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Explorer Classroom

Following the Flippers Past

Grade / Age

3 - 8 / 8 - 14

Duration

45 minutes

Explorer Classroom is a live, interactive online event featuring National Geographic Explorers.

Follow marine biologist Roxanne Beltran into the field to track elephant seals and learn how they navigate the ocean.

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About This Event

Explorer and marine biologist Roxanne Beltran uses her tracking and mapping skills to research elephant seal migration and understand how they find their way in the vast ocean using an internal navigation system.

Resources

Learn more about Roxanne’s work

Northern Elephant Seal Migration Mapping Activity

Featured Explorer

National Geographic Explorers are an international community of changemakers, who use the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world, while inspiring the next generation to do the same.

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Explorer Since 2016

Roxanne S. Beltran

Marine Biologist and Science Communicator

After developing an infatuation with the ocean as a young girl, Roxanne Beltran has avidly pursued a career in marine biology.

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