GoogleEarth

Integrating Google Earth and Google Maps into the Curriculum

 1. General introduction Try this Scavenger Hunt

Here's another:

===**2.** Using a Pre-created tour: === High school/middle school

Elementary level:  Try using the Odyssey tour with this handout:

===**3.** Creating a tour ===

 For windows: []  For Mac/Windows:

 Formatting your places: http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Lit_Trip_Tips_files/FormattingPlaceMarkers.pdf

 Students Using Google Earth

===**4.** <span style="color: #000080; font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Exploring Content Areas using Google Earth ===

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lessons: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Gallery of ideas: []

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Social Studies: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">http://historytours.wikispaces.com/ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">http://www.kmlfactbook.org/ *this site shows current world data in a googleearth format; download the kml files if you want

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Science: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Earth Science and Google Earth Guide]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Language Arts/Social Studies: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Math: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Parking Lot problem:

Foreign Language: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[]

Art [] See art museum tour

5. Overlays
Google Earth Overlays

6. Sketchup
Sketchup

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. Extras
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">*Try this with the time slider : 29 58'32.34"N 90 00'57.44"W Look before September 2005 and after

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">*Try this: put this in fly to: El Museo del Prado; zoom in to the building; double click

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Rome overlay- Ancient Rome 3d in Gallery Menu

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Google Sky- Go to Mars

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Google Earth Training site: http://sites.google.com/site/techhints/Home/google-earth

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Gigapan: Find gigapixel photos of many places throughout the world http://gigapan.org/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Flight simulator:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> 6. Curriculum Connections: Planning and Scheduling Timeline