Kindergarten
SeaBirds
Alexis Will
1st Grade
Whales
Don Sineti, Steve Lewis
Intertidal Studies
Ali Bayless, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
2nd Grade
Animal Adaptions and Biomimicry
Lara Rockenetz, Univ of Akron Field Station
3rd Grade
Volcanoes (All About Ash)
Cheryl Cameron, Alaska Volcano Observatory
4th Grade
Geomorphology – The Power of Water
Jacqueline Foss/KK Prussian, USFS, soil scientist/hydrologist
Invasive Species (Intertidal citizen science)
Callie Simmons, SSSC Research Coordinator
Fungi
Callie Simmons, SSSC Research Coordinator
5th Grade
Aquaculture – Food Webs
Angie Bowers, Fisheries Professor, University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka
6th Grade
Invasives (Smithsonian Platewatch Program – Tunicates)
Marnie Chapman, UAS Professor of Biology
7th Grade
Extreme Arctic Events – Predicting Arctic Sea Ice
Alek Petty, NASA at University of Maryland
Sediment Stories
Rachel Lauer, Geophysicist at University of Calgary
Shrimp in Hot Water
Jamie Musback, Graduate Student, University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau
8th Grade
Stable Isotopes and Trophic Levels
Lauren Wild, PhD candidate University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries
Landslide Geology and Social Networks
Ronald Daanen, Geologist with United States Geological Survey; Ryan Hill and Max Izenburg, Social Scientists with RAND
9th Grade
Diversity of Life – Squid Ecology
Ben Burford, Hopkin Marine Lab, Stanford
Little Inverts, Big Appetites
Lauren Bell, PhD candidate University of California Santa Cruz kelp Forest Ecology
Bioenergetics
Ellen Chenoweth, PhD Candidate University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries
Grade 10
Measuring Metabolic Requirements of Invertebrates
Kristy Kroeker, Professor of Climate Ecology, UCSC
Microbiology of Soils
Joanna Green, PhD candidate
Geology of Landslides
Adam Booth, Professor at Portland State University
Grades 11 & 12
Marine Mammal Necropsies
Margaret Castellini, UAF professor of Biology and Wildlife and
Natalie Rouse, Alaska SeaLife Center
Microplastics
Veronica Padula, Ecosystem Conservation Office of the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island
Antioxidants in Alaskan Berries
Arleigh Reynolds, UAF professor of Veterinary Medicine
Fish Sampling Workshop
Andrew Cyr, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ocean Acidification
Esther Kennedy, Sitka Tribe of Alaska; Lori Gildehaus, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Sarah Mastroni and Lauren Strope, University of California Irvine
Physics of Landslides
Annette Patton, Geologist University of Oregon