Later today Im performing an online professional advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of 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 put together a brief list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject areas.
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 trips based on books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own trips highlighting important places in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a great method for trainees to check out intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no shortage of lesson strategies 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 class there is most likely no better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need students to use and perform measurements arithmetic to address concerns. The activities represent a terrific mix of mathematics and geography.
You will desire to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school trainees. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that use Google Earth for teaching the ideas utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and cycling paths. You can also utilize Google Earth to assist trainees comprehend how elevation change modifies the speed at which paths are completed.
ArtBy using 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 developed, and the places that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a students map could consist of an image of the art work, a picture of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a total image a student can include text and links to more info about the art and artist.

One of my objectives 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 using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own tours highlighting crucial locations in a book or essential 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.

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