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Bethel Fifth Graders Interview an Elder About Climate Change

By Petra Harpak, Teresa Cotsirilos, & Aleina Tanabe • Aug 31, 2018

Bethel elder, Peter Atchak in Bethel, AK on August 16, 2018.
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Gladys Jung fifth graders interview Bethel's elder, Peter Atchak about elder knowledge of climate change.


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In Bethel Classroom, Gumshoe Reporters Ask Questions About Climate Change

By Teresa Cotsirilos, & Aleina Tanabe • Aug 22, 2018
Last spring, a team of intrepid fifth graders at Gladys Jung Elementary School explored the impact that climate change could have on their communities.
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Last spring, an intrepid team of fifth graders at Gladys Jung Elementary School explored the impact that climate change could have on their communities. With a little help from KYUK, a group of gumshoe reporters from Erin Arno’s fifth grade class interviewed an Elder and a Western-trained scientist about the changes they had observed.