One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist individuals establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply 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 several subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own trips highlighting crucial locations in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that influenced the artist.

Later on this week Im performing an online professional development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals establish ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a short list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous disciplines.
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 books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can create their own tours highlighting important places in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies an excellent method for trainees to check out fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal students the modifications in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson plans including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I recommend looking 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 place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to use and carry out measurements math to answer concerns. The activities represent a terrific mix of mathematics and geography.
You will desire to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school trainees. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that make use of Google Earth for teaching the concepts 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 utilize Google Earth to help students comprehend how elevation modification alters the speed at which routes are completed.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the places of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was created, and the places that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a students map might include a picture of the art work, a picture of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a complete image a student can include text and links to more details about the art and artist.

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