Avantis Education, a global leader in virtual- and augmented-reality (VR/AR) technology for K–12 schools, is offering a free Future Forest digital toolkit that teachers can use to take students on an interactive VR journey through a rainforest. It includes a VR scene—viewable with or without a ClassVR headset—that allows students to explore the rainforest and presents them with two choices that highlight the consequences of deforestation versus sustainable practices. The toolkit also includes a comprehensive downloadable resource pack filled with curriculum-aligned lesson plans and activity ideas that highlight the importance of rainforests and the communities that call them home.
The experience puts students at the forefront of rainforest destruction, challenging them to evaluate the impact of human activity on rainforest ecosystems, to draw conclusions about its longer-term effects on the environment, and to highlight ways they can help shape a future that restores and nurtures natural habitats.
Using immersive technology, the experience helps schools to cultivate empathy and compassion, which are essential for driving collective action and emotional intelligence.
Avantis has also introduced its most advanced ClassVR headsets to date.
ClassVR Xcelerate was developed for high school and postsecondary students and features full spatial movement for highly interactive, “hands-on” VR learning. It includes an exclusive career and technical education (CTE) content pack that helps students explore real-world career paths and develop key soft skills that build student confidence and competence for the world of work.
ClassVR Xplorer takes immersive education to the next level with significant hardware advancements. Xplorer supports more sophisticated VR and AR experiences powered by Snapdragon’s XR platform, offering students richer, smoother, more dynamic interactions as digital content continues to evolve. Designed specifically for K–12 classrooms, Xplorer includes everything schools need to seamlessly integrate VR/AR into everyday learning. www.classvr.com/us/iste