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PDP Product Marilyn Fairbanks BHS – Azure IRC X7453

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

1. This image is found on the Wildlands page, http://arctic.fws.gov/permglos.htm,

On the map to the left, label The active layer, the ice wedge and the permafrost.

You will need to draw a text box for the labels. http://arctic.fws.gov/wildland.htm 2. Name the five different ecological regions. coastal marine coastal plain tundra alpine tundra of the Brooks Range forest-tundra transition south of the mountains boreal forest.tall spruce, birch, and aspen of the

3. Discover some frozen ground features. Choose frozen ground glossary to define thermokarst lake and pingo. pingo a hill created when water pools and freezes under the root mat. When the water freezes, it expands, pushing up the soil. thermokarst lake an arctic lake formed when water holds heat that thaws the permafrost below.

4. http://arctic.fws.gov/activel.htm#steps Create a line graph to show the thawing/freezing cycle from June 15 to October 15. Plot % thawed, inches deep, and number of hours of sun.

5. http://arctic.fws.gov/wildlife.htm http://arctic.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=75600 What are the four categories of wildlife found in the ANWR? Approximately how many of each are there? Who are the “natives” or aboriginals of this region?

6. http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/anwrclimate.html Look at the “Hours of Daylight” chart, compare, contrast the hours of daylight in January with those in June.

7. www.sierraclub.org/maps/1002.asp Describe the location of ANWR. Use directional words to tell about its borders. Clicking through the series of maps, what do you notice is happening to the ANWR?

On map 6, click on each icon to learn about a species that is being affected by oil development. Choose one of these species. What impact have the oil drilling companies had on this species?

8. http://Arctic.fws.gov/wildlife.htm Choose one of the animals shown on map 6.

Tell in what particular ecosystem they live in summer. Tell in what particular ecosystem they live in winter. Do they migrate? Are they endangered? Present population estimate. Historical population estimate. What threatens them? Describe the features that the creature has that help them adapt to this environment. What do they eat? Do they live in groups or separately? What defensive technique(s) do they use?

9. www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=75600 What is the controversy about Area 1002 ?

10. http://www.taiga.net/coop/about.html Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Coop What are the four goals? What are the three main issues that should be the focus of ecological monitoring?

In the following articles you will read through both sides of the debate. Take notes (Don’t forget to list sources.) When you have finished all these articles, you will have two choices to demonstrate your knowledge about this issue. You can team up with another person and present your findings in debate style. You can present a panel discussion with 3-4 other people. You can write a persuasive essay for drilling or not drilling.

1. To Drill or not to Drill? Read and take notes .

2. National Wildlife FAQs about ANWR drilling National Wildlife Federation FAQs about ANWR and drilling Take more notes.

3. Zogby: No Mandate for Arctic Refuge Drilling National Survey Finds Americans Favor Alternative Energy, Conservation Read the result of the poll and then the questions that were asked? Take more notes.

4. Too Wild to Waste Read and take notes, especially of number facts.

5. http://www.anwr.org/features/caroroil.htm Caribou or Oil? Read and take notes.

6. http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/09/bush.energy/ Bush renews call for Alaskan oil drilling

7. http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~3304207,00.html Bush pushes ANWR drilling

8. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=9937 GOP Bids to Take ANWR While Region was Ravaged by Major Oil Spill

9. http://www.nationalcenter.org/PRANWR101.html Bush Is Right: Opening ANWR To Oil Exploration Would Help Consumers Without Hurting Environment

10. http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7356 Bush Energy Plan Caves In--to Environmentalism