Education Through Expeditions
Education Through Expeditions(ETE) was founded by Plymouth born Polar Explorer, Antony Jinman, in January 2010. ETE has the core aim of connecting explorers and researchers with schools.
Our site makes it easier for teachers to plan lessons effectively, develop resources quickly and interact directly with specialists in their desired field.
Through our online discussion boards, teachers and their classes can exclusively interact directly with explorers and scientists whist they are away on expeditions. ETE expeditions are structured well in advance so teachers can plan their lesson activities around an expedition of interest. We cover expeditions to 5 environmental zones including, Polar, Desert, Ocean, Rain Forest and Mountain. By bringing exciting expeditions into the classroom, ETE inspires children and ensures that students gain a true understanding and appreciation for the different worldwide environments. By encouraging the exploration and understanding of different habitats around the world, ETE aims to not only help educate children of all ages worldwide but also to inspire them and raise their aspirations for the future.
You can follow inspirational and educational expeditions live, bring an expedition into your classroom and bring education alive.
Education Through Expeditions in 60 seconds! from Antony Jinman on Vimeo.
An Interactive Expedition - Baffin Island Expedition 2011
100% of teachers involved in the Baffin Island (Arctic) project strongly agreed that:
- Being able to connect with real people in the Arctic made learning about the environment more engaging.
- The interactive discussion board dramatically improved their class's learning experience.
- The educational information on the website was essential to learning.
- The responses from scientists and personnel at Parks Canada were informative and inspiring.
- Students were more engaged than they would have been in a similar project that wasn't interactive.
As well as offering this fantastic interactive platform, ETE also delivers inspiring talks and activity workshops to schools, we have run over 250 presentations to date in schools.
"The first hand "expertness" was extremely motivating and we all learnt (and are still learning) a great deal. There was a definite wow factor to our questions being answered by people who live in a polar region as this is so far outside of any of our experiences."
Pauline Ross - Deputy Head at Marlborough School, Falmouth
"It is the closest we can get to the Polar region without actually visiting it ourselves."
David James - Y4, St Mary's Primary School
Please contact Education Through Expeditions (ETE) for more information:
Call: 01752 588 346
Alternatively we offer a PDF available to dowload:
"Sustainable development is a way of thinking about how we organise our lives and work, including our education system, so that we don't destroy our most precious resource, the planet." DFES, 2007
