Later this week Im conducting an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive created a brief list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple disciplines.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is most likely 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 trainees can develop their own tours highlighting essential places in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth provides a terrific way for students to check out intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show trainees the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson strategies featuring Google Earth available online. A couple that I advise looking 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 classrooms there is most likely no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to perform measurements and use math to respond to questions. The activities represent a terrific combination of mathematics and geography.
You will desire to check out Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will discover lesson strategies that use Google Earth for teaching the principles used in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite use of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, treking, and cycling 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 variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the locations that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map might include a photo of the artwork, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a complete photo a trainee can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

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

One of my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a short list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own tours highlighting essential locations in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the locations that motivated the artist.