Chapter 11: Active Learning at Home: Using 3D Virtual Reality Viewers to Explore the Human Heart for High School Students

High school science students need active learning experiences that are both immersive and interactive. Using a simple cardboard 3D virtual reality (VR) viewer and the Living Heart for Cardboard VR from the Google Play^TM app, we provide a 5E lesson plan on science concepts related to homeostasis and form to function relationships found in complex systems of the human heart and circulatory system. We discuss ways to help students use VR technologies safely and responsibly while at home and consider issues of equity and accessibility when utilizing 3D VR technologies for remote and online science teaching and learning.