Course Curriculum

    1. Start HERE: How To Use This Course

    2. Pre-Course Survey

    3. Course Objectives

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    4. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

    1. Meet Your Instructors!

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    2. Meet Andy!

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    1. NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards

    2. Video: Introducing an Expert on Polar Migration

    3. Knowledge Check: Who is Andy?

    4. Video: The BIG Picture

    5. Brainstorm with Andy!

    6. Video: What? Why? Who?

    7. Activity: Photo Hunt!

    8. Assignment: Migration Madness

    1. NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards

    2. Video: Two Types of Whales - Part 1

    3. Knowledge Check: Feeding

    4. Video: Two Types of Whales - Part 2

    5. Knowledge Check: Toothed vs Baleen Whales

    6. Brainstorm with Andy!

    7. VIDEO: Whale Migration

    8. Knowledge Check: Why Do Whales Migrate?

    9. Brainstorm with Andy!

    10. Video: Whales and Science!

    11. Activity: Calling All Curious Minds!

    1. NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards

    2. Brainstorm with Andy!

    3. Video: The King of the Arctic

    4. Knowledge Check: Polar Bears 101

    5. Video: Hunting

    6. Knowledge Check: Polar Bear Grub

    7. Polar Bears : Growing Up in the Wild Arctic

    8. Activity: Tiny Polar Bear Cubs

    1. NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards

    2. Video: A Season in Antarctica

    3. Activity: Criminal Penguins

    4. Video: Distribution and Evolution

    5. Knowledge Check: Ancient Penguins

    6. Video: Adaptations

    7. Brainstorm with Andy!

    8. Knowledge Check: Predators and Prey

    9. Brainstorm with Andy!

    10. Video: Penguin Health = Ocean Health

    11. Activity: Problem & Solution

    12. Activity: MPAs

    13. (Optional) TED Talk: Pay Attention to Penguins with Dr. Boersma

    14. (Optional) Bird Rescue - Success Stories!

About this course

  • $34.99
  • 106 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content

Instructors

Senior Instructor Amanda Dalsgaard

California-raised marine biologist and polar expedition guide, Amanda has traveled from pole to pole and every ocean in between. She spends her time exploring nature and sharing with others the magic and beauty that our natural world holds.

Senior Instructor Gaby Pilson

Gaby is a mountaineering guide and professional outdoor educator with a love of the polar regions. When not hanging out with penguins and glaciers, she loves double shots of espresso and reading philosophy.

Senior Instructor Phil Hunter

Phil Hunter is a polar expedition guide and ocean educator who has lived his life by and on the sea. His passions include photography, travel, sea kayaking, and sharing his passion for the polar regions with others.