Google Expeditions is asking teachers in primary and secondary schools to sign up to its free programme of virtual trips for the classroom. Participating classes receive a phone and Cardboard virtual reality (VR) viewer for every child, as well as a tablet for the teacher and an accompanying Expeditions coordinator. Based on the UK curriculum, the programme transports children to places they would not ordinarily be able to explore, from outer space to the Great Barrier Reef. The first trip will take place at St Paul’s School in London this September.
Google Expeditions is asking teachers in primary and secondary schools to sign up to its free programme of virtual trips for the classroom. Participating classes receive a phone and Cardboard virtual reality (VR) viewer for every child, as well as a tablet for the teacher and an accompanying Expeditions coordinator. Based on the UK curriculum, the programme transports children to places they would not ordinarily be able to explore, from outer space to the Great Barrier Reef. Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, space and accessibility scientist, said: "I wish this was around when I was young."