Looking for a unique way to teach your classes about raptors and the wildlife of Alaska? Let us help! We offer many easy ways to bring the Alaska Raptor Center into your classroom.

Adopt-A-Raptor

Classes can adopt one of our Raptors-in-Residence and help the Alaska Raptor Center provide for the daily care, feeding and medical treatment of their adopted bird. In return, teachers receive ready-to-teach curriculum materials to help plan lessons and activities on raptors and their habitats; a videotape; an adoption certificate and photo of the adopted bird to display in the classroom; natural history and information on the bird; and a one-year membership to the Alaska Raptor Center. Most important, the students learn about stewardship and caring for wild animals, building a foundation and appreciation for nature conservation they can develop as they grow.

Order your 90-page curriculum guide, video and poster to help bring raptor education alive in your classroom.

Alaska Air Warriors

Bring a live bald eagle to your school! To teach people about Alaska's wild birds and environmental conservation, our "Raptors-in-Residence" travel with their handlers to classrooms across the country, from Alaska to Florida to New York, and points in between. School children learn more about the birds, their habitats and Alaska first-hand during these up-close visits. Our classroom visits focus upon Alaska's wildlife and conservation, and, of course, the important role bald eagles and other birds have in the environment. Our education birds - including our "ambassador," Volta, the bald eagle - are powerful and effective teachers who leave a lasting impression on those who meet them. Classroom visits are customized by age, from elementary school through high school - children of all ages share a common thrill in a visit from Volta or another of our birds.

Owl Pellet Dissection Kit

Liven up your science class by dissecting an owl pellet from one of our resident birds! A pellet is made up of the indigestible remains of an owl's meal - owls often eat their prey whole, but they are unable to digest bones, fur, feathers, claws or scales. By dissecting a pellet, one can discover what types of food birds in a particular area eat. Our pellets come with a detailed guidebook that includes background information on pellets, instructions for dissecting a pellet, and questions to test your knowledge.

For more information on our education programs, call (800) 643-9425 or email us at volunteers.alaskaraptor@alaska.com.