By itself the “Im Feeling Lucky” button offers an excellent way for trainees to discover brand-new locations. That said, trainees find out more through the “Im Feeling Lucky” button if you provide a little bit more direction than simply “click the button and take a look around.” Thats why I created a little concern sheet to prompt trainees to do a little research about the locations they find in Google Earth through “Im Feeling Lucky.” My question sheet can be found here as a Google Doc..
This brief video shows how trainees can explore Google Earth in more detail after clicking “Im Feeling Lucky.”.

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Google Earth has a great deal of neat features that can help trainees find out about the world. One of those cool features 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 place on the planet..