VR in the Media Center

We are so excited about our new Oculus Rift that our media center was able to purchase with funds from two different grants. 



So far this year we have had 5th grade students going to the circulatory system to learn about our red and white blood cells. It is a free experience in the Oculus Rift store. 

It is a long experience but to get all of our students through in an hour we had one class come into the media center at a time. The teachers had students working in groups on projects about body systems while I pulled a few kids at a time to go through about the first 5 minutes of the experience. 


They are in a pod floating through the blood stream and they are listening to the heart beating and an explanation of the different cells floating all around them. It was just the perfect amount of time because when you get deeper in the experience the information presented is much more complex. 

We also have taken a virtual field trip to Washington DC. My 3rd grade students were studying government so we use the White House experience to talk about this important landmark in our nation. 


They loved standing on the white house lawn, in the oval office or even the situation room. 


Please share any ideas you have in the comment section of how you are using VR in your classroom. We can't wait to keep exploring this new tool. 

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