Edible Permafrost

Standard Rating Guide
  • References: the lesson only references the standard
  • Part: the lesson teaches part of the lesson
  • Assesses: the lesson teaches the standard thoroughly so that the standard can be assessed

Activity Description

Abstract: Students will experience the impermeability of permafrost and learn why the tundra is wet and has so many lakes even though, by definition, it is a desert.

Curriculum Book: Alaska's Tundra & Wildlife
Page number: 93

Age Groups

Kindergarten - 6th Grade

Educational Standards

   Science D-2   References

Educational Topics

   Soil