Pyramids of Giza

Preparation

• Review the suggested videos in the resource section (below) to make sure that they are working on your devices and that they are suitable for your class.
• If viewing VR videos, make sure all VR devices are fully charged and a YouTube video viewer app is downloaded and activated on your devices.
• Make sure students have at least basic CoSpaces accounts set-up. Please note that CoSpaces Basic accounts have limitations.
• Students should have a basic understanding of how to use CoSpaces, including coding. If not, please add 1 x 60 minutes for learning CoSpaces.
• If you haven’t had a chance to discuss VR and AR safety with your class, please make sure to do so.

Activity Sequence

Part One

1. Teachers ask students what they think about when we say ‘Ancient Egypt’.  List responses. Introduce to students that they are going to be focusing on the pyramids today. Ask students to discuss what they think may be inside pyramids or how they came to be. Ask if students believe the following video could be a plausible explanation of Pyramids. Watch this video together as a class: The Egyptian Pyramids (3:35)
2. Ask students – What do you think the pyramids were used for? What might be inside them? Think, Pair, Share this information in their digital notebooks
3. Direct the first groups of students to view the following Travel inside the Great Pyramid of Giza video (3:35) using their devices and the headset. Students not using HHVR will be asked to find out what people will find inside pyramids and record this information in their digital notebooks.
4. Students are to collaborate and share their notes from each of the sessions with a partner or group of 3. They can add to their notes as they discuss.

Part Two

1. Ask the students to retrieve their notes from the previous lesson and to share one piece of information that they found particularly interesting on a Google Jamboard.
2. Introduce to students that they will be designing their own pyramids using CoSpaces. They can include what they would put in it, what levels would they have etc. They will use CoSpaces to create their pyramid by placing a pyramid shape in the middle and creating what would be in the pyramid on each side around the pyramid (show example – also in their digital notebooks).
3. Ask students  to share their pyramid designs/creations using CoSpaces by sharing the link/ QR code. Students will be able to view each other’s creations in VR or AR by scanning each other’s QR codes.

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