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Sitka’s diversity of culture, environment, and industries sets it apart from much of the world, a fact that Sharon Bohn Gmelch and George Gmelch know all too well having traveled much of it themselves. Sharon and George first found their…
We were so thrilled to host Gale McCrary as an intern through the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) Opening the Box STEAM program. Gale brought his enthusiasm for science and for the past…
Two hundred million years before the dinosaurs and before there were trees on Earth, there were sharks in the ocean. They were the first vertebrates to develop jaws. Sharks belong to the class Chondrichthyes, which includes…
Featuring a morning adventure for pre-k students with hands on exploration of the salmon lifecycle followed by fish art prints and open admission to the aquarium. Our pre-k program will run from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. All children must…
Sitka Sound Science Center (SSSC) is more than an aquarium, and it’s also more than a hatchery. SSSC is an FSML— field station and marine laboratory. But what does it mean to be a field station?…
You might wonder what would possess a pre-dental student from Utah to travel thousands of miles north to Fairbanks, Alaska. It was the love of getting his hands dirty and discovery–not within a person’s mouth, but within layers of rock…
Last week I had the opportunity to join Ella Neumann, data manager, and Gale McCrary, research intern, to help with the berry project for the afternoon. We visited four different sites where equipment is set up to monitor…
There is still room to sign up for our Revolution Camp! Join us to learn all about designing, modeling, building, and testing boogie boards. Using various materials, designs, and innovative ideas, we will make our very…
Join our evening Watercolors class with Pat Kehoe July 16th through 19th This watercolor class will explore the aquarium’s critters and weather permitting-landscapes near the Science Center. All with expert guidance from local watercolorist Pat Kehoe. There will be four…
Acting & Reacting This camp is for the kitchen chemists in our midst – if you like mixing and mashing to create new and interesting flavors, this is the camp for you! Rising 4th-6th graders will experiment with wild and…