Later today Im performing an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive created a list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous 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 upon authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own tours highlighting important places in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers a great way for trainees to check out interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal trainees the modifications in a landscape due to disintegration 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 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 find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need students to use and perform measurements arithmetic to address concerns. The activities represent a great mix of mathematics and location.
If you have middle school or high school trainees, you will want to explore Real World Math. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that make use of 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 also 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, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a students map might consist of a photo of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a total picture a student can consist of text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to help participants develop concepts for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own tours highlighting essential locations in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the places of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that inspired the artist.