We would love to extend a big thank you to everyone who made Sitka WhaleFest 2023 an overwhelming success! Starting with our amazing line up of speakers, with 13 this year we had a wide variety and overwhelmingly positive feed…
Symmetries and Aquarium Art | Wednesday, Nov 29, from 6 to 7pm Through the lens of symmetry, we’ll discover the secret structures, relationships, and beauty of our local Sitka sea life. All are welcome to join us for an evening…
The Sitka Sound Science Center Research staff have been busy over the years assessing and gathering data around landslides and the storms that can trigger them. That data has been compiled and presented to the public in the form…
2023 WhaleFest Theme Sound Science: Voices from the Ocean This year’s Sitka WhaleFest explores the theme of “sound” science from a variety of angles: using sound waves for communication within the ocean, how scientists use sound to study underwater…
Join us this Friday, Oct 27, from 5 to 8pm to partake in spooky activities. We will have owl pellet dissections, cookie decorating, and for the brave souls among us a Haunted Hatchery Tour! Spooky events for ages…
Discover the secret structures, movements, and stories of animals in the aquarium within our afterschool programs! Thanks to a RurAL CAP grant focusing on improving literacy skills we are able to offer two new and wonderful programs at the Sitka…
Here at the Sitka Sound Science Center we are proud to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. Everyday we are grateful and humbled to be on Lingít Aaní – Lingít land. The Lingít people have been Indigenous to these lands and waters…
Seaweed science in a changing ocean: the underwater world of Sitka’s coastal carbon engineers | Thursday September 28th starting at 7:00 pm UAS room 229 The next Natural History seminar hosted by the University of Alaska Southeast will feature Dr.
According to the National Weather Service Sitka along with Petersburg and Juneau are under a flood watch from Thursday morning through Friday September 15th. The forecast shows an atmospheric river bringing heavy rainfall from 2 to 4 inches to the…
Join Adi Amore one of our fabulous Science Guides on a walk along Sage beach for a close look at geology. Geology; the science of earth! Our planet is made up of different layers and compositions of magma, rock, and…