Later today Im carrying out an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals establish concepts for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just 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 multiple 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 trips based on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own tours highlighting essential places in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a terrific way for trainees to check out fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal trainees the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage of lesson strategies including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I suggest 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 class there is probably no much better place to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to carry out measurements and use math to address questions. The activities represent an excellent combination of mathematics and location.
You will desire to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school trainees. On Real World Math you will discover lesson strategies that utilize Google Earth for teaching the ideas utilized in determining volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred usage of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, hiking, and cycling paths. You can likewise utilize Google Earth to help trainees understand how elevation change alters the speed at which paths 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 created, and the locations that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map might consist of a photo of the artwork, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a complete picture a trainee can consist of text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist participants establish ideas 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 concepts and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can produce their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or crucial places 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 produced, and the locations that motivated the artist.