If you haven't seen Google Cardboard, you absolutely HAVE to check it out! Virtual Reality is still relatively new in education; however, the implications for its use are staggering. Imagine being able to take a class of students to the top of Mount Everest, to the Parthenon, to the nesting grounds of emperor penguins... it's incredible! With a pair of VR Googles, students can use a phone to visit these locations and thousands more. Not a social studies teacher? Neither was the MATH teacher who told me about this cool activity she had in mind for her students... she was teaching the Pythagorean Theorem. Here's a refresher in case you haven't had middle school math for a while: The activity had the kids taking a pretend flight on "Pythag Air" to famous world landmarks and using them to calculate the missing side(s) of the triangles using the Pythagorean Theorem. They had an airline ticket to record their answers: Here are two examples of the activity. You can view the rest of them HERE at the TeachersPayTeachers activity: So creative and fun, RIGHT?? Way better than just solving a bunch of problems on a whiteboard! As the teacher was describing the activity, I saw the perfect opportunity to use our VR headsets... the kids could go on a virtual field trip to the locations that they studied! Needless to say, it was a hit. The kids were floored by how awesome the places looked in the headsets! For this particular group of high-needs learners, any new an exciting way to engage them helps. Kudos to Mrs. Rhodes for her great idea! Are you ready to take your kids on a virtual field trip, too? You'll need:
Where will YOU go with your class? Comment below!
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About the AuthorHi! Welcome to my blog! My name is Christine Hurley. This is my 17th year of teaching - I've taught Kindergarten, 4th grade, elementary media, and now I am in my 6th year of teaching middle school media! Archives
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