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Expedition Luminescence – Where Young Minds Meet the Deep
Expedition Luminescence is the youth education programme of the Expedition Audacity Research Foundation, connecting classrooms with real-time ocean science, storytelling, and global expeditions.
Instead of learning about climate change from a distance, students follow missions as they unfold — engaging with researchers, communities, and field teams while science is happening. Learning becomes participation, not observation.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
This isn’t outreach.
It’s an opening.
Students don’t just consume information — they engage with it. Through live updates, collaborative projects, and primary-source storytelling, learners experience science as something they can take part in, not something reserved for experts.
By connecting students with researchers, Indigenous knowledge-keepers, filmmakers, and expedition crews, Expedition Luminescence nurtures critical thinking, confidence, and a sense of belonging within both scientific and creative worlds.
How Participation Works — Choose Your Depth
Each expedition season offers two ways for classrooms to engage, designed to meet learners where the
E.L. COHORT
A closer connection to the mission.
The E.L. Cohort brings together a small group of classrooms that engage directly with the expedition team through live calls, weekly check-ins, and collaborative projects.
For Expedition 1, the Cohort will include approximately 25–35 students (typically grades 4–6), selected with an emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and global representation.
Cohort classrooms receive:
- Welcome kits with expedition learning tools
- Printed curriculum guides
- Hands-on activity packets
- Weekly live updates and Q&A sessions
- Eligibility for future mentorship and alumni opportunities
LUMI LEARNERS
Flexible access for classrooms everywhere.
Lumi Learners engage on their own schedule with access to:
- The full Expedition Luminescence curriculum
- Activity libraries and educator guides
- Multimedia expedition updates
No deadlines.
No pressure.
Just rich, accessible content — ready when you are.
WHAT STUDENTS RECEIVE
What Students Experience
Every participating classroom gains access to learning experiences rooted in discovery, including:
- Weekly expedition updates from the field
- Classroom-ready curriculum and activities
- Hands-on projects connected to real research
- Opportunities for global collaboration
- Indigenous and community-led perspectives
- STEAM+ aligned learning across disciplines
Students ar
PROGRAMME RHYTHM
Programme Schedule — Weekly Waves of Discovery
Throughout the expedition season, classrooms receive:
Weekly Updates
Field notes, video messages, and insights from the crew.
Resource Library
Downloadable educator guides and expedition-specific materials.
Interactive Projects
Collaborative challenges connecting students with the expedition team and classrooms worldwide.
CORE CURRICULUM (STEAM+)
Core Curriculum — Learning Through Discovery
All Expedition Luminescence content is organised within a STEAM+ framework, spanning six interconnected areas:
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics
- Community & Environment
- Research Practices & Project Building
- Sustainability
- Careers & Vocational Awareness
- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) and Empathy
Every story becomes a
ACCESSIBILITY & EQUITY
Accessible by Design — No Cost. No Barriers.
Participation in Expedition Luminescence is entirely free.
No classroom — regardless of size, location, or structure — will ever pay to take part.
Opportunity should never depend on a school budget, a postal code, or a family’s means.
A Founder’s Note on Why This Matters
Expedition Luminescence is one of the foundational pillars of the Expedition Audacity Research Foundation.
I’ve known for a long time that children are unlikely to be part of my own future. But I live surrounded by what feels like hundreds of nieces and nephews — and it is for all of them that this work exists.
I’m not leaving behind a prodigy to help solve the challenges facing our oceans and climate. So I have a responsibility to do what I can while I’m here.
Real commitment to the ocean doesn’t begin with peer-reviewed papers in adulthood.
It begins with wonder.
That belief is why education sits at the heart of this foundation — and why you’ll see our mascot, Josie the Kraken, woven quietly throughout this programme.
— Captain Red
EDUCATION PARTNER
Expedition Luminescence is delivered in partnership with Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants, who facilitate live and recorded educational broadcasts connecting expeditions directly with classrooms around the world.
LANGUAGE & CULTURE — A Global Classroom
Wherever possible, learning materials honour local voices and perspectives. Curriculum translations are available upon request, including:
Chinese (Taiwan), Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Spanish (Latin America)
One ocean. Many voices.