Register Now for 2007 Field Seminars and Teacher Trainings!
The Alaska Natural History Institutes offers hands-on, field-based courses in Alaska's wild places throughout the summer. The 3-8 day accredited courses are offered statewide in partnership with Alaska's national parks, forests and refuges. Classes are small, but the classrooms are grand!
Field seminars are open to all participants, while teacher trainings are designed specifically for teachers. Professional development credit is available for all courses through the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Field Seminars include:
- Denali Fault & Nenana Canyon: A Geology Exploration
- Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: Culture, Wildlife and War in the Refuges of the Aleutian Arc
- High Country Wildflowers: A Closer Look
- Denali's Large Mammals
- Geology of the Copper River Watershed
- Dall Sheep and their Predators
- Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants
- The Science of Fly-Fishing
- Denali Field Journaling
- Bears of Denali
- Geology of Denali
- Family Field Seminars
Teacher Trainings include:
- Bears and Wilderness of Admiralty Island
- Sculpted by Ice: Geology and Ecology of the Chugach National Forest
- Using iMovie to Capture Interest in Science
- Seals, Ice and the Wilderness Idea
- The World of Wolves
- Denali Dinosaurs
- Science Writing in the Heart of Denali
- Whales of Icy Strait
Information about all of the Institutes courses can be found at
www.alaskainstitutes.org or by calling (907) 733-2896. Many courses are offered through the Murie Science and Learning Center in Denali National Park and Preserve, and information can also be found at
www.murieslc.org or by calling (907) 683-1269 or toll-free (888) 688-1269.
