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Resources
 Denali National Park - website
Denali National Park & Preserve features North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley. The Alaska Range also includes countless other spectacular mountains and many large glaciers. Denali's more than 6 million acres also encompass a complete sub-arctic eco-system with large mammals such as grizzly bears, wolves, Dall sheep, and moose.
Nature and Science at Denali Park - website
Denali is well-known for its diversity of wildlife. There are 39 species of mammals, 167 species of birds, 10 species of fish, and one species of amphibian known in Denali.
Education Programs at Denali - website
Welcome to Denali National Park & Preserve's Education Resources page. We offer resources for teachers, students, and parents to learn about Denali's natural world and cultural heritage.
Storyboarding
How to do a Storyboard - website
Video Storyboard - website
Creating a Storyboard for Video Production - website
Digital Storytelling
 Digital Storytelling Summer Camp for Students - website
This is the sequence for the activities and projects for a student summer camp. This is filled with links and activities to various projects.
Achieving Literacy across the Curriculum: Telling our Story with Emerging Technology - website
This is a professional development plan for a school district using handhelds and other technologies to explore digital storytelling. This site includes links to other projects, evaluation questions and a sequence of various activities.
Create a Book Talk - website
This is a lesson and an example of how students can create a book talk using iMovie. The students select various books from the library and try to “sell” them to others by telling a story. This is a good example of using digital storytelling in the language arts curriculum.
Digital Storytelling: Tell Me a Story - website
This is an overview found on the Apple site about how to transform a story into a digital story, Step by step procedure and links to other resources are included.
We Didn't Start the Fire - website
This lesson plan and iMovie is a wonderful example of digital storytelling in the history classroom. The music is motivating and teachers and students alike love this one!
The Monarch Butterfly Story - website
Use the power of multimedia to tell the story of the Monarch Butterfly.
Immigration: now it is personal - website
This is a powerful digital story about immigration. The images and the narration make this a great example fro teachers and students to view. This could be adapted to almost any grade level.
My ABC Book of the Museum of Science and Industry - website
This was created by a family on a trip to the science museum. This is an example of how a story can be organized using the ABC's of an event. This project could easily be created by small groups of students as they tell a story about an event.
Handhelds and Science
Lesson presented by Carolyn Staudt
Carolyn is Curriculum and professional Development Consultant for Concord Consortium and Vice President of KidSolve™, Inc. She is a curriculum and professional development designer for technology- and Internet-based projects, including:
Other science, research, and handheld sites recommend by Carolyn:
• TEEMSS - website;
• JASON Academy - website;
• Data and Models - website;
• ProbeSight - website;
• Palm Applications in Education - website;
• InquiryWorks - website;
• NetAdventure™ - website
Maps and Storytelling
Maps, Native Culture and Storytelling
Lesson developed by:
Jody Smothers Marcello
907/966-1452 Work
marcelloj@bms.ssd.k12.ak.us
Denali National Park Map - website
Denali National Park GIS Clearinghouse - website
American Indians and Alaska Natives in Alaska. U.S. Census Bureau - website
Alaska Standards: Content Standards for Alaska Students. Juneau, AK: Alaska Department of Education, June 1996.
“Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools.” Adopted by the Native Education Group, February 1998.
Anderson, Jeremy. Teaching Map Skills Through An Inductive Approach. Indiana, PA: National Council for Geographic Education, 1986.
Geography Education Standards Project. Geography for Life: National Geography Standards 1994. Washington, DC: National Geographic Research and Exploration, 1994.
Godlewska, Anne. “The Idea of the Map.” In Ten Geographic Ideas That Changed the World, edited by Susan Hanson. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
 Wireless Worlds
Project and Lesson Plan Designers: - website
Richard E. and Christina Hum are the founders and key partners at
Kigluait Curriculum Adventures based in Talkeetna, Alaska. Their projects at Denali include the Science and Storytelling Camp, as well as upcoming Camps on the Southside of the Park. Project ideas include virtual dog-mushing rides, video sleuths, and an extensive range of projects for students across the U.S.
The Maui Digital Bus Project - website
A similar project to the Denali Wireless Bus on Maui. This project is supported by the Office of Naval Research and Akimeka Corporation.
Diana Papini, who helped developed curriculum for the Denali Science and Storytelling Camp.
Diana Papini, Outreach Education Coordinator
Phone (808) 874-9651 x245
Email: DPapini@akimeka.com
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Discover Denali Lesson Plans:
• Lesson #1 -
Storyboarding
• Lesson #2 -
My Denali Movie
• Lesson #3 -
Handhelds
• Lesson #4 -
Maps & Storytelling
• Lesson #5 -
Wireless Worlds
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