Google Expeditions

Android

Teaches: geography, history

CTR Review

Expeditions Pioneer Program is a bundle of content based on Google Cardboard compatible viewers. The price is listed as "free" for Android devices. The teacher kit includes ASUS smartphones, a tablet for the teacher to direct the tour, a router that allows Expeditions to run without an Internet connection, and Google Cardboard viewers or Mattel View-Masters that turn phones into virtual reality headsets. Content includes 100+ virtual trips to places like Mars, the Great Barrier Reef and the Great Wall of China. Additional content is being provided from PBS, educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, British documentarian David Attenborough and his production company Alchemy VR, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Two other noteworthy collaborations include The Starfish Foundation (showing children a virtual day in the life of professionals including a veterinarian and computer scientist) and Michelle Obama (taking students on virtual college tours).