Later today Im carrying out an online expert development workshop about Google Earth and Maps. Among my goals for the workshop is to assist participants develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply location and history lessons. To that end Ive assembled a list of ideas and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in numerous subject areas.
Language ArtsGoogle Lit Trips is most likely 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 trainees can develop their own trips highlighting essential places in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth provides a terrific way for students to explore fascinating geological landmarks in 3D. Using the timeslider in the desktop version of Google Earth can reveal students the changes in a landscape due to erosion and other natural and manufactured forces.
There is no scarcity of lesson strategies featuring Google Earth available online. A couple that I recommend 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 location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps site. There you will find short, Google Maps-based activities that require students to utilize and carry out measurements math to respond to concerns. The activities represent an excellent combination of mathematics and location.
You will want to check out Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will discover lesson plans that make use of Google Earth for teaching the ideas used in computing volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite use of Googles My Maps is for planning safe walking, hiking, and biking paths. You can also use Google Earth to help students comprehend how elevation modification modifies the speed at which paths are finished.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop variation of Google Earth, students can map the places of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the locations that motivated the artist. Each placemark on a trainees map could consist of a photo of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a total picture a trainee can include text and links to more information about the art and artist.

One of my objectives for the workshop is to help participants 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 using Google Earth and Google Maps in multiple subject areas.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can produce their own tours highlighting crucial places in a book or crucial places in the life of an author.
ArtBy utilizing Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the places of where a piece of regional art is housed, where it was developed, and the places that influenced the artist.

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