I’m Feeling Lucky – A Google Earth Lesson

To find out more about utilizing Google Earth in your classroom, take an appearance at my Crash Course in Google Earth & & Maps for Social Studies.

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Google Earth has a great deal of neat functions that can assist students learn more about the world. Among those neat features is the “Im Feeling Lucky” button that is discovered on the left hand toolbar in Google Earth. Clicking that button will take students to a randomly-selected place on the planet..

On its own the “Im Feeling Lucky” button provides a good method for trainees to discover new locations. That stated, trainees learn more through the “Im Feeling Lucky” button if you give them a bit more direction than simply “click the button and browse.” Thats why I developed a little concern sheet to trigger trainees to do a little research about the locations they find in Google Earth by means of “Im Feeling Lucky.” My concern sheet can be found here as a Google Doc..
This brief video shows how trainees can check out Google Earth in more detail after clicking “Im Feeling Lucky.”.

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