Later on today Im performing an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to help participants establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple disciplines.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is most likely the most popular example of utilizing Google Earth in the context of language arts. Google Lit Trips are Google Earth trips based upon books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can produce their own tours highlighting important places in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers a great method for trainees to explore fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show trainees the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage of lesson strategies featuring Google Earth readily available 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 better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover brief, Google Maps-based activities that need students to perform measurements and use arithmetic to address concerns. The activities represent a fantastic combination of mathematics and geography.
If you have middle school or high school trainees, you will wish to explore Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find 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, treking, and cycling routes. You can also utilize Google Earth to help students understand how elevation modification modifies the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map could include a photo of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete photo a student can consist of text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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

One of my objectives for the workshop is to help participants establish concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a short list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own tours highlighting crucial locations in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the locations that influenced the artist.