Learning Resources
PolarTREC Learning Resources is a collection of articles, lessons, activities, interactive media, and more for educators, families, students, or anyone interested in teaching or learning more about the science of the Arctic and Antarctica.
New Collections Now Available! - The collections are a chance to find all types of resources that all pertain to a specific discipline or location. Each collection is utilized during the C-ISE Professional Development courses offered by PolarTREC through the University of Alaska. To find out more about these professional development courses visit: PolarTREC Online Course for Educators
The Life Science Collection brings together resources that address topics such as understanding organisms, their organization, life processes, and relationships to each other and their environment.
The Physical Science Collection examines the physical world of the polar regions. This collection touches on physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, and other sciences that analyze the nature and properties of energy and nonliving matter.
The Earth Science Collection addresses all of the disciplines that define the natural processes that shape the polar regions as well as the science that informs our interactions with the landscape.
The Social Science Collection is resources that focus on humans in the polar regions through the study of society, past events, anthropology, linguistics, education, geography, and many more disciplines.
The Bering Sea Ecosystem Collection was developed during a four day workshop that brought together teachers who had traveled to the Bering Sea during teacher researcher experience programs; Bering Sea community teachers from St. Paul, Emmonak, and Nome; as well as project scientists interested in gaining expertise in broader impacts activities.
