Educators Mark Vachvake of Elim and Richard Waghiyi of Savoonga work together on a place-based science lesson activity at a professional development workshop held in Unalakleet, Alaska. Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

Burkher Ivanoff describes the intricacies of boating safely in a skiff on the Unalakleet River.  Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

Camp attendees work on a warm-up activity. Photo Yuri Bult-Ito.

Abby demonstrates how she makes aqutak (traditional "ice cream").  Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

Attendees measure the wolverine pelts before making cuts to sew. Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

A warm up activity requires camp-attendees' undivided attention.  Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

Students learn from seabird scientist Alexis Will about
characteristics of birds with a hands-on activity.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

The foothills of the Seward Peninsula Mountains are the
backdrop to a spring melt pond forming under a sewer line.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

A fish rack, fish net and bouys on the beach in front of the
Seward Peninsula Mountains. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Seagulls pick at a seal carcass on the melting Bering Sea ice.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Caribou hide & seal meat dry in the May sun on a meat drying rack.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Solar panels capture the May sun in newer housing
developments in Brevig Mission. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Teller School sits on the Port Clarence beach side of the
spit "Nooke." Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Looking Northwest toward the Grantley Harbor body of water.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Students learn from seabird scientist Alexis Will about
what foods searbirds eat. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

A dried starfish sits atop beach rocks on Port Clarence beach.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

The Chena Hot Springs Resort tour showed lettuce
starts in their beginning stages. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Participants learned about hydroponics, with plants in
varying stages being fed custom nutrients in their water.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Meteorologist Ed Plumb presents information about weather. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Educators work together on science lesson experiments.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Presenters Tyler Ivanoff, Adrienne Aakaluk Titus and
Sam Demientieff lead the panel discussion.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.  

 Elder Sam Demientieff shares his observations about
changing weather. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Artwork display at Golovin School. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Boats line the shore awaiting the upcoming fishing season. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

"Face of Golovin". Everyone locally knows of this rock feature.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Golovin School. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Glaciologist Regine Hock helps students with checking snow depth
and temperatures.  Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Glaciologist Regine Hock helps students investigate
the effects of salt on the temperature of snow.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

White Mountain School. Snow machines are typical
methods of travel in the winter in village Alaska.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

The Sun peeks through clouds over a frozen river.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Science Fair held in Stebbins. Photo by Sean Tevebaugh.

Student gives presentation during science fair. Photo by Sean Tevebaugh.

Science Fair award ceremony. Photo by Sean Tevebaugh.

Bluff in the sun. Bluff by Stebbins.  Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

 Elim School. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

  Sky and hills near Elim. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

 Trees in the sun, Elim. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Elim Village.  Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

 Arial view of sea ice near Shaktoolik. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Leif Albertson teaches students how to identify bed bugs. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Shaktoolik playground under a full moon, mid-day. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Sunrise in Shaktoolik. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Cheryl Cooper gives a presentation on the Next
Generation Science Standards. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Teachers try a REACH Up Environmental Cycles activity.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Sam Norlin, REACH Up PI presents an overview of the
REACH Up project. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Yuri Bult-Ito, Curriculum Developer, gives a demonstration
of a REACH Up environmental cycles activity . Photo by Gary Cooper.

Koyuk School. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Plant ecologist Lindsey Parkinson engages students
in a cloud cover activity. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Ice starts to form on Norton Sound. Photo by
Yuri Bult-Ito.

Koyuk Village. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Aerial photo of the Alaska Range with a glacier on a
site visit trip. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

A thin layer of ice floats on the ocean in Unalakleet.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

A raven and a gull feast on a Beluga whale carcass
at the beach in Unalakleet. Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

A dog rests on her dog house in Unalkleet.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Water lines run over the tundra to houses in Savoonga.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Sea bird scientist Alexis Will leads a discussion on murres'
diet during a REACH Up school visit in Savoonga.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito. 

Water lines run over the tundra to houses in Savoonga.
Photo by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Windmills help generate energy in the village of Gambell. Photo
by Yuri Bult-Ito.

Arnold Eakon explains diesel engine operations to
the 2017 REACH Up Science and Culture Camp participants at the Unalakleet Valley Electric Cooperative in Unalakleet. 
Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

Becky Atchak of Stebbins, demonstrates doll-making. Photo: Putt Clark.

Bobbi Andrews of St. Michael, demonstrates how she
filets salmon. Photo: Putt Clark.

Fishing weir on the Unalakleet River.  Photo: Putt Clark.

Matt Macander (far right) leads a drone survey at the 2017 REACH Up Science and Culture Camp. Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

Roberta Walker (top left) leads educators on an activity to identify invertebrates along the North River during the 2017 REACH Up Science and Culture Camp. Photo: Yuri Bult-Ito.

Sally Kieper gives a synopsis of what campers should expect in the next days. Photo: Putt Clark.

Abigail Takak demonstrates how she hangs her salmon after filleting and making cuts to help in the drying process. Photo: Putt Clark.

Lon Gillas  works with students a REACH Up lesson. Photo: Sally Kieper.

Luci Washington  conveys the changes, challenges and
impact of climate change. Photo: Kelsey Gabroski.

Everyone took a trip to view the pipeline by Fox . Not far from the Permafrost Tunnel, teachers had an opportunity to see the pipeline up close. Photo: Sally Kieper.

Teachers went on a Behind-the-Scenes tour at the UAF Large Animal Research Station (LARS). Here, a yearling muskox is shedding its qiviut. Photo: Sally Kieper, courtesy of LARS.

Teachers and K-12 Outreach Staff toured the Permafrost tunnel. Here, an ice wedge is illuminated from behind. Photo: Putt Clark, courtesy of US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Permafrost Tunnel.

Teachers and K-12 Outreach Staff in the Permafrost tunnel. Photo: Putt Clark, courtesy of US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL).

Teachers and K-12 Outreach Staff in the Permafrost tunnel. Photo: Putt Clark, courtesy of US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL).

Teachers were treated to a performance by the Iñu-Yupiaq Dance Group, a student organization at UAF.  Some members of the dance group are Yup'ik language majors, and also presented a lesson about the Yup'ik language. Photo: Sam Norlin.

Gerald "JJ" Frost, vegetation scientist at Alaska Biological, observes Unalakleet students using the ESRI storymap. Photo: Sally Kieper.

Gerald "JJ" Frost and Sally Kieper pose with a classroom behind a soil sample they harvested in Unalakleet Photo: Unalakleet School Staff.

Margaret Cysewski, a fellow with the Changing Alaska Science Education program at UAF and permafrsot specialist, poses
in front of the Teller school. Photo: Putt Clark.

Margaret leads a lesson with students in Brevig Mission.
Photo: Putt Clark.

Multipoint foundations, are becoming more common building
technology in villages that are on permafrost. Photo: Putt Clark.

Permafrost probes are a quick test method to discover how deep
permafrost might be, as these Brevig students are discovering.
Photo: Putt Clark.

Non-sorted Circles are visible on the flight out of Brevig. These
uncommon features develop when the freezing and thawing causes  expansion in wet, fine-grained and porous soils .
Photo: Putt Clark.

A thaw lake,  or a body of freshwater, usually shallow, that is formed in a depression formed by thawing ice-rich permafrost  is evidentin this
photo near Shishmaref. This lake had drainged and dried.
Photo: Putt Clark

Erosion is evident along the entire northwest side of Shishmaref.
Photo: Putt Clark.

Students try probing with the probing sticks to find at what point
the permafrost begins.  Photo: Putt Clark.

Kari Rasmussen leads students in a science
lesson outdoors. Photo:  Sally Kieper.

A plane lands in Elim.  Photo: Sally Kieper.

Teller students  gather around Robbin to learn more about
the new construction in their village. Photo:  Sally Kieper.

The Stebbins Beach  has relics of ship wrecks past, fish racks
and smokehouses, and evidence of volcanic rock. Photo:  Putt Clark.

Shishmaref Beach  sports some of the older attempts at
creating a seawall to prevent erosion.  Many houses have been
lost to the ocean and more are threatened.. Photo:  Putt Clark.

Sandy village roads  make for difficult travel in Wales. As in
many other villages, 4-wheelers are the preferred method
of travel.  Photo:  Putt Clark.

Students gather  around Jesse to learn how they'll be taking
samples from the melting ice. Photo:  Sally Kieper.

Rebecca Finger higgens  a biological scientist specializing in
ecology, evolution, and ecosystems in a changing climate,
presents to a classroom in Savoonga. Photo:  Sally Kieper.

Students gather  around Jesse to learn how they'll be taking
samples from the melting ice. Photo:  Putt Clark.

Claudia Ihl  Associate Professor of Northwest science at
the Northwest UA Campus in Nome, describes some of
the freshwater flora found in local rivers. Photo: Gary Cooper.

Teacher Amy Cellar  holds a salmon she caught as Nick, skiff
pilot extraordinare, looks on. Photo: Putt Clark.

Cultural Knowledge Bearers  share their stories with teachers
and staff while on lunch break from berry picking.
Photo: Joe Miller.

Salmon hangs to dry in a fishrack on the Unalakleet
Beach. Photo: Putt Clark.

Filets of salmon are ready to be wrapped and frozen
in the Norton Sound Seafood Products fish processing
plant. Photo: Joe Miller.