One of my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals establish ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just 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 locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own trips highlighting essential locations in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that influenced the artist.

Later this week Im conducting 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 simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a short list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject areas.
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 on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own tours highlighting crucial locations in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth provides an excellent method for students to explore interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no lack of lesson strategies 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 produced at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 classrooms there is most likely no better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that require students to use and carry out measurements math to answer questions. The activities represent a terrific mix 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 find lesson plans that use Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in determining volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, hiking, and cycling routes. You can also use Google Earth to assist trainees understand how elevation change alters the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students 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 trainees map could include a photo of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a total image a trainee can consist of text and links to more details about the art and artist.

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