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Google’s Expeditions Pioneer Program slated to hit 15 new cities
July 05, 2025
You may remember when Google announcedExpeditions, the company’s virtual reality program that sought to bring the beauty of the natural world right into the classroom. Now the Expeditions Pioneer Program is coming to fifteen additional cities.
TodayGoogle for Education’s official blogannounced that the program would be expanding significantly in the US, bringing its services to Alexandria, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City and Washington DC. Abroad, Expeditions will be reaching three new countries: Canada, Denmark and Singapore.The not-for profit educational initiative credits Subaru for helping in this expansion.
The Pioneer Program’s expansion comes after an encouraging response in its initial rollout. According to product manager at Google Ben Schrom, over 100,000 students have experienced Expeditions through the program in the the last two months alone. Response from teachers and administrators have been “overwhelmingly positive.” The magic of the developing technology of virtual reality seems to be engaging previously bored and jaded students.
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Expeditions are effectively virtual reality field trips designed specifically for the classroom by a band of technological innovators and professional educators. Up to fifty students at a time are led on guided tours of over 100 immersive locations. These journeys take place in a wide variety of natural environments ranging from the Antarctic to rainforests. A team from the Pioneer Program helps interested teachers understand how the process works and provides them with the materials to make the journey happen.
If you know a teacher in one of these new locations, be sure to clue them in on this opportunity!
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