One of my goals for the workshop is to help participants develop ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply 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 numerous subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own tours highlighting crucial places in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the locations that influenced the artist.

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

Later this week Im conducting an online professional advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals develop ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive created a brief list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous disciplines.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is probably 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 students can produce their own tours highlighting important places in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers 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 manufactured forces.
There is no shortage 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 created at the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
MathFor K-5 classrooms there is probably no better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to use and perform measurements math to respond to questions. The activities represent a great mix 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 strategies that utilize Google Earth for teaching the ideas 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 routes. You can likewise use Google Earth to assist students comprehend how elevation modification modifies the speed at which routes are finished.
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 locations that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map could include an image of the art work, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a complete image a trainee can consist of text and links to more info about the art and artist.