Later on this week Im performing an online professional advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals establish concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a brief list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several disciplines.
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 trips based upon authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own tours highlighting important places in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a terrific 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 modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no shortage of lesson plans featuring Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I recommend taking a look at are Rich Treves flooding and volcano lessons and Whats a Watershed developed at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 class there is most likely no much better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that require trainees to utilize and perform measurements arithmetic to respond to questions. The activities represent a great combination of mathematics and location.
You will want to check out Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will find lesson plans that utilize Google Earth for teaching the ideas used in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and cycling paths. You can likewise use Google Earth to help trainees comprehend how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are completed.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map could include an image of the art work, a picture of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a complete picture a trainee can include text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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

One of my objectives 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 put together a brief list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own tours highlighting crucial locations in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that influenced the artist.