One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants develop ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a short 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 students can produce their own tours highlighting important locations in a book or crucial locations 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 regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the locations that influenced the artist.

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

Later on today Im carrying out an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist individuals establish concepts for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive created a brief list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous disciplines.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is probably 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 students can create their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies an excellent way for students to check out intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can show students the modifications in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no lack of lesson strategies featuring Google Earth available 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 most likely no better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need students to perform measurements and utilize arithmetic to answer concerns. The activities represent a great mix of mathematics and geography.
If you have intermediate school or high school trainees, you will wish to check out Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that utilize Google Earth for teaching the principles utilized in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and cycling routes. You can likewise utilize Google Earth to assist students understand how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy using 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 produced, and the locations that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map might consist of an image of the art work, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete picture a student can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.