With extra low tides this week, comes extraordinary opportunities for intertidal exploration! The intertidal zone is the area of land between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide – this means that certain areas within the intertidal zone…
At the Science Center, we are able to closely observe some of the stages of the salmon life cycle – spawning adult, eggs, alevin, and fry. In the fall, spawning adults return to the hatchery, eggs are saved, fertilized, and incubated in incubation trays for…
Although the forecast calls for rain, rain and more rain – we can prepare ourselves for the sunny days ahead by celebrating and learning about the Sun! The Sun is a hot ball of glowing gasses and is the…
Rainy days are here again! Many people use all kinds of rain gauges – in their gardens, on their decks, outside their kitchen window – to keep track of rainfall. The Science Center has a new type of rain…
Happy Earth Week! To kick off the week-long celebration, today’s Sprout Science Bite theme is Marine Debris! The Sitka Sound Science Center has been involved in marine debris efforts since our inception in 2008. We have partnered with commercial fisherman,…
Just because you can’t visit to the aquarium doesn’t mean you can’t admire our beautiful tanks! Each tank in our aquarium represents a different ecosystem that exists in the Sitka Sound. By examining each tank, you get an insiders view…
There are few activities that are more fun than going on a backyard bug hunt, which is exactly why this week’s Sprouts Science Bite is all about celebrating and investigating our creepy-crawly friends and neighbors! Insects are so important to…
They may be small, but their importance in the marine ecosystem is HUGE! They may simply drift with the currents, but wherever they end up is something we and other scientists like to monitor…anyone know what we’re talking about? Yep,…
While most of us are busy learning and working from home, our hatchery staff are busy rearing and raising our pink, chum and coho fry! Brian, Haley, and Bill sample fish weekly to get an average weight so they can…
Looking for a fun and creative way to use leftover food and kitchen materials for science? Look no further! This week’s Sprouts Science Bite will explore using food waste and common kitchen ingredients to make natural dyes! Whether you’re looking…