Discovering the Body with Google Tours
In this lesson, students explore the Respiratory System using Google Tours. The teacher can guide the students through a tour together or the teacher can allow students to freely navigate and explore the system on their own or in small groups. After experiencing the Virtual Tour, students then go on to remix the project by extending it to include additional content about the Human "mammal" Respiratory System and by also comparing it to another class of animal. For example, students could choose to compare the human respiratory system with that of fish, amphibians, birds or vertebrates.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 7-8 |
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Content type | Lesson ideas |
Format | Web page |
Core and overarching concepts | Digital systems, Impact and interactions, Design thinking |
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8P04
Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories
AC9TDI8P10
Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories and possible future impact
AC9TDI8P11
Select and use a range of digital tools efficiently, including unfamiliar features, to create, locate and communicate content, consistently applying common conventions
AC9TDI8P12
Select and use a range of digital tools efficiently and responsibly to share content online, and plan and manage individual and collaborative agile projects |
Technologies & Programming Languages | AR / VR |
Keywords | 3D immersive environment, VR, Virtual Reality, Google Expeditions, CSER, Rebecca Vivian |
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Science |
Organisation | CSER |
Copyright | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group, The University of Adelaide. |
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