Later this week Im performing an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to help participants establish ideas for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive created a short list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject locations.
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 produce their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth offers a terrific method for trainees to check out interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson plans featuring Google Earth available online. A couple that I suggest looking 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 classrooms there is probably no much better place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will discover brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to carry out measurements and use math to address questions. The activities represent an excellent mix of mathematics and location.
If you have intermediate school or high school trainees, you will wish to explore Real World Math. On Real World Math you will discover lesson strategies that use Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and cycling routes. You can also utilize Google Earth to assist trainees understand how elevation change alters the speed at which routes 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 regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map might consist of an image of the artwork, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To provide a total image a student can consist of text and links to more information about the art and artist.

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

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