Education plays a major role in all of the Freeman’s expeditions and there are a variety of ways that K-12 students and teachers can participate.
Through the Wilderness Classroom the Freeman’s offer a variety of Virtual School Assemblies, which typically last 20 to 60 minutes. Dave and Amy use video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Meet to interact with elementary and middle school students on a variety of topics ranging from the Amazon Rainforest to Oceans. Virtual assemblies provide classrooms from around the world a unique opportunity to ask questions and interact with the explorers in a meaningful and impactful way. It is not uncommon for the adventurers to video conference with classrooms from several different states or countries in the same day. The Freemans work with thousands of students each year and would love to engage and inspire students in your community. Please reach out through the Wilderness Classroom if you have questions about virtual assemblies. Over the last few years alone the Freemans have beamed into hundreds of schools and engaged with tens of thousands of students from their expedition sailboat Iron Bark in their quest to teach students about Oceans and why we all need to protect them.
About the Wilderness Classroom Organization
The Wilderness Classroom’s goal is to improve students’ core academic skills and appreciation for the environment by connecting classrooms with expeditions around the globe. Through the Wilderness Classroom students and teachers use lesson plans, photos, videos, online polls, and other interactive features of www.wildernessclassroom.org to participate in the Freeman’s adventures, as well as a wide range of other projects that connect scientists, explorers, and travelers with classrooms. For example, during the North American Odyssey over 85,000 students and 2,700 teachers from around the globe used the Wilderness Classroom to follow the Freeman’s 11,700 mile journey across North America by canoe, kayak, and dogsled and learn along with them. National Geographic named Dave and Amy Freeman “Adventurers of the Year” in 2014 for their educational efforts.
Since 2019 the Wilderness Classroom has focused on reaching students through virtual assemblies, which allow students to learn and interact with Dave and Amy and other adventurers through live video beamed into their classrooms across the US and around the world.
