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Educational Resources

The Tongass National Forest abounds in resources that draw kids of all ages. The Forest Service, either on its own or in partnership with other organizations, offers lots of windows into those resources and their management challenges.

• Migration Science and Mystery (opens in new window) follows the shorebirds north from Panama to the Arctic Slope of Alaska. Offers lesson plans, videos, other learning opportunities. Live Web chat about the Stikine River Delta on May 3, 2007.
  
  
• America's Rain Forests (opens in new window) explores rain forests in Puerto Rico, Washington and Alaska. Offers lesson plans and reference materials. Live broadcast for this program occurred on October 14, 2005; DVD or videotape is available, with a Webcase of the introduction also available on-line.
  
  
• Projects on Prince of Wales Island include a number of activities and resources.
  
  
• Self-guided Birdwatching at Mendenhall guides walkers along the easy Moraine Ecology Trail near the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.
  
  
• Self-guided Walk over the Trail of Time explains the geologic history of the land recently exposed by the Mendenhall Glacier's retreat and its colonizing plants and animals.
  
  
• Resource information covers a variety of different natural resources.
  • Plants, animals, fish and birds
  • Glaciers and caves
  • Archeology and history
  • Wilderness
    
• Fishy games and puzzles
  
  
• Educational programs are available in several locations.
  • Kids Day Programs, Saturdays January through March at Mendenhall Glacier
  • Winter Fireside Series Friday evenings January through March at Mendenhall Glacier
  • Friday Night Insight Programs Friday evenings October through April at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
    
    
• Hands on the Land offers a variety of resources for educators and students.