Welcome to Looking Inside! A suite of Virtual Reality simulations that will give students the chance to build and dissect their own living cells, control the stages of mitosis, and specialize their cells before becoming tissues. Each simulation has checkpoints with adaptive feedback to guide users toward solutions, and students can take and save custom pictures from within the VR environment to their personal device.

Get ready to engage with collaborative, 3D, interactive models! We hope this Virtual Reality* experience will increase students’ engagement and excitement for STEM learning, bring out their naturally inquisitive natures, and improve their outcomes with these subjects.

All of the simulations are designed to be used by groups of 2-4 students, but can also be completed individually, or as a performance using the “Spectator” to watch from another computer. The Looking Inside simulations are modular and can be rearranged to fit your classroom needs. Being instructionally agnostic, the sims can also be worked into your curriculum using a variety of teaching styles and protocols. Use Know-Want to Know-Learned (K-W-L) charts to track progress, a fishbowl for a classwide collaborative approach, jigsaw groups through all 10 sims, place the VR experience in a rotation of learning stations, or even use the Spectator to create engaging, performative lectures. Whatever style is your favorite to use in the classroom, our modular simulations should fit right in!