Welcome to OneTree Alaska!

OneTree Alaska is an education, research, and community outreach project of the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences. Now in its second year, OneTree is growing, thanks to collaborations among area schools, the university, and community artists and artisans.  As a curriculum-building project, OneTree utilizes the Alaska boreal forest as the basis for active learning and inquiry investigations into science, social studies and the arts.

 

    Scientific Inquiry               Artistic Exploration          Interactive Classrooms

 

 

 

What OneTree Provides:

OneTree curriculum includes both in-class activities and teacher workshops, as requested. Topics include:
·       “Adopt a tree” near your school and observe its changes through the seasons. (K-12)
·       Leaf prints and paper-making (K-12)
·       Tree ring studies, blocks, toys, & traditional Alaskan structures (3-12)
·       Birchbark ornaments and canoes (K-6)
·       Artist Charcoal and Fire Ecology (K-12)
·       Tapping into Spring (birch tapping and syrup production, K-6; teaching kits available)
·       Logging, river boats and propellers (3-8)
·       Plant dyes (K-12)

 

Contact Us:

   Jan Dawe, OneTree Coordinator: (907) 388-1772 jcdawe@alaska.edu
   Zachary Meyers, Science Education Lead, zjmeyers@alaska.edu
   Jesse Hensel, Art Education Lead, jesse@jessehensel.com