Curriculum and Activity Guide • Teachers Guide
The Five Questions We set out to explore five central questions:
• What is the Arctic? What makes it unique? • Who are the Arctic people? What are their traditions and knowledge? • How do we affect the Arctic, and how does the Arctic ecosystem affect life on Earth? • What part can we take in protecting the environment and the life of traditional people? • Will a commitment to sustainability make a difference in our lives?
GoNorth! Mission
Committed to furthering adventure learning as an innovative online educational approach to motivate student learning, the purpose of GoNorth! is to embed this approach in the K-12 classroom as a significant online tool to improve geographic, natural and social science literacy for all students.
To build academic excellence while introducing students to Arctic issues and Native perspectives to nurture environmental responsibility, GoNorth! will develop standards-aligned curricula based on the educational approach of adventure learning. Its features will enable teachers to use advanced interactive telecommunications and technology as teaching tools to do the following:
• Provide innovative educational opportunities that excite and inspire youth
• Foster worldwide collaboration on environmental and cultural issues among students and the general public
• Encourage respect, interest, and knowledge of and across cultural boundaries • Generate environmental understanding, awareness, and stewardship • Support appreciation of human diversity and traditional values