Alder Hey quickly realised that this innovative solution had the exciting potential to distract and engage with young patients, helping reduce the all-too-common feelings of anxiety, stress and boredom in any hospital. Located at a theme park in Kamogawa Sea World in Chiba Japan is the world’s first digital aquarium where virtual ‘fish’ move calmly around a virtual ‘tank’. Realising this vital dimension of patient/hospital interaction, the Sony Healthcare team introduced Alder Hey to a potential solution on the other side of the world. But you can definitely shape the patient’s perception – and the perception of their parents – during the whole experience.” You can’t directly control pain and anxiety that influence the clinical course. “When kids come in here to prepare for an operation, they don’t like having their height and weight measured and having pre-anaesthetic cream put on the back of their hands” explains Dr Iain Hennessey, Clinical Director of Innovation at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Aside from the treatment itself, there’s the additional stress caused by often lengthy periods of waiting and uncertainty for children and their families. A visit to any hospital can be daunting for children and their parents alike. More features may be added in the future.One of the biggest challenges facing Alder Hey is moderating and dealing with patient anxiety. Click the Share button in the upper right corner, that’s it!.Select the species you want to see in the Aquarium.Define the size of the aquarium (note that the Aquarium has a responsive design, so it also works perfectly on mobile devices).Choose Aquarium, you’ll find it in the games section.Go check out the new Aquarium Widget in our Widget Library. It will make sure every student goes to the toilet before the bus ride, so accidents will not happen. Play the aquarium about 20 minutes before you leave on a field trip. Test your students’ patience ⏳Īsk your students to focus on the aquarium tank and shout out your name when they notice a shark swimming by.
Stream the aquarium widget on a separate computer screen so students can admire their classroom pet any time during the day. It’s also a safe and ethical way to make sure your classroom pet gets all the attention it needs: an internet connection. This aquarium has so many fish that students even forget what it’s like to have just one living classroom pet. Or… combine this with a bingo widget so students can tap the colors on their bingo sheet!
Using their best David Attenborough nature documentary narration, have students describe what they see in the aquarium. Study the different species of fish, their characteristics and behavior during biology classes. The team that catches the most fish wins! 4. If they missed one, they have to switch with another student in their team. They need to touch all the fish in the aquarium. Put two students in front of the wall and ask them to touch the fish swimming by as fast as they can. (Don’t) touch the fish! Project the aquarium widget on the wall of your classroom or sport facilities. As long as the aquarium is on, students have to be quiet. Project the aquarium on your classroom screen when students have to work individually in silence. Ask your students to listen to the aquarium sounds and control their breathing. Meditate 🧘🏻♀️Īs described earlier, the purpose of the aquarium widget is to unwind, and you can apply that directly in your lesson. Be sure to check the 8 lesson ideas below. Through the live feature, you can even track how long the students are enjoying the aquarium.īesides just relaxing and enjoying the fish, you can also use this widget for teaching purposes. The Aquarium widget is super easy to set up: just choose the size of the aquarium and select some species of fish before sharing it with students in your favorite LMS. That’s why BookWidgets is now launching the Aquarium Widget! With this new widget type, you can give students the peace of mind they deserve. Tests with online aquariums showed similar scores.
Recent studies from Lummen JJ71 University have shown that looking at an aquarium is considered very calming for 97% of students. Over the past two years, students and teachers have experienced a lot of additional stress. If you really want to apply the lesson ideas below, you can use the linked widget we used as our fake Aquarium Widget. While the BookWidgets team has nothing against fish and we surprised ourselves that we could come up with so many great lesson ideas for a virtual aquarium, we have no plans to add an Aquarium Widget anytime soon.
This blog post was an April Fool’s Day joke.
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