I’m Feeling Lucky – A Google Earth Lesson

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Google Earth has a great deal of neat features that can assist students discover the world. Among 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 in the world..

By itself the “Im Feeling Lucky” button supplies a great way for students to discover new places. That stated, trainees discover more through the “Im Feeling Lucky” button if you give them a little more instructions than just “click the button and browse.” Thats why I created a little concern sheet to prompt students to do a little research study about the places they discover in Google Earth via “Im Feeling Lucky.” My concern sheet can be discovered here as a Google Doc..
This brief video demonstrates how students can explore Google Earth in more detail after clicking “Im Feeling Lucky.”.

To read more about using Google Earth in your class, take an appearance at my Crash Course in Google Earth & & Maps for Social Studies.

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