Aurora Borealis
Develop curriculum elements to have ready for your students when aurora occur in the sky or you hear about them as television or radio news stories. More about the aurora.

Alaska NSCTD
The Native Studies Curriculum and Teacher Development Project has extensive resources online, including the complete text of significant articles and legislation.

Building Web Sites for Student Projects?
This comprehensive article by Adrienne Hood and Jacqueline Spafford details methods and resources as well as how to evaluate sucess, and much more.

Course Standards
From the Alaska Department of Education.

Culture & Nature
James Magdanz presents examples of how to use his wonderful book Go Home, River to help younger children learn about the water cycle and traditional Inuit (Eskimo) travel and trade networks.

Canadian Council for Geographic Education
A wide variety of aids and resources are offered to help teachers increase the emphasis on geography within the school system.

Henry Hudson: Lost Leadership
Using Hudson to explore the qualities necessary for effective leadership.

The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials
An extensive resource developed by Kathryn Morse, University of Washington Dept. of History.

Marine-Related Lessons
The Alaska SeaLife Center presents dozens of lesson plans, from Grades 3 to 12, that relate to marine life.

NOST 202 - Social History of the North
As well as an introduction and course outline, Amanda Graham has posted scores of links for studying the North.

Permafrost
A brief, but very good resource and activity guide by Newton's Apple.

Polar Pairs
In this Java-script memory game from the Smithsonian, you match hidden photos of Arctic animals.

Project Caribou
A 150-page learning package on the wild caribou of North America, for both students and educators.

Thursday's Classroom: The Northern Lights
A wide range of resources and curriculum aids for teachers and students as young as 7 years.

Visions of the Northern Mind
An introduction to Film 600, offered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, by Anatoly Antohin - the Web site has lots of other film-related material.

Women in Alaska History
Activities designed to be used with the excellent Web site, or listed resource books.