Meet the Explorer

Featured throughout the new Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 program, National Geographic Explorers help students and teachers make STEM connections to the real world.

Ben Mirin

Sound Artist

Ben Mirin is an acoustic biologist, science communicator, educator, artist and media producer. He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology , a Graduate Research Fellow of the National Science Foundation, and a Fulbright Hays Fellow. His research focuses on co-creating community-based education programs about songbirds in Indonesia, and explores how we can reach the hearts and minds of young people to affect a more inclusive and sustainable future for all life on earth.

The Sounds of Music

Ben Mirin is a sound artist. He is the creator and host of the digital series WILD BEATS. Ben travels the world recording animal sounds and samples them to create music that connects people to nature. He leads expeditions to record and catalog acoustic data from many of the planet’s most endangered ecosystems.

In this chapter's Performance Task students will discover how sound is transmitted and investigate how musical tones, known as octaves, are grouped on a piano.

View eSample

Time to explore! See below for a quick preview of our new and innovative program, Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 for grades 9-12. In these eSamples you will be able to view a sample chapter from each book as well as the Table of Contents, Front Matter, and more!

Algebra 1 eSample

Geometry eSample

Algebra 2 eSample