What are the latest trends with augmented reality (AR) and how can we make use of it in the classroom? We'll answer this and other relevant questions, as well as give you specific ideas of what it might look like in your classroom!

GeoGebra 3D Calculator (iOS and Android - FREE) - Easily solve 3D math problems, graph 3D functions and surfaces, create geometric constructions in 3D, save and share your results. With Augmented Reality enabled, you can place math objects on any surface and walk around them! Millions of people around the world use GeoGebra to learn mathematics and science.

Star Walk: Find Stars & Planets (iOS and Android - Free/$2.99) - Launch the app and point your device at the night sky - you'll see the stars, planets, satellites, and constellations in their proper place from your location. As you move your device, the star map updates in real time. Tap Augmented Reality icon in the upper right corner to add the image from your camera to your sky view.

Plantale (iOS - $0.99) - Plantale is a stunning, engaging and learning app which takes you on a journey of a plant’s life. You can observe the growth stages of plant from a simple seed and discover how the plant reproduces to form this seed and learn all about the anatomy and morphology of all plant parts with a lot of ease and precision with AR. You can choose your favorite spot and place your plant with AR. And just like you would do it in your own garden come back to the same spot every time to nurture your plant according to its requirements and help it grow. Eventually over a given period of time you can observe how your plant has grown in AR.

Boulevard AR (iOS and Android - Free) - Exploring works of art has never been this up close and personal. Boulevard AR brings art to you, wherever you are, and now features three important paintings from London’s National Portrait Gallery collection. Representing 20th-century Nobel-Prize winning chemist Dorothy Hodgkin, renowned 19th-century painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, alongside his friend, the critic and novelist Theodore Watts-Dunton, and lastly Sir Henry Unton, a diplomat and soldier from the Elizabethan era, Boulevard AR’s offerings reveal secrets and tell stories across a 400-year span.

MERGE Explorer (iOS and Android - Free/In-App Purchases) - MERGE CUBE REQUIRED - Students can learn science effectively with over 100 science simulations they can touch, hold and interact with! Merge Explorer (along with a Merge Cube) allows students to investigate a smoking volcano in the palm of their hand, examine a great white shark up close, hold and explore the solar system, dissect a frog (humanely!), and so much more. With easy-to-follow activities and built-in quizzes, students gain key knowledge while immersed in learning, both in the classroom or while remote learning at home. Merge Explorer includes NGSS-aligned topics for K-8th grade, like Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth & Space Science. If you don't have a Merge Cube, you can make one from paper, 3D print one or make a giant Merge Cube.

Merge Object Viewer (iOS and Android - Free/In-App Purchases) - MERGE CUBE REQUIRED - Object Viewer puts hundreds of digital teaching aids in the palm of your hand! Students can learn about rocks and minerals, mammals, reptiles, lifecycles, cells, and so much more using different collections of hands-on 3D models. Students can also upload, view, and share their own 3D objects on the Merge Cube using the EDU platform. If you don't have a Merge Cube, you can make one from paper, 3D print one or make a giant Merge Cube.

Quiver - 3D Coloring App (iOS and Android - Free) - Coloring pages have never been so much fun! The Quiver App combines physical coloring from “back in the day” with state of the art augmented reality technology to bring you and your children an extraordinarily magical experience. Download and print coloring pages (free, paid, and subscriber-only pages).