Google Earth in the Classroom

 

Google Earth Resources

 

1. Google Earth: http://earth.google.com
2. Google Earth Pro Grant: http://services.google.com/googlegrants/earth_application
3. Google Earth Community: http://bbs.keyhole.com/entrance.php
4. Google Earth Gallery: http://earth.google.com/gallery/
5. 5 Cool Things: http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/#fivethings
6. Flickr Plug In: http://kmlphotos.metaltoad.com/
7. Google Earth Newsletter "The Sightseer": http://earth.google.com/sightseer_signup.html
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Google Earth Features

    Each of these are already installed in your Google Earth program.  You just need to select them from Layers (bottom left)

1. Geographic Web: Panoramio (blue dots) & Wikipedia (purple dots)

1. Featured Content: http://earth.google.com/featured_content.html

   • Rumsey Historical Maps: http://www.davidrumsey.com/index.html
   • Discovery Earth: Turn on the layer, select a site, double click, and link to video.  Try Rome for example.  I want to be Samantha Brown!
   • NASA: Satellite and other Photos

 

Google Earth Blogs & Websites

 

1. Juicy Geography's Google Earth Blog: http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/blog/
2. Google Earth Lessons: http://gelessons.com/
3. Via Time: http://www.viatime.org/index.html (Check out at class date draws near may get better.)
4. Google Earth Blog: http://www.gearthblog.com/index.html
5. Google Earth 101 for Educators: http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Google_Earth_101_for_Educators
   1. Google Earth Curriculum Ideas: http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Google_Earth_Curriculum_Ideas

 

 Google Earth Lessons

 

    Langauge Arts

• Places in Shakespeare's Plays: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/155428/an/0/page/0#155428
• Google Earth Literature: http://www.googlelittrips.com/
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    Social Studies

• Lewis & Clark Expedition: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/11/lewis_and_clark.html
• Portugese Exploration of the World: http://www.asia.si.edu/encompassingtheglobe/default.htm
• Growth of the City of London: http://www.barnabu.co.uk/city-of-london-growth-timeline
• 2008 Candidate Watch Lesson: http://www.google.com/educators/activities/gCandidateWatch.pdf
• California Missions (Alta California): http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/211357/page/0/vc/1
• California Missions (Baja California): http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/320601/an//page/0/vc/1

 

    Math

• Perimeter & Area with GE: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/754264/an/0/page/1

   

    Science

• Solar Eclipses: http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleEarth.html
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/virtualtour/
• Moons of the Solar System: http://www.barnabu.co.uk/the-many-moons-of-google-earth/
• Jupiter Overlay: http://www.barnabu.co.uk/jupiter-cassini-time-lapse-movie
• Saturn Overlay: http://www.barnabu.co.uk/google-saturn
• Popular Science Future of the Environment: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/future_enviro/index.html
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    Multiple Subject Areas

• Google Earth Education Community: http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ge/googleearth.htm
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Contrubute to Google Earth

• Panoramio: http://www.panoramio.com/

             Upload pictures (similiar to Flickr) and they will be placed on Google Earth (for you immediately, for others a "month" or so).

• Create Placemarks - For yourself or to share.

  1. Choose a Placemark Type
  2. Add information in the Description section.
  3. Hyperlinks within the placemark to videos, websites, etc.
  4. Pictures: <img src="http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/floyd/floyd.jpg">
  5. Horizontal Line: <hr>.

    

For Fun

• Dancing Matt: http://earth.google.com/gallery/kml_entry.html#tBe%20Where%20Matt%20Was
• Disneyland 1955: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=EarthHistory&Number=972165&Searchpage=1&Main=972165&Words=disneyland&topic=&Search=true#Post972165
• Disneyland 1960: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=EarthHistory&Number=972164&Searchpage=1&Main=972164&Words=disneyland&topic=&Search=true#Post972164
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