Later today Im conducting an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to help individuals establish ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a brief list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several disciplines.
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 books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own trips highlighting essential locations in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a fantastic method for students to explore interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can show trainees the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no lack of lesson plans featuring Google Earth offered 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 probably no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need students to use and carry out measurements arithmetic to respond to concerns. The activities represent a fantastic mix of mathematics and location.
If you have intermediate school or high school trainees, you will wish to check out Real World Math. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that make use of Google Earth for teaching the ideas utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred usage of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, treking, and biking routes. You can also utilize Google Earth to assist students comprehend how elevation change alters the speed at which paths are completed.
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 inspired the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map might consist of an image of the artwork, a picture of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a complete image a trainee can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist participants establish ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just 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 trips highlighting essential places in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the places of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that influenced the artist.