Educational Benefits
The Virtual World Race program is designed to promote and encourage health and fitness while also serving as a fun way to enhance student achievement. Teachers have the option to use the Virtual World Race Program to compliment their instruction for reading, English, health, physical education, math, science, social studies, geography and technology.
Reading and English
Encourages reading, learning and writing about destinations along the route.
Health and Physical Education
Promotes exercise, recreation and the effects of personal health habits on cardiovascular
fitness. Improve physical fitness and use technology and data to improve performance.
Social Science and World Geography
Promotes an understanding of world geography and the development of maps skills.
Math
Encourages a general focus on numbers, number sense, computation and estimation
with a specific focus on length and time measurement.
Science
Encourages scientific logic with a specific focus on the concepts of force, motion
and energy.
Technology
Requires data collection, evaluation and entry into databases and spreadsheets.
