Odyssey Discovery · Science & Conservation Media + Education
Go Where Discovery Happens.
We go into the field alongside scientists and conservationists to document real discoveries, tell meaningful stories, and bring authentic science into classrooms.
Why we exist
A bridge between the field and the classroom.
01 Field
Scientists doing the work.
02 Story
Documented as it happens.
03 Classroom
Brought to students.
Impact
More people get the chance to experience real science, learn from it, and act on it.
Important work is happening right now — on sea ice, in watersheds, along coastlines, throughout the Great Lakes, deep in forests, and in communities around the world.
Odyssey Discovery works to close the distance between the people doing that work and the educators, students, organizations, and communities who can learn from it.
We build the bridge two ways: Field Notes: Uncovered, stories from the field, and Field Notes: Explorer, connections to classrooms.
Read Kirsten's story →How it connects
Real science. Real people. Real places.
Scientists share their work.
Educators bring discovery into classrooms.
Organizations help make the connection possible.
Real science
Samples, observations, instruments and data — collected in the field.
Real people
Researchers, conservationists and field professionals at work.
Real places
Great Lakes shorelines, watersheds, forests and the Alaska Arctic.
Bring the science happening right now into your classroom.
Discover real scientists, fieldwork, videos, Field Notes, data, projects, and discoveries from people exploring our planet right now.
Field Notes: Explorer is the science discovery network by Odyssey Discovery.
- Scientist
- Discovery
- Field Notes
- Classroom
Explorer is free for educators, schools, scientists, students, families, and the public to explore. The free Classroom Bridge helps educators turn real-world science into learning.
Explore
Meet scientists. Follow discoveries. See fieldwork. Watch field videos. Read Field Notes. Explore selected data and projects.
Classroom Bridge
Teacher-ready Explorer Guides. Questions and investigations inspired by real fieldwork. Connections to scientist profiles, discoveries, projects, data and Field Notes. Optional Classroom Connections with participating scientists for eligible verified educators as the program develops.
- Free.
- No school subscription.
- No access fee.
Tested in the field
Five years in the Alaska Arctic.
Odyssey Discovery's field-to-classroom model was built through years of connecting scientists, educators, schools, and wild places in the Alaska Arctic.
That foundation is now helping Odyssey build a larger network connecting real-world science with classrooms and communities.
Explore the Arctic Educator Fellowship →
Pursuing an Odyssey Discovery Educator Fellowship? Once you're accepted and secure your position with the $500 Fellowship commitment, Odyssey Funding Lab access is included at no additional cost. See the Fellowship.
Explore Odyssey Discovery
One connected ecosystem.
Two divisions lead the work: Field Notes: Uncovered, original field-based storytelling, and Field Notes: Explorer, the free science discovery network for classrooms. Educator Fellowships and strategic partnerships sit around them.
Field Notes: Explorer
Meet the people behind discovery.
A free network connecting classrooms with scientists, fieldwork and discoveries.
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Educator Fellowships
Experience discovery firsthand.
Field-based professional learning that connects educators with science and brings those experiences back to students.
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Field Notes: Uncovered
Stories from the field.
Go inside the work with the people and places where real-world science happens.
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Partnerships
Take discovery further.
Support science connections, educational initiatives, storytelling and mission-aligned projects.
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Field Notes: Uncovered
The stories behind the science.
Go into the field with the scientists, conservationists, explorers, and communities doing the work. Field Notes: Uncovered documents the people, places, questions, challenges, and discoveries behind real-world science — and helps those stories travel further. Research institutions, conservation organizations, and aligned organizations can commission an original field-based documentary project built around their own work, documented on location.
- Real research
- Uncertainty
- Field conditions
- People
- Places
- Questions
- Discoveries
The network
Real researchers, doing current work.
Scientists, researchers, conservationists, field professionals, explorers, and people with firsthand knowledge of the places and environments being explored can participate free, self-onboard and maintain their own profiles. They choose what to share, and whether to offer optional Classroom Connections — not every participant takes part live.
Great Lakes researcher
Scientific diver
Watershed scientist
Wildlife researcher
Arctic scientist
Field ecologist
Participation is by individual professionals. It does not imply that their employers or institutions endorse or formally partner with Odyssey Discovery. Images show the kinds of field science in the network, not specific participants.
The next field platform
S/V Svala
A Great Lakes floating classroom and field storytelling platform designed to bring scientists, educators, and communities closer to discovery.
A future platform — the vision is a 37–40 foot cruising sailboat.
Explore S/V SvalaLand + water + digital + story
Land
Mobile field platform
Envisioned
Water
S/V Svala
Future
Digital
Field Notes: Explorer
Story
Field Notes: Uncovered
Together they help real-world discovery travel further.
Partner with Odyssey
Built through partnership.
Scientists and conservationists are our collaborators — the people doing the work are the experts. We go where the work is happening, tell the human story behind it, and connect the people behind it with classrooms and audiences.
Aligned brands and funders help make it possible. Don't advertise next to discovery. Help make discovery possible.
- Commissioned work. Organizations that engage Odyssey for storytelling, education, or engagement projects — scoped, priced, and delivered individually.
- Strategic partnerships. Organizations that fund independent storytelling and classroom access. Funding supports the work; it does not direct the science or the storytelling.
Scientists + conservationists
Come show us what you're discovering.
We visit the fieldwork, ask questions, listen and help your work travel farther. Taking part never requires payment.
Classrooms + audiences
Get closer to discovery.
Explorer connects classrooms with the people doing the work. Uncovered takes audiences into the field.
Brands + funders
Help make discovery possible.
Investment, vehicles, equipment and technology that help Odyssey get into the field and tell the story.
- Scientists + conservationists
- Odyssey
- Brands + funders
- Field stories
- Classroom connections
- Public engagement
- Real-world impact
Go where discovery happens.
Explore the science. Meet the people doing the work. Bring discovery into learning. Or help us take it further.
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