Room 9s Virtual Reality Experience!

 

VIRTUAL REALITY 

Blake Foundation 

We were lucky enough to have the Sian from the Blake Foundation come and visit us at school and give us a tour of Marine reserves and ecosystysmes in the North Island using Virtual Reality. 

We began by using the VR headsets and looking at Whakarri Island an active volcanoes. We were able to see divers who were 30 metres above us. This was an area that was fill of fish and seaweed. We learnt that seaweed gives oxygen and that the ocean gives 50% of oxygen for humans. 

We then compared two places, one marine reserve on Goat Island and an unproteced marine reserve. We saw underwater in Goat Island in 2014 and then compared to 2019. The difference was incredibly sad! Goat Island is now a protected Marine Resevre. 

We analysed the two different times and compared the visual differences. 

In 2014 the ocean was clear, you could see the divers who were above us (30ms!!!!!). We could see lots of different fish, which is called biodiversity. The water was clean and there was lots of seaweed. It was a healthy environment. 

Here is a photo of our class brainstorm and the changes we noticed.

Here is the link to the NZ VR Blake Foundation Page. Have an explore and watch some of the videos!