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

Later this week Im performing an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my objectives for the workshop is to assist participants develop concepts for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject areas.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is most likely the most popular example of utilizing 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 trips highlighting crucial locations in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth provides an excellent way for students to explore fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can show trainees the modifications in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage 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 produced 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 website. There you will find short, Google Maps-based activities that require students to utilize and perform measurements math to answer questions. The activities represent a great mix of mathematics and location.
You will want to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school trainees. On Real World Math you will discover lesson strategies that make use of Google Earth for teaching the ideas utilized in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and cycling paths. You can also use Google Earth to help trainees understand how elevation modification modifies the speed at which paths are completed.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the locations of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the places that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a students 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 provide a complete photo a trainee can consist of text and links to more details about the art and artist.

For some inspiration on this topic take an appearance at Monet Was Here on Google Arts & & Culture.