Students examine how toxic pollutants affect environmental and human health. They define key terms, watch a video, and answer discussion questions.

In this social studies worksheet, students work on a project to find information about the dwellings of Native Americans for the seven questions while using the internet.

Students investigate the causes and possible consequences of climate change in the north, and realize their choices and actions can help reduce climate change. Some of the skills involved in the lesson are discussion, synthesis,...

Eighth graders take photographs for a photo essay contest. Using primary source documents, they review various types of artwork and discuss how some of the images have become commonplace. They use the internet to view examples of...

Students engage in a lesson about the creation of landscape paintings. This activity is meant to be done before visiting a museum. They examine the works of art in order to become familiar with the style and recreate them. Then students...

Students consider dog breeds that are helpful to humans and their hereditary link to wolves. In this biology activity, student research a dog breed for traits that make it useful to humans.  Students write a report of how these...

Second graders gain an understanding of how plants produce oxygen and that the oxygen we breathe comes from trees and plants. After a lecture/demo, 2nd graders discuss the ways plants produce oxygen and the detrimental effects of cutting...

Students practice making a map of a continent and correctly plotting five cities on that map. They place latitude and longitude lines on a map, determine the need for various map projections and explain why map scales are necessary.

Young scholars research the ANCSA and report from small groups about what they read.

Third graders discuss times when learning has been fun and when it hasn't. They imagine that the are going for a ride in an aeroplane. Students imagine that they are looking through the window at the land below, they see the uneven shape...

Seventh graders examine the style of Inuit.  In this Film instructional activity, 7th graders research the different ways to create a Hollywood film.  Students read various articles on this style of art. 

In this English activity, students read "Live Earth Rocks 2 Billion Worldwide," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this online quiz learning exercise, students answer a set of questions about seahorses. Page has a link to submit answers for correction.

This is the online version of the Smithsonian Institute's exhibit devoted to the people of the Siberian and North American Arctic. The mannequins around the walls represent the peoples of the Crossroads region, dressed in traditional...

Learn about the art of the native Americans of the Arctic region in this overview of their art with a selection of relevant objects each with it's own detailed object description.

Detailed sections providing further information on the Canadian Arctic's exploration, climate, maps, migration, and indigenous people, make this resource useful for many topics. Put together with images, this resource is useful for high...

An arcticle featuring historical data discovered about the people who inhabited the Arctic.

Scientists from the University of Arizona are conducting Y chromosome research on native Siberians to try to determine whether there is a genetic affinity to North American native people. The rationale and direction of this research are...

This activity introduces students to the Arctic, including different definitions of the Arctic and exploration of the Arctic environment and Arctic people. Students set out on a virtual exploration of the geography of the Arctic using...

This article examines the Arctic environment, its lands, seas, flora and fauna. This is an excellent resource for research on the relationships of people to the Arctic environment.

An extensive research report on climate change in the Arctic and the impact this is having on the environment, flora and fauna, and indigenous peoples. (Updated: December 20, 2010)

Camille Seaman describes how enterprising people and organisms have found ways to reside around both poles despite the frigid temperatures. [4:24]

In the early 1920s, 25-year-old Ada Blackjack survived two years on the frigid Wrangel Island after a failed expedition to claim the island for Canada. Wrangel Island sits north of the Siberian coast in the harsh Arctic waters of the...

Online exhibit explores Arctic expeditions of the twentieth-century via the photos and field notes of researchers who experienced the "alien landscape rife with cold, darkness, and isolation."