Later today Im conducting an online professional advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals develop ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive created a list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous 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 trainees can produce their own tours highlighting essential places in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers an excellent way for students to check out intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can show students the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no lack of lesson strategies featuring Google Earth offered online. A couple that I recommend looking 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 classrooms there is probably no better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that require trainees to carry out measurements and use math to answer concerns. The activities represent an excellent combination of mathematics and geography.
If you have middle school or high school students, you will wish to explore Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find lesson plans that utilize Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite usage of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, hiking, and cycling paths. You can likewise use Google Earth to assist students understand how elevation change alters the speed at which routes are completed.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the places of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map might include an image of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a complete photo a trainee can consist of text and links to more information about the art and artist.

One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants develop concepts for utilizing 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 several subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can produce their own tours highlighting crucial places in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the areas of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that influenced the artist.

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