This is the fourth event in the Explorer Classroom Wildlife Series! Following each event, use our Educator Mission Guide and have your learners complete short hands-on “missions” designed to ignite their curiosity and deepen their connection to wildlife locally.

Explorer, photographer, and founder of the Photo Ark Joel Sartore has taken portraits of 14,000 species — and counting — in his quest to document our world’s astonishing biodiversity! Join to learn more about his goal of documenting all of the approximately 20,000 species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums, and wildlife sanctuaries, and why this is important!

Explorer Classroom is an interactive session that connects learners with National Geographic Explorers for short lessons and Q&A. After the featured Explorer’s lesson, your students will have a chance to have their questions answered in real time! This event is recommended for student groups in grades 3-8, but all are welcome, and will take place on November 30th @ 10am and 2pm ET; register for the time that works best for your class. A recording of the event will be available to watch on-demand on our YouTube channel if your students cannot attend live.

#ExplorerClassroom is for everyone! All events are free.

There are two ways to participate in the virtual event, as a featured class on screen or watching live on YouTube. If space is available, you may request to be a featured class during the registration process.