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1 north slope borough school district Explorer Workbook Alaska Native Education Program North Slope Borough Schol District 1849 Momeganna Street Barrow, Alaska fax NAME 02/2006

2 Explorer Workbook SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE AND MATH LESSONS Written by Patricia Partnow with math problem cards by Carol Gho

3 2006 by Alaska Native Education Program North Slope Borough School District Barrow, Alaska A publication of Project Sivunmun Alaska Native Education Program North Slope Borough School District Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Grant #S356K Alaska Native Education Program Staff Jana Pausauraq Harcharek Dora Aluniq Kippi Field Test Teachers Katherine Ahgeak Joan Bennett Nate Crabteee Jody Cunningham Mike Devine Samantha Leavitt Kevin Marsh Rachel Wolfer Designed and produced by Visible Ink, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska

4 Explorer Workbook SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE and MATH LESSONS Worksheet 1 Iñupiat and Qargich Poster Picture Hunt Worksheet 2 Qargiq CD/Web Site Treasure Hunt Worksheet 3 Four Poster Observation Notes Worksheet 4 Ptarmigan Food Web Poster Picture Hunt Worksheet 5 Ptarmigan Food Web Worksheet 6 Qargich and the Arctic Ecosystem Poster Picture Hunt Worksheet 7 Arctic Ecosystem Worksheet 8 Qargich Arctic Adaptations Poster Picture Hunt Worksheet 9 Inside a Ptarmigan Worksheet 10 Qargiq Pattern Worksheet 11 Ptarmigan Yearly Cycle Poster Picture Hunt Worksheet 12 Iñupiaq Vocabulary Review Worksheet 13 Qargiq Survival Game Note Sheet Worksheet 14 Ptarmigan Droppings Worksheet 15 Bird Count Log Worksheet 16 Math Problems

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6 .WORKSHEET 1. Iñupiat and Qargich Poster Picture Hunt Date: CAN YOU FIND...? Look at the drawing of the Iñupiat and Qargich poster on the facing page. There are 15 items listed below, and each one is pictured on the poster. Find all 15 items. With a dark pencil or red marker, write the number for each item on the picture of that item. Number 1, ptarmigan stew, has been marked on the poster already as an example. 1. Ptarmigan stew 2. Ptarmigan meat on a plate 3. A ptarmigan wing used as a broom 4. A kukurvalik, or special arrowhead used for hunting ptarmigan 5. Ptarmigan eggs ready to eat 6. A nauliq toy made of two ptarmigan wing feathers 7. Men sitting together in a qargi 8. Ptarmigan gathered together like men in a qargi 9. A nigaun 10. A nigatchiaq 11. An aÿarraat used to set up a nigatchiaq 12. A man using a bow and arrow to hunt ptarmigan 13. A man using a puuåuaq to catch ptarmigan 14. Someone holding a qaviugaqsaaq (also called a qaviugaq) to be thrown over the heads of ptarmigan 15. A person setting snares in an uqpiksaaq 1

7 .WORKSHEET 2. Qargiq CD/Web Site Treasure Hunt DIRECTIONS Your teacher will tell you which of the following treasures to find on the CD or Web Site ( All answers can be found, but you might need to do some digging! Good luck! 1. Name the three species of ptarmigan that live in Alaska. Date: 2. What is Alaska s state bird? 3. What do they call the willow ptarmigan in Scotland? 4. The Athabascans have a riddle about ptarmigan. Write both the question and the answer here: 5. Write one recipe for preparing ptarmigan here. 3

8 6. Draw a picture of one way of getting ptarmigan. Label tools or weapons that would be used. 7. Besides food, what could the wings of the ptarmigan be used for? 8. Name three ptarmigan predators: 9. What do male ptarmigan do in the spring? 10. What do ptarmigan eat in the spring? 4

9 11. What do ptarmigan eat in the summer? 12. What do ptarmigan eat in the fall? 13. What do ptarmigan eat in the winter? 14. What are the main dangers to ptarmigan in the winter? 15. What dangers do ptarmigan face in the summer? 16. What could a male ptarmigan do if a fox came near its nest? (This is a tricky question. To find the answer, imagine what season fox would come to raid a ptarmigan nest, and research ptarmigan life during that season.) 5

10 17. How many eggs are usually laid in a ptarmigan clutch? 18. How long after the eggs are laid do they hatch? 19. When are ptarmigan eggs laid? 20. Where do female ptarmigan go in the fall when they leave Anaktuvuk Pass? 6

11 .WORKSHEET 3. Four Poster Observation Notes Date: DIRECTIONS Your teacher has posted four Qargiq posters around the room. Look at each one and write the poster title and one interesting thing that you notice about each poster. Poster 1 title: Poster 1 interesting thing: Poster 2 title: Poster 2 interesting thing: Poster 3 title: Poster 3 interesting thing: Poster 4 title: Poster 4 interesting thing: 7

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13 .WORKSHEET 4. Ptarmigan Food Web Poster Picture Hunt Date: CAN YOU FIND...? Look at the drawing of the Ptarmigan Food Web poster on the facing page. There are 13 items listed below, and each one is pictured on the poster. Find all 13 items. With a dark pencil or red marker, write the number for each item on the picture of that item. Number 1, ptarmigan in summer plumage, has been marked on the poster already as an example. 1. Ptarmigan in summer plumage 2. Ptarmigan in winter plumage 3. A weasel sneaking up on a ptarmigan nest 4. A marten sneaking up on a ptarmigan nest 5. A fox sneaking up on young ptarmigan 6. A person setting a ptarmigan snare 7. Two wolves hunting ptarmigan in the winter 8. An owl circling over young ptarmigan 9. A gyrfalcon circling over a ptarmigan 10. A lynx looking for ptarmigan to eat 11. Plants the ptarmigan eat (mark them all with the number 11) 12. Insects and spiders that ptarmigan eat (mark them all with the number 12) 13. A hawk circling over young ptarmigan 9

14 .WORKSHEET 5. Ptarmigan Food Web Date: 1. Choose one plant or animal from each of the following categories. Producer: English name: Iñupiaq name, if you know it: Herbivore: English name: Iñupiaq name, if you know it: Omnivore: English name: Iñupiaq name, if you know it: Carnivore 1: English name: Iñupiaq name, if you know it: Carnivore 2: English name: Iñupiaq name, if you know it: 2. Your teacher will give you construction paper, markers or crayons, and glue. a. Cut a strip for each of the plants or animals you named in Question #1 above. b. Write the English name on one side of the strip. Write the Iñupiaq name on the other side of the strip. c. Create a paper chain with rings in the order they appear on the food chain. The rings of your chain should be in this order: Producer Herbivore Qargiq Carnivore 1 Carnivore 2 11

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16 .WORKSHEET 6. Qargich and the Arctic Ecosystem Poster Picture Hunt Date: CAN YOU FIND...? Look at the drawing of the Qargich and the Arctic Ecosystem poster on the facing page. There are 19 items listed below, and each one is pictured on the poster. Find all 19 items. With a dark pencil or red marker, write the number for each item on the picture of that item. Number 1, children removing a ptarmigan nest, has been marked on the poster already as an example. 1. Children removing a ptarmigan nest 2. Trash left behind by people 3. A herd of caribou that make better food for people than ptarmigan do 4. A lynx 5. A fox 6. An owl 7. A weasel 8. A forest habitat where some ptarmigan spend the winter 9. A river drainage where ptarmigan spend the summer 10. Willow habitat 11. Ptarmigan in summer plumage 12. Ptarmigan in spring plumage 13. Ptarmigan in winter plumage 14. Snow falling 15. Rain falling 16. Wind 17. Sunshine 18. Mountain habitat where some ptarmigan spend the winter 19. Gyrfalcon 13

17 .WORKSHEET 7. Arctic Ecosystem Date: DIRECTIONS Look at the Qargich and the Arctic Ecosystem poster. Then fill in the following information. 1 List the living things that make up the Arctic ecosystem. a Predators: b. Plants and animals that make up the habitat: 2. List the non-living things that make up the Arctic ecosystem. a. Climate: Describe the Arctic climate. b. Water cycle: Where does water come from? Where does it go? 15

18 c. Draw a picture that shows how water circulates in the Arctic ecosystem. 16

19 d. Geography and land: Describe the land where ptarmigan live. 17

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21 .WORKSHEET 8. Qargich Arctic Adaptations Poster Picture Hunt Date: CAN YOU FIND...? Look at the drawing of the Qargich Arctic Adaptations poster on the facing page. There are 14 items listed below, and each one is pictured on the poster. Find all 14 items. With a dark pencil or red marker, write the number for each item on the picture of that item. Number 1, a ptarmigan in winter plumage, has been marked on the poster already as an example. 1. A ptarmigan in winter plumage 2. A ptarmigan in summer plumage 3. Close-up of the feathered feet and claws of a ptarmigan 4. Close-up of a feather showing a winter after feather 5. Fibrous plant foods that ptarmigan eat (mark them all with the number 5) 6. Lots of eggs in a ptarmigan nest 7. A male ptarmigan distracting a fox from his mate s nest 8. A female ptarmigan protecting her eggs by sitting on the nest 9. Young ptarmigan learning to fly at a very early age 10. A ptarmigan burrowing in the snow for shelter 11. The forest habitat 12. The tundra habitat 13. The willow thicket habitat 14. Insects and spiders that are good food for ptarmigan 19

22 .WORKSHEET 9. Inside a Ptarmigan Date: 1. Look at the ptarmigan s body. With a ruler or meter stick, measure the thickness of its feathers at the breast. Write it down. 2. How much does the ptarmigan weigh? 3. After an adult has skinned the ptarmigan, weigh it again. How much does it weigh now? 4. How much did the feathers and skin weigh? 5. Watch your teacher or elder cut open a ptarmigan. Write down what you see and remember about each of these parts of the ptarmigan. Draw pictures whenever you can. a. Feathers: Pictures: b. Skin: 21

23 c. Flesh (muscles): Pictures: d. Feet: e. Sinew: 22

24 f. Intestines: Pictures: g. Heart: h. Crop: 23

25 i. Liver: Pictures: j. Lungs: k. Brain: 24

26 l. Eyes: Pictures: m. Kidneys: n. Gizzard: 25

27 .WORKSHEET 10. Qargiq Pattern Date: 27

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29 .WORKSHEET 11. Ptarmigan Yearly Cycle Poster Picture Hunt Date: CAN YOU FIND...? Look at the drawing of the Ptarmigan Yearly Cycle poster on the facing page. There are 14 items listed below, and each one is pictured on the poster. Find all 14 items. With a dark pencil or red marker, write the number for each item on the picture of that item. Number 1, a ptarmigan in spring plumage, has been marked on the poster already as an example. 1. A ptarmigan in spring plumage 2. A ptarmigan in summer plumage 3. A ptarmigan in fall plumage 4. A ptarmigan in winter plumage 5. The nest in summer 6. Young ptarmigan with their mother in the summer 7. Young ptarmigan just learning to fly in the summer 8. Ptarmigan beginning to migrate to the forest in the fall 9. Willow thicket habitat 10. A ptarmigan burrowing into the snow in the winter 11. A ptarmigan fluffing up its feathers to stay warm in the winter 12. Ptarmigan migrating north from the forest and mountains in the spring 13. Ptarmigan looking for a nesting site in the spring 14. A male ptarmigan with his mating hood 29

30 .WORKSHEET 12. Iñupiaq Vocabulary Review Date: The Ptarmigan Yearly Cycle poster has pictures of the following Iñupiaq words. Next to each word, write its English translation. 1. Nasaullik 2. Auralliq 3. Qargiaq 4. Qatiqsi 5. Qatiqsiaqsi 6. Siñiktaåvik 7. Quqhauktuq 8. Ukiaq 9. Ukiuq 10. Upinåaaq 11. Upinåaksraq 31

31 .WORKSHEET 13. Qargiq Survival Game Note Sheet Date: Remember, if one of your cards says, Lose 2 points, you must subtract 2 points from your total. Your total must add up to at least 1 point after you total your four cards to move you to the next season. SUMMER 1. Card 1 points: 2. Card 2 points: 3. Card 3 points: 4. Card 4 points: Total Summer points: WINTER 1. Card 1 points: 2. Card 2 points: 3. Card 3 points: 4. Card 4 points: Total Winter points: FALL 1. Card 1 points: 2. Card 2 points: 3. Card 3 points: 4. Card 4 points: Total Fall points: SPRING 1. Card 1 points: 2. Card 2 points: 3. Card 3 points: 4. Card 4 points: Total Spring points: 33

32 .WORKSHEET 14. Ptarmigan Droppings Date: 1. Before breaking up a pellet, record the following data. a. Number of pellets in the deposit: b. Length of pellet: c. Weight of pellet: d. Colors of pellet: e. Describe the pellet s texture: 2. Break a pellet apart and put a small part of it on a glass slide, or view the glass slide already prepared for you. View it under a microscope. a. Describe what you see inside the pellet: b. List all the plants or animals you can identify from the pellet: c. On the next page, draw what you see under the microscope. 35

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34 .WORKSHEET 15. Bird Count Log Date: DATE SPECIES TIME LOCATION # OF BIRDS 37

35 .WORKSHEET 16. Math Problems Date: DIRECTIONS Your teacher will assign math problems from the Time and Ptarmigan book and for each of the posters. Answer the problems on the following pages. Use extra paper if you need it. Be sure to show your work! Time and Ptarmigan Math Problems (grey cards) Write the chapter and problem number for each problem you solve. 39

36 Time and Ptarmigan Math Problems (grey cards) Write the chapter and problem number for each problem you solve. 40

37 Time and Ptarmigan Math Problems (grey cards) Write the chapter and problem number for each problem you solve. 41

38 Time and Ptarmigan Math Problems (grey cards) Write the chapter and problem number for each problem you solve. 42

39 Time and Ptarmigan Math Problems (grey cards) Write the chapter and problem number for each problem you solve. 43

40 Iñupiat and Qargich Poster Math Problems (blue cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 44

41 Iñupiat and Qargich Poster Math Problems (blue cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 45

42 Ptarmigan Food Web Poster Math Problems (purple cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 46

43 Ptarmigan Food Web Poster Math Problems (purple cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 47

44 Qargich and the Arctic Ecosystem Poster Math Problems (red cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 48

45 Qargich and the Arctic Ecosystem Poster Math Problems (red cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 49

46 Qargich Arctic Adaptations Poster Math Problems (tan cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 50

47 Qargich Arctic Adaptations Poster Math Problems (tan cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 51

48 Ptarmigan Yearly Cycle Poster Math Problems (green cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 52

49 Ptarmigan Yearly Cycle Poster Math Problems (green cards) Write the problem number for each problem you solve. 53

50 north slope borough school district Qargiq Workbook Alaska Native Education Program North Slope Borough Schol District 1849 Momeganna Street Barrow, Alaska fax NAME 02/2006