The Alaska SeaLife Center, which is dedicated to preserving and understanding Alaska's marine ecosystem, is now sharing its resources with students everywhere. Schoolchildren of all ages can visit with the Center's "animal guests," dissect squids, learn how to tell what sea lions have been eating, and find out about the fragile Alaskan environment.

These distance education programs, which use live videoconferencing, are available to any school that has a broadband Internet connection. Center officials say students interact with the SeaLife Center staff as if they were in the same room, even when they are hundreds of miles distant.