Community Outreach
A child on a field trip to a lab at the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences holds a live starfish. Photo by Katie Murra. Need a marine scientist to visit your school or community? Trying to organize a field trip to the coast? Looking for teaching materials? Want to enter your school in a statewide marine science competition? Interested in seafood training workshops? You’ve come to the right place. The links below lead you to these great opportunities, and more….
- Alaska Region National Ocean Sciences Bowl Alaska’s annual high-school marine science competition
- K-12 Education Teaching manuals, books, videos, posters, and much more.
- Commercial Fishing and Seafood Processor Training Marine Advisory Program workshops conferences, training
- Science Seminar Schedule Weekly marine science seminars
- Kasitsna Bay Marine Laboratory Arrange a field trip to a real marine lab!
- Alaska Native Programs A hands-on, community-based environmental monitoring, research, and communication program that involves Alaska Native undergraduate students with Alaska communities.
- Alaska SeaLife Center Alaska’s only marine research, rehabilitation and education center
- Find a scientist to visit your school. Contact: Carin Bailey, Public Information officer, bailey@sfos.uaf.edu, 907-474-7208.
Questions? Need help? Contact: Carin Bailey Stephens, Public Information Officer, bailey@sfos.uaf.edu, 907-322-8730, OR Katie Murra, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, murra@sfos.uaf.edu, 907-474-6786.