One of my goals for the workshop is to help individuals establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own trips highlighting crucial locations in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that influenced the artist.

For some inspiration on this subject have a look at Monet Was Here on Google Arts & & Culture.

Later this week Im carrying out an online expert advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to help individuals establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive created a list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject areas.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is probably the most popular example of utilizing Google Earth in the context of language arts. Google Lit Trips are Google Earth tours based on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a fantastic method for trainees to check out fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage of lesson plans including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I recommend looking at are Rich Treves flooding and volcano lessons and Whats a Watershed created at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 class there is most likely no much better place to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that require trainees to use and perform measurements arithmetic to address concerns. The activities represent a terrific combination of mathematics and location.
You will want to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school trainees. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that use Google Earth for teaching the ideas used in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite use of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, hiking, and biking paths. You can also utilize Google Earth to help trainees understand how elevation change modifies the speed at which routes are completed.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the places of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map might include an image of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a complete picture a student can include text and links to more info about the art and artist.