One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals establish 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 locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own trips highlighting important places 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, trainees can map the places of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was produced, and the locations that motivated the artist.

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

Later on this week Im carrying out an online expert advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my objectives for the workshop is to help participants establish ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just geography and history lessons. To that end Ive created a list of concepts and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject areas.
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 trips based on books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own trips highlighting crucial locations in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a fantastic way for students to check out intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show 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 available online. A couple that I recommend 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 probably no better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to carry out measurements and use arithmetic to respond to concerns. The activities represent a terrific combination of mathematics and location.
If you have intermediate school or high school students, you will wish to check out Real World Math. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that utilize Google Earth for teaching the principles used 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 likewise use Google Earth to assist trainees understand how elevation modification modifies 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 created, and the locations that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a students map might include a photo of the art work, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a total photo a trainee can consist of text and links to more info about the art and artist.