Later on this week Im conducting an online professional advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to assist participants develop concepts for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive created a list of concepts and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject locations.
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 on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own tours highlighting important places in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers an excellent method for students to explore fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal students the modifications in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no lack of lesson plans including Google Earth available online. A couple that I recommend looking 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 most likely no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find short, Google Maps-based activities that need students to utilize and carry out measurements arithmetic to answer concerns. The activities represent a fantastic mix of mathematics and geography.
You will want to check out Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will find lesson plans that utilize Google Earth for teaching the principles utilized in determining volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and biking routes. You can also use Google Earth to help trainees comprehend how elevation modification modifies the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy utilizing 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 developed, and the places 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 provide a complete photo a trainee can include text and links to more info about the art and artist.

One of my goals 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 ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own tours highlighting crucial locations in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the locations of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the locations that motivated the artist.

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