Google Expeditions Resources

This #GoogleExpeditions lesson develops students' understanding of human anatomy.



This lesson focuses on the internal structure of the heart. Students will be able to label the main features and show the direction of the blood flow inside the...

In this #GoogleExpeditions lesson, the students go on an expedition to the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Texas and learn about what makes aircraft fly.



The students discuss aerodynamics and drag, then create an experiment to see thes...

This #GoogleExpeditions lesson develops students' understanding of farming and sustainability using Tanzania as a case study.



Students visit Tanzania using the Google Expeditions virtual field trip. They understand the life of a farmer in Tan...

Students calculate their weight on other planets and imagine how that would impact their daily lives.
Standards: CCSS aligned with focus on Anchor Standards, Math Content Standards and NGSS Content Standards.

This lesson uses a Google Expedition to help students understand their role in Global Issues. In this case we see how deforestation in the tropical rainforest is caused by the purchase of Palm Oil in common products available in the supermarket. During th...

This is an overview of the digestive system and how our nutrients are digested!

SWBAT:

1. List the different nutrients

2. Identify organs in the digestive system and describe their function.

3. Identify which organs digest each of...

Google Expeditions enable teachers to bring students on virtual trips to places like museums, underwater, and outer space. Expeditions are collections of linked virtual reality (VR) content and supporting materials that can be used alongside existing curriculum. These trips are collections of virtual reality panoramas — 360° panoramas and 3D images — annotated with details,…

I’ve been curating everything I can find to help teachers learn about Google Expeditions and Google Cardboard, and I have created the Ultimate Google Cardboard and Expeditions Resource Guide for Teachers. I am not an expert on virtual reality or Google Cardboard and Expeditions, but I am a connected educator and I have found some amazing resources to help you learn more about these amazing tools. This guide contains the basics, how to get started, resources for buying devices and headsets, as well as troubleshooting help, YouTube tutorials, blog posts, lesson plans, apps and more! I am a learner first, so as I learn and curate resources, I will share them with the Shake Up Learning readers.

Below are 8 Tips for a Google Expeditions Pilot from Heather Kilgore, an Instructional Technology Coordinator for Commerce ISD in Commerce, Texas, where she shares the lessons learned from their Google Expeditions pilot program. As we all begin to find ways to bring Google Expeditions, Google Cardboard, and other virtual reality experiences to our classrooms, I thought it was important to share this first-hand experience with you. The first time we try anything, we always learn a lot of lessons!

Virtual reality is on the verge of gaining a foothold in schools thanks to affordable viewers like Google Cardboard. And with more VR apps appearing every day, it’s likely that immersive VR expeditions will eventually become an engaging way for students to explore everything from historical landmarks, distant planets, oceanic locations to the human body.

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Virtual reality is on the verge of gaining a foothold in schools thanks to affordable viewers like Google Cardboard. And with more VR apps appearing every day, it’s likely that immersive VR expeditions will eventually become an engaging way for students to explore everything from historical landmarks, distant planets, oceanic locations to the human body.

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