Equatorial Expedition

 With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

- C. S. Lewis

For us the equator marks the beginning of a splendid learning adventure. Thanks to a Fund For Teachers Fellowship, we will be putting our Nat Geo Educator certification into practice creating a Geo-Inquiry in partnership with our Piney Point and Sinclair Elementary students.

We started by sharing news of our Fellowship award and asking students to research the islands and identify places, things, and animals they wanted us to see. They had to justify their choices by explaining what it was, where it was, and why it was special or unique to that location. 

Next we built an itinerary honoring as many of their choices as we could and gave them the projected timeline. Their next task was to generate the interview questions for our naturalist and biologist guides. What did they want to know about the natural history of each of the islands? 

We will gather as much information as we possibly can: interviews, video, audio, photographs, maps, and print materials from the museums, national parks, and conservation centers. And bring it back for students to collate, categorize, and synthesize into their personal projects.