Later on this week Im conducting an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to help participants establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply 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 several disciplines.
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 tours based upon authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own trips highlighting crucial places in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers an excellent way for students to explore 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 erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no lack 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 developed at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 class there is most likely no much better place to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that need students to perform measurements and use arithmetic to answer concerns. The activities represent a terrific combination of mathematics and location.
You will desire to check out Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will discover lesson strategies that use Google Earth for teaching the ideas utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, treking, and cycling paths. You can likewise utilize Google Earth to assist students comprehend how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a students map might consist of an image of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a total photo a trainee can consist of text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist 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 ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own tours highlighting essential places in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the places of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was created, and the places that inspired the artist.