One of my objectives for the workshop is to help participants establish ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just 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 several subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can produce their own tours highlighting important locations in a book or crucial locations 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 regional art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that influenced the artist.

Later on today Im performing an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants develop ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a brief list of concepts and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple disciplines.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is most likely the most popular example of using Google Earth in the context of language arts. Google Lit Trips are Google Earth trips based on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own tours highlighting important locations in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a terrific method for trainees to check out interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal trainees the changes in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no lack of lesson plans featuring Google Earth offered online. A couple that I advise 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 classrooms there is probably no better place to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that need students to carry out measurements and utilize math to answer concerns. The activities represent an excellent combination of mathematics and geography.
If you have intermediate school or high school trainees, you will wish to explore Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that make use of Google Earth for teaching the concepts 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 also use Google Earth to help trainees comprehend how elevation change modifies the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy utilizing 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 created, and the places that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map might consist of a picture of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a total photo a trainee can include text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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