Curriculum

Learning through direct experience
Our carefully designed Borneo expedition provides a true experiential learning opportunity. As experts in differentiated instruction, Brent and Sheryl have the knowledge and experience to personalize this learning for each student. The heart of this learning experience comes from each student’s research question. Ethical Expeditions will work directly with each school to develop a meaningful and personalized curriculum for each student.
Research Question
As part of their application, each student will submit a research question he/she will investigate during the expedition. This question may be refined as the expedition progresses. This question will serve to focus and guide students as they visit the expedition sites and talk to experts and community leaders.
Documentary Video
Students will use digital video as a way to share their personal story with others around the world. This documentary video may or may not be directly connected to their research question. Each produced video will be shared on the Ethical Expeditions website. Each individual story is part of the larger story of conservation in Borneo; the people, the places and the issues. This larger story may be used as the basis for a full-length documentary film.
Connection with Experts
By connecting directly with local and international NGO's, students will have access to experts in the field of conservation. They will be working alongside of and learning from incredible individuals who have dedicated their lives to saving biological diversity of Borneo.
Student Networking
The students of Ethical Expeditions are international conservation ambassadors. Students will work closely with local communities, conservation organizations and students from Borneo to share ideas and discuss ways to conserve wildlife for generations to come. This knowledge will be shared with the student’s home community as well as members of the Ethical Expeditions worldwide community through blogs, discussion boards and documentary videos.
Instruction
Each day, students will participate in discussions, reflections, readings, lectures, and/or research. Ethical Expeditions will use projectors to watch videos in the field, digital book readers for access to print materials and education centers for periodic updating of blogs and discussion boards. This classroom component will serve as the glue that binds together the individual pieces of knowledge gained during the expedition.