The Crib Sheets:The Tools:
Google Maps Google Earth Sketchup Overview: Google Maps Search & Get Directions
Satellite View, Terrain View, & Traffic Street View More... (Photos, Videos, Wikipedia, Webcams) My Maps: Browse & Create Google Maps Help Activity 1: Find those places on Google Maps, label them with an
appropriate icon. 1) Your hometown 2) The school where you teach 3) A place that you could use in class to elaborate on an idea or concept 4) A place where you have eaten your best meal 5) A place where you've had a great adventure Bonus Points: Add pictures, videos, and interesting icons Convert this to a Google Earth Layer. Overview: Google Earth Moon Activity 2: Solar System Mars Layers KML/KMZ Classroom Applications Explore the layers inside of Google Earth or download it if you haven't. Check out some the of links below for ideas on how to integrate Google Earth into your lessons. Overview: Sketchup Books Sketchup For Dummies The official site to accompany the book is here Videos Sketchup Video Tutorials Sketchup Training Aidan Chopra's You Tube Channel Quick Reference Cheat Sheet User Guide Modeling Criteria for Google Earth Additional Information Educational Applications Check these out: The Official LatLong Blog: http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/ Google Earth Blog: http://www.gearthblog.com/ Google Earth Greatest Hits: http://earth.google.com/intl/en/thanks.html#filmstrip Google Earth Community: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ Add Audio to Google Earth Placemarks: http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2008/11/24/google-earth-is-our-paper-part-2-add-your-voice/ Classroom Projects:
Here are some collaborative projects we have already
started. We are always looking for other classes to join us. Check us
out and join in at any time. Share a Google Earth image in your web browser: http://earthurl.org/American Explorers - http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104315898973148836611.0004402acbce64705f5f9&ll=43.516689,-96.240234&spn=37.880586,59.589844&t=h&z=4&om=1 Clean Watersheds - http://cleanwatersheds.wikispaces.com Environmental I-Reports - http://goapes.wikispaces.com/ireport Expedition Lit Trips - http://outdoortech.wikispaces.com Google Lit Trips - http://www.googlelittrips.org/ How to build a Lit Trip - PDF Map Your Clean Up - http://maps.google.com/help/maps/cleanup/index.html#utm_source=en-nws-sitsr&utm_medium=nws-sitsr&utm_campaign=en Our Lost Children - http://ourlostchildren.wikispaces.com Poetry of Place - http://poetryofplace.wikispaces.com Trace Your Trash - http://goapes.wikispaces.com/traceyourtrash Earth Science in My Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=28.304381,-23.203125&spn=143.093947,360&z=2 Real World Math: http://www.realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html For fun: Plug-in Required: Land the Eagle from Apollo 11: http://www.planetinaction.com/moonlander/ Turns Google Earth into an interactive game: http://planetinaction.com/index.htm Driving Simulator: http://earth-api-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/drive-simulator/index.html Monster Milktruck: http://earth-api-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/demos/milktruck/index.html Sketchup: |