Connect with scientists from the Great Lakes WATER Institute, National Geographic, Ocean Exploration Trust, and NOAA to:
During natural disasters, delivering essential supplies like water, food, and medicine becomes a race against time. This challenge becomes even harder when the supplies have to be kept cold the whole time so that they don’t spoil. In this Design & Pitch Challenge, you will find a workable solution for this important problem.
Host Researcher:
Dr. Robert Ballard
Founder, JASON Learning
Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society
Discover the competitive strategies within a resilient ecosystem.
Host Researcher:
Dr. Sylvia Earle
Oceanographer
Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society
Assess a degraded ecosystem by gathering historical and current evidence.
Host Researcher:
Dr. Enric Sala
Ecologist
National Geographic Society Fellow
Journey through the oceans and Earth’s outer layers to its core to better understand the dynamic nature of our planet.
Host Researcher:
Dr. Leila Hatch
Ocean Noise Specialist
NOAA
Defend Earth’s biodiversity through personal action and community involvement.
This 120-page, full-color magazine introduces the host researchers and Argonaut teams, provides the science background knowledge and the tools to help students solve each Mission challenge. It also contains a “getting started” tutorial, reference charts, a glossary, and interdisciplinary connections.
This 144-page, two-color manual includes facsimile Student Edition pages, wrap-around teacher notes, lesson plans, extentions, worksheets, and resources.
60 minutes of videos introduce teachers and students to some of the world’s top explorers and key science concepts. Our video content is seamlessly woven throughout the curriculum, offering a gateway into the exciting world of exploration and adventure.
Digital Labs allow students to explore the scientists’ work through interactive online games such as the “Operation: Resilient Planet Game,” JASON’s award-winning 3D underwater adventure.
