Alaskan Resources
Look for the "Festival of Ideas" coming soon to this website! The "Festival of Ideas," submitted by educators participating in ASDN's Alaska Summer Leadership Institute (ASLI), is a compilation of emerging best practices currently being implemented in Alaskan schools. The "Festival of Ideas" offers examples of Alaskan school initiatives which inform educators about frameworks for improving student learning and organizational performance; strategies that transform learning and performance; and lateral capacity building opportunities that.....
Science Resources
Resources for Designing ILPs for Students Who Have Not Passed the AKHSQE
This resource is for educators looking for ideas as they develop individual student learning plans for students who have not passed the AK HSQE.
Internet Explorers: Virtual Field Trips Are More Than Just Money Savers
Technology is catching up to virtual field trips' possibilities. A new generation of trips is merging highly interactive Web sites with engaging storytelling, vibrant art, and curricula tied to national standards, creating a compelling way to explore the natural world without leaving campus.
This link takes you to The George Lucas Foundation's top four virtual field trip picks -- and you can't beat the admission price: free.
Go North! is one of the virtual field trips. It is an exhilarating combination of high tech wizardry and true.....
State of Alaska Standards, GLE's, and Formative Assessment
This links to the State of Alaska "Standards" web page which contains the AK Content and Performance Standards, GLE's, Formative Assessments, and more important information related to AK State Standards and Performance.
Educators' Resource Guide to Alaska Standards - from the Curriculum Frameworks Project
The Educators' Resource Guide to the Alaska Standards is an online resource that will help districts and teachers develop, teach and assess a standards-based curriculum. The Guide is divided into two sections:
1: For Curriculum Developers
This section provides information about the Alaska Content Standards and the Performance Standards. It includes a district standards-based curriculum development process and links to useful resources including the legal references related to the Alaska State standards.
2: For Teachers
This section.....
"FIreweed Magazine" from Port Graham Students: Reading in a Cultural Context and Place-based Science Activities
"Fireweed" Magazine was developed in the early 80's at Port Graham and offers online offers examples of reading in a cultural context. The work of transcribing from the magazines was completed in 2001-2002 by students at Port Graham.
Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan - Alaskan Unit on Moose
This interdisciplinary unit on moose was developed by Michelle C. Massion
of Galena City School in 1994. Even today, it is a lesson that teachers might use to build an Alaskan interdisciplinary unit.
