A central part of the Arctic Voice project is to educate children about how our actions in the industrialised world are having an impact on others elsewhere on our planet, namely the Arctic. We believe one of the most effective ways to achieve this is to enable children to connect in a direct, more personal way with their peers in the Arctic. With this in mind we have set up twinning links between schools in the UK and schools in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. Schools in various regions across the UK have been allocated a link school along the route of the expedition and more are being added as the project evolves.
The Internet is the main means of communication between the schools and is being used to create a forum for children to talk to one another, so beginning a dialogue between their two communities. Our hope is that by allowing children to communicate with each other through educational projects such as storytelling, science, geography and artwork, that the children in the United Kingdom will begin to understand more about the Arctic and climate change, the importance of our actions on the planet and how our behaviour needs to change if we are to secure a safe and happy future for all young people. As the schools and the children share their experience with the wider community, so the learning process will spread to others.
The Arctic Voice schools project was officially launched in March 2007 at Chiddingstone Castle in Kent. Our lead school, Tonbridge Grammar School organised a day of workshops for 60 local primary school children on the Arctic, its people and climate change... more >
Tonbridge Grammar School - video link with Samuel Hearne Secondary School in Inuvik
The first video conference between the schools took place as Glenn and the expedition team arrived in Inuvik, at the beginning of the 2007 kayaking expedition. Students from Tonbridge Grammar saw and spoke directly to students at the Samuel Hearne Secondary School in Inuvik. The students were shy at first and then began talking about music - which broke the ice! The local BBC TV and the BBC World Service featured the link-up - you can hear the audio report, here...
St Lawrence School - Arctic Week projects
St Lawrence School have just completed Arctic Week. This involved the whole school dedicating an entire week to learning about the Arctic... more >
