Marine Mammals of the Arctic

Links

Activity 1: Polar Puzzler

3-2-1 Contact’s Arctic/Antarctic Video
Beyond Polar Bears and Penguins
Commonwealth of Australia’s Classroom Antarctica
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
KQED’s A Warmer World for Arctic Animals Video
National Geographic’s Crittercam
National Snow and Ice Data Center’s Arctic Climatology and Meteorology
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Polar Ecosystems Program
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
PBS NOVA’s Warnings from the Ice
United States Antarctic Program
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Polar Discovery
WWF’s The Arctic

Activity 2: Life in the Arctic

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s Discover Inuit Art PDF
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s Kids’ Stop
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears’ Peoples of the Arctic
Cultural Survival’s Subsistence Hunting Activities and the Inupiat Eskimo
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists: The People of the Arctic
Library and Archives Canada’s The Kids’ Site of Canadian Settlement: Inuit
National Geographic’s Crittercam
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
North Star Inuit Gallery’s Tradition
Ocean Futures Society’s Protecting Belugas Through Science and Tradition
OneWorld Classrooms' Awesome Arctic Animals
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
PBS Video’s Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures: Sea Ghosts Video
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)’s Windows to the Universe: Arctic Cultures

Activity 3: Arctic Adaptations

Enchanted Learning’s Arctic Animals
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
KQED’s A Warmer World for Arctic Animals Video
National Geographic’s Crittercam
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal Education Web
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources’ Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
Polar Bears International
Scholastic’s Marine Mammals of the Arctic
Sea World’s Beluga Whales: Adaptations for an Aquatic Environment
University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute’s Adaptations to the Cold: How Do Animals and Plants Live in the Arctic? PDF
University of Washington’s Kristin Laidre: Narwhal FAQ
WWF’s The Arctic: Species

Activity 4: Narwhals on the Move

BBC’s Arctic Unicorns in Icy Display Video
BBC’s Narwhals Video
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
National Geographic’s Crittercam
National Geographic’s Narwhal
National Wildlife Magazine’s Unlikely Partners in the Sea
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal Education Web: Narwhal Whales
NOAA Ocean Explorer’s OceanAGE Careers: Kristin Laidre
NOAA Ocean Explorer’s OceanAGE Careers: Kristin Laidre Video Profiles
NOAA Ocean Explorer’s Tracking Narwhals in Greenland
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
NOAA’s Following the Ocean Unicorn PDF
NPR’s Chasing the Arctic Unicorn
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
Smithosonian.com’s In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal
University of Rhode Island’s Discovery of Sound in the Sea: Narwhal
University of Washington’s Kristin Laidre
Wheelock College WhaleNet’s How Satellite Tags Work

Activity 5: Beluga Basic Training

Cultural Survival’s Subsistence Hunting Activities and the Inupiat Eskimo
Earth and Sky Radio Series’ Satellites used to track whales in Arctic
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
KQED’s Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures: Sea Ghosts
National Geographic’s Beluga Whale
National Geographic’s Crittercam
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources’ Beluga Whale
NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Named Environmental Heroes
NOAA Fisheries’ Point Lay Beluga Whales
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
PBS Video’s Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures: Sea Ghosts Video
Sea World’s Beluga Whales
Wheelock College WhaleNet’s How Satellite Tags Work

Activity 6: Polar Bear Den Discovery

Apple Learning Interchange’s Rolling on the Tundra: A Polar Bear Adventure
CNN’s Polar Man
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Polar Bear Specialist Group
National Geographic Kids’ Creature Feature: Polar Bear Video
National Geographic’s Bear Beginnings: New Life on the Ice
National Geographic’s Crittercam
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
PBS’s Nature: Great White Bear
Polar Bear International’s Maternal Den Studies
Polar Bears HD
Polar Bears International
Polar Bears International YouTube Channel
Post-den emergence behavior of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in northern Alaska PDF
San Diego Zoo’s Blogs: Polar Bears
Sea World’s Polar Bears
USFWS’s Marine Mammals Management: Polar Bear
USGS’s Polar Bear Research at the Alaska Science Center
WWF’s Go Wild: Polar
WWF’s Polar Bear Conservation

Activity 7: Ice Seal Survivor

Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Wildlife Notebook
Earth & Sky Radio Series’ Arctic Seals Vulnerable to Fast Pace of Change
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Exploratorium’s Tagging Seals, Sniffing Out Seals, and Cooper Sniffs Out Seals Videos
NASA’s Earth Observatory: Sea Ice
National Geographic’s Crittercam
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Polar Ecosystems Program
NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources’ Pinnipeds: Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
Polar Bears International’s Polar Bear Facts & Information: Hunting and Diet
The Effects of Climate Change on Harp Seals (PDF research article)

Activity 8: Arctic Challenge

Carbonrally
Exploratorium’s Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Koshland Science Museum’s Earth Lab: Degrees of Change
KQED’s A Warmer World for Arctic Animals Video
Lick Global Warming
National Geographic’s Crittercam
National Sea Ice Data Center
Nickelodian’s Big Green Help
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card: Marine Mammals
NOAA’s Arctic Theme Page
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza
Passport to Knowledge’s Polar-Palooza: Take Aim at Climate Change Video
Polar Bears International’s Simple Steps to Help Polar Bears
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change: Kids Site
WGBH’s One Guest: Jason Karas, Carbonrally.com Video
JASON Learning: A Partnership of Sea Research Foundation and National Geographic