How virtual reality turns students into scientists

Name: How virtual reality turns students into scientists
Uploaded: 2020-01-28T20:48:37Z
Duration: 6 min 24 s
Description: Using low-cost virtual reality, education activist Jessica Ochoa Hendrix helps bring science to life in schools across the US. In this quick talk, she explains how a VR experience she developed invites students to explore underwater ecosystems as if they're marine biologists -- and envision themselves in other careers they might not have otherwise imagined.

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Jessica Ochoa Hendrix |

TED Residency

• May 2019

Using low-cost virtual reality, education activist Jessica Ochoa Hendrix helps bring science to life in schools across the US. In this quick talk, she explains how a VR experience she developed invites students to explore underwater ecosystems as if they're marine biologists -- and envision themselves in other careers they might not have otherwise imagined.