Later today Im conducting an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a brief list of concepts and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous disciplines.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is most likely the most popular example of utilizing Google Earth in the context of language arts. Google Lit Trips are Google Earth trips based on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop 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 students to explore fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal students the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no lack of lesson plans including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I advise looking 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 most likely no much better place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find short, Google Maps-based activities that need students to perform measurements and use math to respond to questions. The activities represent a great combination of mathematics and geography.
You will want 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 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 cycling routes. You can likewise utilize Google Earth to help students comprehend how elevation change modifies the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees 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 trainees map might include a photo of the art work, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a total image a student can consist of text and links to more information about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals 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 areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy using 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 developed, and the places that inspired the artist.