Later on today Im conducting an online expert advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals establish 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 ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject areas.
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 tours based upon books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own trips highlighting crucial locations in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth provides a terrific method for trainees to explore interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show trainees the modifications in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson strategies featuring Google Earth offered online. A couple that I recommend taking a look 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 probably no much better place to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that require students to perform measurements and utilize math to address questions. The activities represent a fantastic combination of mathematics and location.
If you have intermediate school or high school trainees, you will want to explore Real World Math. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that make use of Google Earth for teaching the concepts used in determining volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, treking, and biking routes. You can likewise use Google Earth to help students comprehend how elevation change modifies the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy utilizing 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 locations that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map could consist of a photo of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a total picture a student can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to help individuals 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 ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can produce their own trips highlighting crucial locations in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation 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 inspired the artist.