarter Century of Change
- Nest Population Size and Potential Production of Geese and Spectacled Eiders on the YK Delta, 1985-2010
- Aerial Photographic Surveys of Brant on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 2014
- Field Notes: For the Birds by Jim Sedinger
Supplemental Curriculum Links
The following links and resources are provided for teacher and student background material on climate change in Alaska.
- Our Changing world (8th Grade Curriculum) Sea Grant
- Arctic Climate Modeling Program ( k-12 curriculum from UAF)
- Phenology – USA National Phenology Network
- Curriculum: Climate Change Impacts on Wildlife and Wildlands (Cornell Ornithology)
- Alaska Ocean Observing System (Links and Resources)
- Climate Change Kit ( Grades 3-8)
- Alaska Native Perspectives on Earth and Climate Change
- Globe Green Up Protocols
Curriculum Outreach Models
