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The Virtual Reality (VR) in Education program aims to enrich student learning and engagement through the embedded use of VR aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

Our purpose-built VR room is a very exciting addition to the school and enhances learning in a variety of subjects.

EDTV Episode 20 includes Immersive pedagogy – Virtual reality for student centred learning: Part 1

VR Modules

World War 1

History, Year 9

Find yourself standing in a World War I trench. Hear the screaming of aircraft flying overhead, shrapnel scattering above your head. See the harsh surroundings, no comfort or relief. Study the real images of soldiers huddled close. Read their letters sent home from the Front. Examine tanks and weaponry, and wonder how they might be used. Read the stark cost of war, the data on death and injury suffered by

nations around the world.

Earth and Space Sciences

Science, Year 7

Push the Moon around space to see its different phases. What’s the difference between a partial and total eclipse? Easy to find out - simply move the moon around the earth’s orbit. Move the earth around the sun to see the seasons. Use your observational powers to work out why seasons are different in the northern and southern hemispheres. Study seasonal calendars for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and appreciate their significance for these communities. View the relative size of the sun, moon, earth and planets and the vast distances between.

Food Chains & Food Webs

Science, Year 7

What eats what? Challenge your knowledge of the natural world. Choose plants and animals from the expansive array; food producer or consumer? Click them into the food chain and check your solution. Missed the mark? Try again until you see that big green tick. Use your data to name the environment.

Measurement & Geometry: Shape

Mathematics, Year 7

Take up the Cubic Challenge. Construct a 3-D model from 2-D images. Walk around your work, check it for accuracy and try again. Success achieved? Take the next level and test your prowess again and again. Can you reach the heights of and Expert Level 20?

Ancient China

History, Year 7

View a 3-D scan of the the Great Wall of China. Examine close-up real images showing its construction, dimensions and impact on the environment of China, then and now. View the Terracotta Warriors. See the uniqueness of individual features, their weaponry, their horses and chariots.

Gravity

Science, Year 7

May the force be with you! Check out gravitational force on earth; how do the objects behave when they’re hit with the tennis ball? Check out the moon’s gravity – what’s the difference? Try out the different planets and check the results. See the power and influence of gravity.

World War II

History, Year 10

For the second time, the world was at war! Explore the events, experiences and impact of a war that dominated lives for a terrible six years. Hear the terrifying sound of the Doodlebug bomb and examine the images that so clearly represent the suffering of ordinary people. See real news footage of Hitler, the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the unimaginable effects of the Atomic Bomb. Explore Australia’s special contribution to fighting a war that changed history.

Food & Nutrition

HPE, Year 7

What food choices might a person make each day? Healthy or unhealthy? Let’s find out. Choose a profile. Slide the expansive array of foods; choose a likely daily diet. Check the nutrient gauges – Is the arrow in the healthy green zone or the unhealthy red zone, choose again and keep choosing until you’ve found the happy healthy greenest choice

The Vikings

History, Year 8

Stand in a Viking trading ship. Study its built-for-purpose design and compare it with the longboat you can see just across the water. Study maps of Viking settlement and conquest, seeing the differences and asking why. Pick up and rotate Viking weapons, shields and artefacts. Study Viking symbols and reflect on their use and meaning.

Music

Music, Year 7-8

Stand before the orchestra. Did you know that it has families? Click and play! Check out the collective and individual sounds of the instruments, name the family. Describe the timbres. Imagine that you are the conductor – take your place in the orchestra and listen to the wonderful music.

Elements

Science, Year 9

Put on your atomic thinking cap. Use the building blocks of protons, neutrons and electrons to make an element. Is it stable? Keep trying until the element names itself. Locate your element on the blank periodic table. Find its classification group and check out its properties.

The Holocaust

History, Year 10-12

Reflect on the terrible reality of mass extermination of a whole people. Walk around Auschwitz, a place built for death. Consider each building and its terrible purpose. Imagine the horror in an unimaginable place.

Kokoda

History, Year 10

Explore virtual scenes based on real events during the Kokoda Campaign. Journey through the battles, the dangers and the hostile environment that took so many lives. Imagine the terrible conditions and risks which were daily faced by the Aussie troops. These were men whose courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice would go on to ensure the safety of mainland Australia.

English Writing: Narrative

English, Year 7-9

Explore an incredible Fantasy world of your choosing. Or why not leap into a Science Fiction world from an outer galaxy? Take an Adventure of your choice and weigh the risks. Choose your genre. Choose your story. Let your imagination run free! Who is there? Why? What are they doing? What can you see, feel, hear, touch, smell? Write your story. It will be unique. It will be special. It will be YOURS!

Chemistry

Science, Year 11

Explore the wonders of Chemistry. Dive into atomic theory and quantum mechanics. Visualize complex molecules in a way not possible in the classroom, in a text or in a video. These have their place but let VR open your mind to and understanding of chemistry in a whole new way.

Statistics & Probability

Mathematics, Year 7

Watch the AI robots navigate the maze. Change the pathway and predict the winner. How did the robot find the way home? How long did it take? Change it again and note the difference. Try the random option for an automatic adjustment the maze. How many times did you successfully predict the robots’ outcome?

Japanese Language & Culture

Languages, Year 7-8

Step into the serenity of a Japanese house. Glimpse the beauty and tranquillity of the gardens and wonder at the clarity of the reflections on the pool. Click and meet Sushi Chef and purchase his virtual sushi products. Hear him welcome you and reply. Explore his shop, its displays, menus and art. Your virtual journey to Japan has just begun!

Ancient Rome

History, Year 7

Journey to Ancient Rome – a place that inspires a sense of awe even in today’s modern world. Be surprised! Rome – the birthplace of fast food, apartment living, plumbing, engineering, central heating, road building, exploration, technology, military prowess and metropolitan city life. Yes, and even public toilets!

Organisms

Science, Year 7

Classify insects, arachnids, amphibians, reptiles, birds and more into their respective species and families. Walk around and study the magnified animals. Marvel at their elaborate composition. Discover the distinct differences between the texture of their skin, the shape of their fangs, their number of eyes and legs, and uncover why they exist this way.

Elizabethan Theatre

English, Year 10

Enjoy a good movie? Maybe a live show? Or maybe you prefer the often-predictable soap opera! For the citizens of Elizabethan England, people - rich and poor, educated and uneducated, flocked to see the latest plot unfold on stage. Theatre was their portal into a world of drama, revenge, romance, tragedy and comedy. Let VR take you there - into in their world of entertainment.

Speculative Fiction

English, Year 9

Step out of this world we know and enter into the realm of ‘what if’. What’s real, what’s not? Explore the world of the past – maybe even change it! Imagine the world of the future. Make it better or confront its potential for worse. The world of your imagination has no boundaries, no limitations. Shape it. Tell its story.

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