McGraw Hill AR

McGraw Hill AR

The Future is Now

Bring learning to life with our augmented reality app McGraw Hill AR

McGraw Hill and Verizon have partnered to create McGraw Hill AR, a free app combining proven content with powerful technology to engage your students in unique and impactful ways. See what's possible in your classroom.

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What is McGraw Hill AR?

McGraw Hill AR is an augmented reality app that provides engaging, bite-size experiences that promote deep conceptual learning. These standards-aligned experiences give teachers flexibility in how they integrate them while helping students learn a concept in minutes. The app can supplement any core curriculum by:

Stimulating engagement on challenging topics through interaction, exploration, and multi-sensory experiences.
Encouraging student agency through self-directed activities.
Working with existing technology in your classroom like tablets, smartphones, and Chromebooks (coming soon!).

View this flyer for a list of the Math, Social Studies/ELA, and Science topics covered.

How Does McGraw Hill AR Work?

Each activity offers a familiar, three-step approach.

Observe: Students watch a narrated animation within the app.
Explore: Students interact with 3D objects and experiment at their own pace.
Evaluate: Students apply knowledge by answering interactive questions.

Guide your AR Integration with Standards-Aligned Lesson Plans

Professionally developed lesson plans include

Learning objectives and standards
Implementation tips
Student worksheet (same Evaluate exercises from app)
Extension activities (not in app)
Enrichment activities (not in app)

You can access these lesson plans by creating a free account at verizon.com/learning.

examples of standards-aligned lesson plans

Web Versions of AR Experiences

No mobile devices in the classroom? No problem. Students can now access web versions of select math lessons at mharonline.com. Web versions exist for these 10 math activities: Cross Sections, Rotations, Nets, Slope, Solve Equations, Parallel & Skew Lines, Growth Functions, Reflections, Pythagorean Theorem in 3D, and Graph Theory.

Spanish Versions of AR Experiences

Reach more students with Spanish versions of select AR experiences. If downloading the app for the first time, select the language preferred when prompted. If the app is already downloaded, go to Settings to change languages. The app currently has Spanish versions of the following 10 math activities: Cross Sections, Rotations, Nets, Slope, Solve Equations, Parallel & Skew Lines, Growth Functions, Reflections, Pythagorean Theorem in 3D, and Graph Theory.

What Educators Say About Our Augmented Reality Experiences

The students found the app extremely easy to use. They were appropriately challenged by some of the exercises, but they weren’t discouraged at all. In fact, it was the opposite. They were so engaged that even when the bell rang, they didn’t want to leave the classroom and just wanted to figure out the current challenge.

I love how this is designed for the students to work collaboratively or independently. It allows for students to foster that sense of independence with a rich learning experience.

This app helps with the challenges that we experienced by giving the students a 3D representation of the concepts that we're learning. It's also super engaging so they're more interested in playing around with the concept.

Helpful Resources on Augmented Reality

Augmented reality is new to many educators, so we’ve compiled a list of helpful resources on the topic of AR as well on McGraw Hill AR to help you or your colleagues make decisions about implementing AR in the classroom.

Research on Augmented Reality

We surveyed teachers, administrators and parents on their views about augmented reality in education. Read the results of our AR survey.
Unsure about using augmented reality in the classroom? Read this blog post by an early adopter of augmented reality.

Articles and Podcasts Featuring McGraw Hill AR

Renee Dawson, an ed tech specialist at Atlanta Public Schools, shares her experiences using augmented reality in the classroom, including using McGraw Hill AR. Read “How Augmented Reality Helps Teachers Reach More Students."
Instructional technologist–and former teacher–Jaime Donally shares her thoughts in this review of McGraw Hill AR. Read “STEAMverse Day 20 - McGraw Hill ARC.”
The podcast Shake Up Learning interviewed Jaime Donally. Listen to the episode “10 AR Math Lessons You Need to See.”
Get behind the scenes with the authors and developers of McGraw Hill AR to learn about the pedagogical and technical decisions made. Read “Deepen Learning with McGraw Hill AR.”