An Expedition to Ancient Lands
Sixth graders took a colorful, exciting trip to Greece and they never
even left the building. With social studies teacher Melissa Corey
guiding them, and as a supplement to their classroom lessons, the
students had an opportunity to work with Google Expeditions Virtual
Reality. The simulated environment had them playing a bit of I SPY as
they explored the art, architecture, and historical landmarks of the
ancient city of Athens and the Parthenon, the Aegean Sea and the island
of Santorini. Helping to bring the history to life was BOCES integration
specialist Claudia Camassa, whom teachers worked with to learn how to
navigate and guide their students with this immersive technology. This
was the first time they worked with Google Expeditions in the
middle/high school library and experienced what student Sean Wilson
described as “incredible detail and color.”