by Leigh Lubin | Aug 6, 2025 | Educator Resource
Lessons designed to bring contemporary research and authentic data into the classroom. Data Nuggets feature a scientist role model and the story of what inspired their research. Students are guided through identifying hypotheses and predictions, visualizing and...
by Leigh Lubin | May 4, 2023 | Educator Resource, Monitoring
The Coastal Observers of Barrow have released a training video for measuring beach profiles and evaluating coastal hazards. The video was produced by youth monitors and their families. It is part of an effort to recruit more citizen scientists in the region and...
by Leigh Lubin | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Lesson plan for classroom and field-trip based activities that introduce students to the community-based research on Bidarki chitons (Katharina tunicata) and the different factors that impact Bidarki abundance, distribution, and size. Includes a field trip for...
by Leigh Lubin | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Students discuss stewardship actions and develop an action plan that they will carry out as a class. They host a “Friends of the Sea” party to involve the school and community in their stewardship efforts and to share the results of their investigations.
by Leigh Lubin | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Lesson plan for an activity culminating exploration of marine debris and creation of art. This activity uses small-scale marine debris sculptures made during the Ecosystem Effects Station Rotation lesson to create an interactive sculpture that people can walk through...
