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By itself the “Im Feeling Lucky” button offers a great way for students to discover brand-new locations. That stated, students find out more through the “Im Feeling Lucky” button if you provide them a little bit more direction than just “click the button and browse.” Thats why I produced a little concern sheet to trigger trainees to do a little research study about the locations they discover in Google Earth through “Im Feeling Lucky.” My concern sheet can be found here as a Google Doc..
This brief video demonstrates how trainees can explore Google Earth in more detail after clicking “Im Feeling Lucky.”.

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Google Earth has a lot of cool features that can help trainees discover the world. One of those cool functions is the “Im Feeling Lucky” button that is discovered on the left hand toolbar in Google Earth. Clicking that button will take trainees to a randomly-selected location on the planet..