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April 22, 2024 – Events,

Celebrating Earth Day

Get out and exploring our world. Here at Sitka Sound Science Center we value curiosity, respect, community, & integrity in the work we do & strive to bring science & research into the classrooms & our community. Join us for…

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April 10, 2024 – Events,

What’s Easier Than Matching Xtratufs To Your Outfit?

Becoming a member of the Sitka Sound Science Center is easier than ever. Not only does your membership give you special perks in the form of discounts and early access to summer camp registration, but it also directly supports science…

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April 5, 2024 – Events, Education,

Spring Art Walk

We are so excited to be featuring Sitka High School student artwork and research at this years Spring Art Walk. We will be opening the aquarium for the art walk only today starting at 4:30pm and running till 6pm.  …

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April 1, 2024 – Science After Hours, Events, Education,

Writing Our Worlds

Join Lina Kapp, our intrepid Visitor Experience Manager in guiding us through the art of storytelling. Lina has crafted a wonderful series of workshops to hone your skills in storytelling using the environment as our prompt. Improvisation, drawing, journaling and…

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March 19, 2024 – News, Events, Research,

Meeting on Landslides

Climate change is shaping our futures in ways we can’t always anticipate. One effect that is being felt here in Southeast Alaska is the increase of landslides. With steep forested slopes that are nourished by regular rainfall we are deserving…

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March 15, 2024 – Events, Education,

Crafting Recycled Paper

Join us for pounding pulp into paper and stitching signatures together. That’s right, there is still room to register your elementary students in the Science of Bookmaking | Thursday, from 3pm to 5pm You will experiment with papermaking, natural…

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March 1, 2024 – Sitka WhaleFest, Events,

Tickets Available
2024 Food Web Cruise

Food Web Cruise will be Saturday, March 30th, 2024 from 8:15am to 11:30am Spring is here and soon the herring will be too, and with them we’ll start to see the seas come to life with their own banquet beckoning…

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January 30, 2024 – Science After Hours, Events,

Canoe Odyssey

After Hours 3 Part Series | Thursdays at 5:30pm starting February 1st, 2024 It’s just about impossible to live in Sitka without making a journey from Washington to Alaska. We usually make this journey by plane, or sometimes the ferry.

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January 29, 2024 – News, Events, Aquarium,

Slime, Clones, and Baby Factories

Join our own Matt Wilson at the first Natural History Seminar of 2024, hosted by University of Alaska Southeast Sitka campus. Join Matt on a guided walkthrough of jellyfish reproduction and culture methods. We’ll quickly establish what exactly jellyfish…

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January 17, 2024 – Events, Education,

Afterschool Programs

Thanks to the Thriving Communities Program made possible by the State’s Rural Alaska Community Action Program (RurAL CAP) Grant that was awarded to the Sitka Sound Science Center in August 2023 we have been able to offer an array of…

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