One of 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 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 create their own trips highlighting important locations in a book or essential locations in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was created, and the locations that inspired the artist.

Later this week Im performing an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several 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 tours based upon authors and books. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can produce their own tours highlighting essential locations in a book or essential places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a fantastic method for trainees to check out fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop variation of Google Earth can show students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson strategies featuring Google Earth offered online. A couple that I advise 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 much better place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will discover short, Google Maps-based activities that need trainees to use and carry out measurements math to respond to questions. The activities represent a great mix of mathematics and geography.
If you have intermediate school or high school students, you will want to check out Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that make use of Google Earth for teaching the principles utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, treking, and cycling routes. You can likewise use Google Earth to help trainees comprehend how elevation modification modifies the speed at which routes are finished.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the areas of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map might consist of a photo of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete picture a trainee can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

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