One of my objectives for the workshop is to help participants develop ideas for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than just location and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of concepts and resources for using 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 crucial locations in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using 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 produced, and the places that influenced the artist.

Later this week Im carrying out an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives 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 put together a list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous 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 books and authors. 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 offers a fantastic way for students to explore intriguing geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal students the modifications in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no lack of lesson plans including Google Earth readily available online. A couple that I recommend 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 class there is probably no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that require students to use and carry out measurements arithmetic to respond to concerns. The activities represent a fantastic mix of mathematics and geography.
If you have middle school or high school students, you will wish to check out Real World Math. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that use Google Earth for teaching the concepts used in calculating volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my preferred use of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, hiking, and cycling routes. You can also use Google Earth to assist trainees understand how elevation change modifies the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, trainees 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 could include a photo of the art work, a photo of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a total image a student can include text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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