ETE Talk

Bringing the expedition experience to you:

• School outreach talks

• Professional talks

School outreach talks – making classrooms inspiring

Q. How do you make the classroom and the experience of school, interesting and inspiring?

A. Bringing the Polar Regions into your school or classroom!

Polar Activity Day

Topics	Activities	Description	Subjects
Expedition Life	Looking at kit, trying clothes on	This is a great way to look at what real explorers use on expeditions.	Science
	Expedition Planning & role play	What does one need on an expedition? Which different responsibilities will team members have?	Drama
	Insulation	Compare different types of insulation and see their effectiveness.	Physics
Inuit Culture	Bannock bread	See how Inuits make their bread.	Food Technology
	Inuit Printing	Imagine you are an Inuit and draw what you would see…	Art
	Igloo making	Try the basic principles of making an igloo.	Chemistry
	Translate your name	Pupils can translate their name into Inuktitut and see how different the Inuit language is!	Languages
Wildlife	Blubber Gloves	Learn how animals in the polar regions keep warm.	Biology
	Polar Bear Mask	Make a mask and learn how their fur helps them survive.	Art
	Food web	Who eats who and where does the energy come from?	Biology
	Insulation	A look at different materials and how well they insulate.	Biology
Environment / Geography / Geology	Pole to Pole	What are the differences between the top and bottom of our world?	Geography
	Ice Sheet	Hands on activity to show the movement of ice sheets over land.	Geography
	Make a Glacier	Build a model to show how glaciers move the earth beneath them.	Geography
Climate Change	Ice Sheet	Hands on activity to show the movement of ice sheets over land.	Geography
Climate Change	Make a Glacier	Build a model to show how glaciers move the earth beneath them.	Geography

School Assembly Talks

The ETE team has a great deal of experience in the Polar Regions and in delivering exciting school assembly talks. Members from our expedition teams bring their personal stories and experiences to inspire your pupils about the world of exploration. With photos, expedition kit and chilling tales, it is sure to leave children inspired about the Polar Regions.

Booking

If you would like to book an ETETalk, please call the team on +44 (0)1752 588 346 and talk@etehome.org

Professional talks – extreme motivation, ultimate adversity

Dr.Antony Jinman, Explorer and founder of Education Through Expeditions

Biography

The Geographic North Pole expedition saw Antony and his two team mates traverse over 500 miles from Cape Discovery to the Geographic North Pole in just 51 days by ski, snow shoe and even swimming, to collect valuable scientific data for Plymouth University. He has now completed 12 Arctic Expeditions and can deliver powerful presentations with HD films and photographs.

Offering

The Geographic North Pole, Personal Development, Teamwork, Inuit Culture, Climate Change, Captain Scott, Arctic Wildlife.

Josephine Beynon- Education and Outreach Officer

Biography

Josephine read Biological Sciences (Zoology) at the University of Edinburgh and became President of their Expedition Society, ‘ExpEd’. Whilst there, she embarked on two undergraduate scientific research expeditions to the rainforests of Borneo and the savannahs of Gabon. She also accompanied Antony on an Arctic Expedition to Baffin Island, gaining valuable knowledge of the landscape and its native people. Josephine also has a PGCE under her belt.

Offering

Expedition Stories, Teamwork, Worldwide wildlife, Environmental processes, Glaciology, Climate Change, Inuit Culture