Classroom Expedition

Deeksha Seth, PhD, assistant teaching professor of Mechanical Engineering, received a $268,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an immersive Virtual Field Trip (VFT). The project aims to increase students’ exposure to geosciences by providing educators with freely available resources to incorporate into their classes. Tapping into the broad appeal of dinosaurs, the VFT will take students on a virtual paleontology expedition, covering core principles of geography, math, biology and physics in the process. The VFT will be hosted on the American Geosciences Institute’s platform and assessed for its impact on student engagement, academic progress and attitudes toward STEM.