One of my goals for the workshop is to assist individuals develop concepts for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply geography and history lessons. To that end Ive put together a brief list of concepts and resources for utilizing Google Earth and Google Maps in several subject locations.
In Google Earth and on Googles My Maps services your trainees can develop their own trips highlighting essential places in a book or important places in the life of an author.
ArtBy using 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 produced, and the places that motivated the artist.

Later today Im carrying out an online expert advancement workshop about Google Earth and Maps. One of my objectives for the workshop is to help individuals establish concepts for using Google Earth and Google Maps for more than simply 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 multiple 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 trainees can develop their own tours highlighting important locations in a book or important locations in the life of an author.
ScienceGoogle Earth supplies a terrific method for students to check out intriguing 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 man-made forces.
There is no lack of lesson plans featuring Google Earth offered online. A couple that I recommend looking 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 probably no much better location to start than on Tom Barretts Maths Maps website. There you will find brief, Google Maps-based activities that need trainees to carry out measurements and use arithmetic to answer concerns. The activities represent a fantastic combination of mathematics and geography.
You will desire to explore Real World Math if you have middle school or high school students. On Real World Math you will find lesson strategies that utilize Google Earth for teaching the concepts utilized in determining volume of solids, timezones, and rocketry..
Physical EducationPerhaps my favorite usage of Googles My Maps is for preparing safe walking, treking, and biking paths. You can also use Google Earth to assist trainees understand how elevation modification alters the speed at which paths are completed.
ArtBy using Googles My Maps tools or the desktop version of Google Earth, trainees can map the locations of where a piece of local art is housed, where it was produced, and the places that influenced the artist. Each placemark on a students map might consist of a picture of the art work, an image of the artist, and or a video about the art and artist. To supply a complete image a student can consist of text and links to more info about the art and artist.

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