Later on this week Im conducting an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to assist participants 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 multiple subject areas.
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 tours based upon authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own tours highlighting important places in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth provides an excellent way for trainees to check out fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show trainees the changes in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage of lesson strategies including Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I recommend taking a look at are Rich Treves flooding and volcano lessons and Whats a Watershed produced at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 class there is probably no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that require students to perform measurements and use math to respond to questions. The activities represent a fantastic combination of mathematics and location.
You will desire to check out Real World Math if you have middle school or high school trainees. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that utilize Google Earth for teaching the principles used in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, treking, and biking paths. You can likewise utilize Google Earth to help trainees understand how elevation change modifies the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was created, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a students map could consist of an image of the artwork, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete image a trainee can include text and links to more details about the art and artist.

One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants develop 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 concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own trips highlighting important places 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, students can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the locations that influenced the artist.

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