Later this week Im carrying out an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my goals for the workshop is to help individuals develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive created a short list of ideas and resources for using Google Earth and Google Maps in several 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 tours based upon books and authors. In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own trips highlighting important places in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a great way for trainees to explore interesting geological landmarks in 3D. Utilizing the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal trainees the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and man-made forces.
There is no shortage of lesson strategies including Google Earth offered online. A couple that I recommend 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 most likely no better place to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that require trainees to use and perform measurements arithmetic to address questions. The activities represent a fantastic 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 find lesson plans that utilize Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, treking, and biking routes. You can also use Google Earth to assist trainees comprehend how elevation modification modifies the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, students can map the areas of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the locations that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a students map might consist of a photo of the artwork, a picture of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To offer a complete photo a student can consist of text and links to more details about the art and artist.

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

One of my goals for the workshop is to help participants develop concepts 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 ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your students can develop their own trips highlighting essential locations in a book or crucial locations 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 developed, and the locations that motivated the artist.