Google Earth in the classroom

How can Google Earth be used to enhance learning and teaching?

From literature to environmental science, Google Earth can help you bring a world of information alive for your students. You can use Google Earth demos to get your students excited about geography, and use different Google Earth layers to study economics, demographics, and transportation in specific contexts. For instance:

you can use real-time coordinates to show distance calculations and verify the results using measurement tools.

view tectonic plate-shift evidence by examining whole continents, mountain ranges and areas of volcanic activity;

study impact craters, dry lake beds and other major land forms.

Students can also use Google Earth to explore topics like the progress of human civilization, the growth of cities, the impact of civilization on the natural environment, and the impact of natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Using Google SketchUp and historic overlays, students can recreate entire ancient cities. The only limit to Google Earth's classroom uses is your imagination.

Google Earth: A Classroom Tool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0MgSWv5VwE

Creating Your Own Google Earth lesson.

You can create your own lessons by creating a KML file. This can be done by following this link:

KML Tutorial

Here are some helpful websites looking at how to use Google Earth in an educational setting:

Google For Educators - Shows many different ideas for classroom activities using Google Earth, including a chimpanzee blog and looking at volcanic activity.

Google Earth Lessons - Has a number of websites detailing lessons and curriculum material.

Lesson Plan - Brahmaputra Flooding lesson plan.

Google Earth Tutorial - Tutorial explaining Google Earth and what it can be used for, including storm tracking.

Google Earth Trips - Take famous trips back in time with Google Earth Trips. This also indicates trips suitable for certain year levels.

Google Earth User Guide - Google Earth user guide, detailing everything a user needs to know.

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