Google+Earth

• Create tours of their school or community • Study climate change and the effects of global warming • Track earthquakes in real-time • Explore the animal kingdom and endangered species with National Geographic content • Create novel journeys, for setting and place; create a biography of an author • Track battle movements • Set the scene for geography, history, literature, astronomy and other lessons • Adapt traditionally abstract lessons to the “real-world” by having students interact with virtual real-time data such as weather, earthquakes, bird migrations, etc. • Engage students in pro-active engagement in a wide- range of Google Outreach projects from Jennifer Dorman, Discovery Education, - [|Discovery Education streaming - Google Earth.pdf] GoogleLitTrips - the best known site for ideas for English/Language Arts - has professional, teacher and student-made files, and tutorials RealMath.org - the best known site for ideas for Math - full and complete lesson plans Classroom Ideas - from the Google Educator site [|Scholastic Lesson Plans] Google Earth Lessons Google Lit Trip gPostCardsPast.pdf
 * Students can use Google Earth to: **
 * Teachers can use Google Earth to: **

__** Google Earth Tutorials **__
 * 1) [|Important Basics] **(Updated)** - how to move your view: zoom, pan, tilt. [|GEmousematadvanced.jpg][|GEmousematadvanced.jpg]
 * 2) [|About Google Earth Imagery]

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 * 1) [|Overview Map] - a nice feature to help you locate yourself
 * 2) [|Setting up GE Options] - Optimize performance
 * 3) [|Using Street View in Google Earth]
 * 4) [|Google Earth Flight Simulator Tips] - all you need to know to use Google Earth's Flight Simulator
 * 5) [|Google Earth Layers]
 * 6) [|Using GE Offline] - no Internet connection
 * 7) [|3D Buildings Layer]
 * 8) [|Google SketchUp] - a free 3D modeling program for Google Earth
 * 9) [|Ten Easy Steps to Learning about a Place with GE]
 * 10) [|Visual Guides to GE User interface]
 * 11) [|Play Tour mode] - learn how to use it
 * 12) [|GE Files, KML/KMZ] - explanation of these file types
 * 13) [|Network Links] - Basic explanation of network links. [|See also] Matt Fox's explanation.
 * 14) [|Navigation Tricks with GE]
 * 15) [|Short Video Tutorials on GE Basics] - by Googler John Gardiner
 * 16) [|Historical Imagery] - How to view historical imagery for a particular area in Google Earth

__** Google Earth Resources **__

The official [|Google Earth User Guide] has all the details on the features within Google Earth. Information about KML/KMZ - Google Earth Files This area included documentation on the file formats (KML or KMZ ) that are used by Google It is a schema for geographic information using XML, but adds features used by Google Earth to enhance the experience.
 * [|Google Earth Basics]: This blog has good basic info to help you get started. Lots of links here too.
 * [|Google Earth Community]
 * [|Google Earth Help]
 * [|GE Tips from Google]
 * [|Podcast Tutorials]
 * [|KML Tutorial]
 * [|KML 2.1 Tutorial]
 * [|KML 2.0 Documentation and Reference]

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__** Google Earth Lesson Plans **__