Year 7 & 8 students at Charters School in Sunningdale were in for a treat when they returned from the Easter Break as they took part in virtual expeditions thanks to Google’s Pioneer Program, a revolutionary tool enabling teachers to make lessons truly immersive.

A box of goodies arrived from Google to ensure that the students were able to embark on their journey; a tablet for the teacher & cardboard viewers and phones for every student. With the use of these Virtual Reality headsets, pupils viewed an exciting variety of 360° photo spheres and 3D images including The Great Barrier Reef, the Amazon Forest and even outer space.

Alexandra Dunnet said, “The Google Explorer experience was really cool! We saw volcanoes and went under the sea – there were spaceships too! I really loved it and I hope we can do it again for other topics.”