FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute partnered with the Center of Science and Industry in Ohio to develop a ‘Learning Lunchbox’ to educate children on the science of snow.
According to Serina Wesen, Education and Outreach Designer with the Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Group at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the kits were developed through collaboration with several groups.
According to Wesen, the kits contain hours of content including activities on animal tracks, making a snow flake, and water and ice. “The kit contains five activities and some of them have multiple parts, and these five activities produce about 10 hours of content.