Later on today Im performing an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to help participants develop ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple 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 create their own tours highlighting important locations in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies an excellent method for trainees to explore intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal trainees the changes in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no lack of lesson plans including Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I suggest 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 use and carry out measurements arithmetic to answer concerns. The activities represent a terrific combination 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 discover lesson plans that make use of Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite use of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, treking, and cycling routes. You can also utilize Google Earth to assist trainees comprehend how elevation change alters the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the locations of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map could include an image of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a complete photo a student can consist of text and links to more details about the art and artist.

One of my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals develop 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 utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject areas.
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.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that influenced the artist.

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