The well known channel and magazine, National Geographic, has released an innovative educational tool which allows classrooms to connect with real life explorers, scientists, researchers, and storytellers from all over the globe. This tool is called “Explorer Classroom”.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/tickets/explorer-classroom/

This interactive program is completely free! Which is hard to come by in today’s world and should absolutely be taken advantage of! Explorer Classroom included an events schedule on their home page which states that they host events for ages 4-8 on Mondays at 11am, and events for ages 9-14 on Thursdays at 10am & 2pm. During these events, students can interact live with the hosts, asking questions, etc.

Did you miss an event? Or class schedule just does not work with their event times? Great news! Right on the Explorer Classroom homepage is a tab to be able to watch past events! Again, completely open and free to the public!

In this video, viewers join ocean explorers, Asha de Vos and Erin Spencer aboard the OceanXplorer–the most advanced ocean exploration vessel ever built. We are able to watch and listen to not only the hosts of the video but also see how viewers are able to actively ask questions and interact with the explorers.

Explorer Classroom is an amazing educational tool, the content is super interesting, and promotes student curiosity and questions! Did I mention it is a FREE resource?! This is definitely something that I would love to use in my future classroom, it seems so easy to use and very beneficial!