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

Later this week Im conducting an online expert advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals develop ideas for utilizing 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 utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject locations.
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 upon books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers a great way for students to check out interesting 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 plans featuring Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I suggest looking 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 better place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that require trainees to carry out measurements and utilize arithmetic to respond to concerns. The activities represent a great combination of mathematics and location.
If you have intermediate school or high school students, you will wish to check out Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find lesson plans that make use of 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 planning safe walking, treking, and biking routes. You can likewise utilize Google Earth to assist students understand how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy using 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 produced, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map might consist of a photo of the art work, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a total photo a student can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a short 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 students can produce their own tours highlighting important places in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the places of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the places that inspired the artist.