Later on this week Im performing an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my objectives for the workshop is to assist individuals develop ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous 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 trips based on books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own tours highlighting essential locations in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a terrific method for students to check out interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal students the modifications in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage of lesson strategies including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I suggest 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 class there is most likely no better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find short, Google Maps-based activities that require students to use and perform measurements arithmetic to answer concerns. The activities represent a terrific combination of mathematics and location.
You will desire to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that use Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite usage of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, treking, and biking routes. You can also utilize Google Earth to help trainees understand how elevation modification modifies the speed at which paths are completed.
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 created, and the places that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map could consist of a photo of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a total photo a trainee can include text and links to more details about the art and artist.

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

One of my objectives for the workshop is to help participants develop 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 concepts and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the locations that inspired the artist.