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

Later on this week Im performing an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to assist individuals establish concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just 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 numerous subject areas.
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 trips based upon authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own tours highlighting essential places in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a great way for students to explore fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can reveal students the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no shortage of lesson strategies including Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I suggest 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 most likely no better location to begin than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need trainees to use and carry out measurements math to respond to questions. The activities represent a fantastic combination of mathematics and geography.
You will want to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school trainees. On Real World Math you will discover lesson strategies that utilize 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 planning safe walking, hiking, and cycling routes. You can likewise use Google Earth to assist trainees understand how elevation modification alters the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was created, and the places that inspired the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map might include an image of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete photo a trainee can consist of text and links to more information about the art and artist.

One of my goals for the workshop is to assist participants develop ideas 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 concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own tours highlighting important locations in a book or crucial locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing 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 developed, and the places that inspired the artist.