Later on this week Im carrying out an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants establish concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a list of concepts 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 trips based on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own trips highlighting crucial places in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth provides a great method for trainees to explore 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 manufactured forces.
There is no shortage of lesson plans featuring Google Earth available 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 classrooms there is most likely no much better place to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need students to utilize and carry out measurements math to answer concerns. The activities represent a great mix of mathematics and location.
You will desire to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will find lesson plans that use Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, treking, and cycling paths. You can also use Google Earth to help trainees understand how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a students map could include a photo of the art work, 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 information about the art and artist.

One of my goals for the workshop is to help 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 short list of concepts and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own tours highlighting important places in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
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.

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