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Tesco has signed up as the first European brand to use Google's Connected Classrooms platform, a partnership that will enable schoolchildren to go on interactive virtual field trips without having to leave the classroom.

The partnership – devised and implemented by Tesco’s digital agency Zone – kicks off today with a "field trip" to Naples to visit a pasta producer. Pupils will be able to take part in a 30-minute lesson and Q&A session with pasta producer Giuseppe Di Martino, who supplies Tesco. They will also be able to interact with classes in other schools during the trip.

Other trips will include visits to rice paddies in India, a cheese producer in the Yorkshire Dales and a strawberry farm in Kent.

The supermarket has worked closely with teachers to ensure its Online Field Trips are in line with the national curriculum.

The "field trips" are powered by Google+ technology, while the Connected Classrooms concept was pioneered in the US, where children were able to talk to Nasa astronauts.

The news coincides with rival Sainsbury’s partnering with Google to help families save money and avoid food waste with a mobile tool called Sainsbury’s Food Rescue.

The Food Rescue tool allows people to speak into their device to discover practical help and inspiration on using ingredients they might otherwise throw away.

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