The primary purpose of Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants is to connect classrooms with guest speakers and virtual field trips from individuals, organizations and institutions around the world. The primary focus is science, exploration and conservation, but we are not restricted to these areas. The secondary purpose of Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants is to fund innovative research, conservati
on, expeditions, etc. Our partners provide lessons and virtual field trips for classrooms and in exchange receive donations to their organizations to carry out research, conservation and expedition activities. Our goal is to have all of the lessons and virtual field trips fully funded by grants as well as donations from individuals, corporations and businesses, relieving all the pressure from classrooms and ensuring we have an incredible selection of guest speakers and virtual field trips that fit all areas of the curriculum, particularly science and geography. Through EBTSOYP, we're aiming to not just take down classroom walls, but blast them right off! Our first year mission is to provide unique lesson experiences for tens of thousands of students across North America and around the world. Along the way creating global citizens, introducing students to exciting projects, important issues, new careers and amazing role models. These experiences can supplement curriculum, but also create experiences that will stick with students. They won't remember every math or language lesson from school, but they will remember the time they were hanging out in a penguin colony in Antarctica or chatting with someone who just rowed across an ocean. We will strive to connect students with leading researchers, daring adventurers and innovative conservationists, and to give them the chance to ask big questions and find meaningful role models and mentors that could lead to exciting career paths.
