Kawartha Pine Ridge teacher Colin Jagoe will be appreciating nature’s wonders and seeing first hand the effects of climate change during an Arctic expedition this summer with the Canadian organization Students on Ice. Beginning July 29 in Ottawa, Jagoe will spend two weeks with a group of students touring the coasts of Baffin Island.
Jagoe is currently the school board’s instructional leadership consultant for outdoor education, science and technology. He partnered with the Canadian Museum of Nature this year to create lessons and projects about the effects of climate change on the Canadian Arctic and its ecosystem using videoconferencing and web technologies. He was selected to participate in this trip, sponsored by Youth Science Canada, after applying this spring.
“I’m humbled that I was selected to participate. I will be joining amazing students who are activists, authors and artists,” says Jagoe. “This is going to be the best field trip ever!”
“We continue to be proud of the innovation and creativity displayed by our staff members. We look forward to learning more about climate change through Colin’s experiences,” says Sylvia Terpstra, Director of Education.
Jagoe has created a personal blog - http://badeducation.wordpress.com to record the experiences from his journey.
