Later this week Im performing an online professional advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to assist participants develop ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a brief list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject areas.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is probably the most popular example of using Google Earth in the context of language arts. Google Lit Trips are Google Earth tours based upon books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own trips highlighting important places in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers a fantastic method for trainees to check out fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can show students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson plans including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I suggest taking a look at are Rich Treves flooding and volcano lessons and Whats a Watershed produced at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 class there is most likely no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will discover brief, Google Maps-based activities that need trainees to use and perform measurements arithmetic to address concerns. The activities represent an excellent mix of mathematics and location.
You will desire to check out Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that utilize Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, treking, and biking paths. You can likewise utilize Google Earth to help students comprehend how elevation change alters the speed at which routes are completed.
ArtBy utilizing 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 developed, and the places that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a students map could consist of a photo of the art work, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete photo a student can consist of text and links to more information about the art and artist.

One of my objectives for the workshop is to help participants develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own trips highlighting important 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 locations of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that motivated the artist.

For some inspiration on this subject take an appearance at Monet Was Here on Google Arts & & Culture.