OurEcho Biodiversity Teach-In
Welcome to the OurEcho
Biodiversity Teach-In!
Students worldwide are invited to join us November 2 - 3, 2022 for a 24-hour teach-in event to celebrate biodiversity. The OurEcho Biodiversity Teach-In will unite students across the world in a series of live virtual connections to the global research community, focused on biodiversity.
Each session will be 45-minutes in length and you can join one or all sessions! All registered classrooms will have access to session recordings after the event.
FEATURED TOPICS AND SPEAKERS (click on "Schedule" for full lineup):
- Whale Research Using Drones with Dr. Iain Kerr from Ocean Alliance
- Exploring Urban Nature with California Academy of Sciences
- Polar Bear Research with Thea Bechshøft from Polar Bears International
- Amphibians and Reptiles with Dr. Joe Milanovich
- Whale Watching with Aquarium of the Pacific
- Land Turtles and Tortoises with Jordan Gray from Turtle Survival Alliance
- Bats with Aditi Jayarajan from the University of Florida
- Biodiversity of Coral Reefs
- Virtual Invertebrate Encounter: Beetles with Butterfly Pavilion
- Invasive Species and Biodiversity with Royal Botanical Gardens
- And much more!
Thank you to our event partners: 
At the conclusion of the Teach-In event, the OurEcho Challenge STEM competition will open for entries to US (grade 5-9) and UK (years 6-10) students.
About the OurEcho Challenge
Recognizing that half of the world’s biodiversity has been destroyed since 1970, the OurEcho Challenge empowers and engages young problem solvers in understanding, respecting, and protecting the amazing diversity of species essential for the future of our planet.
Teams of students guided by an educator or mentor, tackle the decline in biodiversity head-on by identifying threats to natural resources in their communities and developing an innovative solution and action plan in the form of a sustainable process or prototype. This year, students in the US (grades 5-9) and UK (years 6-10) are eligible for entry.
Submit your plan to change the world!
Open for Entries:
November 3, 2022 - March 3, 2023
This program was made possible by support from 
Submit your plan to change the world!
Open for Entries:
November 3, 2022 - March 3, 2023
This program was made possible by support from
EarthEcho InternationalOrganizer of OurEcho Biodiversity Teach-In