One of my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals develop ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a short list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can create their own trips highlighting essential locations in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the places of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that inspired the artist.

Later on this week Im performing an online expert advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to help individuals develop ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a brief list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple 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 trips based on authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a terrific way for students to explore intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal students the changes in a landscape due to disintegration and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson strategies including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I suggest taking a look 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 classrooms there is probably no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find short, Google Maps-based activities that require students to perform measurements and use math to respond to questions. The activities represent an excellent 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 find lesson plans that make use of Google Earth for teaching the ideas used in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and biking routes. You can likewise use Google Earth to assist students understand how elevation modification alters the speed at which paths are completed.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the locations that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a students map could include a photo of the artwork, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a total image a trainee can consist of text and links to more details about the art and artist.

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