# How virtual reality turns students into scientists

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Residency
- Speaker: Jessica Ochoa Hendrix
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_ochoa_hendrix_how_virtual_reality_turns_students_into_scientists)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How virtual reality turns students into scientists](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jessica_ochoa_hendrix_how_virtual_reality_turns_students_into_scientists/bd2070466a2d), 7 min (TED's player)