Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Melting Permafrost

9th - 10th
In this video adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, see melting permafrost and hear Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discuss its impact on Inuit culture and resources.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Experience: Building the Alaska Oil Pipeline

9th - 10th
Short AMERICAN EXPERIENCE video tells the story of how environmentalists, Alaska Native peoples, and engineers concerned about the effects of permafrost challenged plans for the Alaska oil pipeline. [5:19]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Alaskan Pipeline: You Do It: Safety

6th - 8th
Examine sections of terrain in the Alaskan Tundra, and choose the pipeline engineering strategy that works best for each.
Instructional Video
The Kid Should See This

Tksst: Deep Look: The Hidden Perils of Permafrost

9th - 10th
By examining a permafrost core in a CT scanner, travel back in time to help answer important questions about the frozen soil and its ability to support life. [3:12]
Instructional Video
NASA

Science at Nasa: Science Casts: The "Sleeping Giant" in Arctic Permafrost

9th - 10th
Arctic permafrost soils contain more accumulated carbon than all the human fossil-fuel emissions since 1850 combined. Warming Arctic permafrost, poised to release its own gases into the atmosphere, could be the "sleeping giant" of...
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Arctic Grades

3rd - 8th
NOAA has issued 2010 Arctic Report Card. If you were its parent, what would you do? [2:18]