Later this week Im carrying out an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals 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 put together a list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject locations.
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 upon books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can produce their own tours highlighting crucial places in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers a terrific way for trainees to check out fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage of lesson plans featuring Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I advise 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 probably no better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to utilize and perform measurements math to address questions. The activities represent a terrific mix of mathematics and location.
You will want to check out 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 determining 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 use Google Earth to help students comprehend how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are finished.
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 developed, and the places that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map could consist of a photo of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete picture a trainee can consist of text and links to more information about the art and artist.

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals establish concepts for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location 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 locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop 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 version of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that inspired the artist.

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