The museum fosters growing partnerships with Valdez area schools and home school families to teach subjects that dovetail with K-12 curriculum. Many different tools— storytelling, role play, music, art-making and hands-on activities—are used to promote active learning about a subject. Museum collections, conveyed to classrooms, are closely examined by students and illustrate lessons.
Teachers and museum educators collaborate on new lessons and innovative approaches to teaching math, language arts, social studies, geography, history, art, music and science. Learning takes place both in classrooms and in the great Alaskan outdoors.
Museum Education Topics include, but are not limited to:
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