Science. Exploration. Discovery.
What if your students could learn from the scientists discovering our planet?
Odyssey Discovery connects educators with the scientists, conservationists, communities, and research organizations exploring our planet. Through Field Notes: Explorer, educator expeditions, and documentary storytelling, we bring authentic science and exploration into classrooms.
What we are
A science discovery network connecting educators with the scientists, conservationists, communities, and research organizations exploring our planet.
20 yrs
teaching across Alaska
150+
educators transformed
15
expeditions led
50+
scientists, conservationists, and growing
One mission. One partnership model.
Three ways students and educators experience science beyond the textbook.
Flagship classroom program
Field Notes: Explorer
Students meet the scientists and conservationists discovering our planet — through live scientist experiences, stories from the field, and classroom investigations. School and district partnerships available.
Educator fellowships
Odyssey Discovery Expeditions
Selective, fundable professional learning fellowships that place educators in the environments where science is happening — supported by schools, districts, grants, and sponsors.
Storytelling & media
Field Notes: Uncovered
Documentary-style video, podcasts, and conversations with the researchers exploring our planet. The storytelling arm of Odyssey Discovery.
Why we exist
A bridge between the field and the classroom.
Groundbreaking research is happening right now — on sea ice, in watersheds, along coastlines, deep in forests. And a few miles away, classrooms are still learning from textbooks written years before that work began.
Odyssey Discovery exists to close that gap. To connect educators with the scientists, conservationists, communities, and research organizations exploring our planet — not as a one-time visit, but as an ongoing partnership between schools, districts, and the people doing the science.
Read Kirsten's story →"My students asked the scientist questions I never could have. They were talking about the data days later. This is the most alive science has ever felt in my classroom."
Scientists from
NOAA · Arctic research stations · University field programs · Indigenous knowledge keepers · A growing network across climate, ocean, polar, and conservation science.
From the field
Inside our NOAA Alpena episode
Our Field Notes: Uncovered series follows NOAA researchers in the Great Lakes — the stories behind the science, told by the people doing it.
Watch the seriesSponsorship & partnership
Help bring science discovery to more classrooms.
Foundations, corporations, research organizations, and conservation groups partner with Odyssey Discovery to support educator and student access to researchers, stories, and field-based learning.
Sponsorship makes it possible for schools and districts across the country to give students ongoing access to authentic science experiences — and the scientists behind them.
Explore a partnershipThe Odyssey Discovery pathway
Discover. Engage. Transform. Share.
01
Discover
Field Notes: Uncovered
Documentary stories and science exploration from the field.
02
Engage
Field Notes: Explorer
Students connect directly with scientists and their discoveries.
03
Transform
Educator Fellowships
Educators experience the science firsthand in the places it's happening.
04
Share
Back to the classroom
Educators bring the stories, scientists, and discoveries home to students.
One mission. One partnership model. One unforgettable brand.
Odyssey Discovery helps people discover our planet through the scientists and conservationists who study and protect it.