An arctic journey: Translating global issues into local action for kids
Instruction continues virtually during the coronavirus
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Last updated 12/17/2020 at 12:57pm
Jennie Warmouth
Jennie Warmouth and her second-grade class at Spruce Elementary School. Photo taken before the coronavirus pandemic, and before Warmouth left on her expedition.
Editor's note: Jennie Warmouth, who has a doctorate in Learning Sciences Human Development and Cognition, is a teacher at Spruce Elementary School in the Edmonds School District. This story is a follow-up to a Beacon story in 2019 at www.bit.ly/3abO6yL.
I had the privilege of traveling to Arctic Svalbard – midway from continental Norway and the North Pole – as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions in June 2019.
My mission – to connect my Edmonds School District student population with issues facing the Arctic habitat.
Prior to my expedition, ve...
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