Later this week Im carrying out an online professional advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to help individuals establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject locations.
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 tours based on books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own trips highlighting essential locations in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers a great way for trainees to explore interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can show trainees the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no lack of lesson strategies 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 created at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 classrooms there is probably no better place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that require trainees to perform measurements and utilize arithmetic to answer questions. The activities represent an excellent mix 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 find lesson plans that make use of Google Earth for teaching the ideas used in determining 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 utilize Google Earth to assist students understand how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the locations that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a students map might include a photo of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a total image a trainee can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals develop ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own trips 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, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that inspired the artist.