THROUGH Overview: Google Maps: Search & Get Directions Satellite View, Terrain View, & Traffic Street View Earth View - Plugin Required Layers.. (Photos, Videos, Wikipedia, Webcams) My Maps: Browse & Create Google Maps Help The Presentation: 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/ 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 Interested in Design or Engineering? Try Google Sketchup! | Activity: My Maps Go to this Collaborative My Map Choose one or all of the following: 1) Where are you when you are you in your element?2) A place you've always wanted to go 3) A place where you've eaten your best meal 4) A place where you've had a great adventure 5) What is a place you could connect to in your curriculum Write a short witty phrase about how and why that place is important. Label it with an appropriate icon and add images, text and videos. Creative Commons: Try finding your images here! They are all fair-use! BEYOND: Start creating your own Map with different spots/tasks that you can use immediately!
Curriculum Integration Ideas Lower School Classroom (Grades 1-5) Middle School Classroom (Grades 6-8) Upper School Classroom (Grades 9-16) AP Courses Google Map Ideas in Higher Education
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are some collaborative projects: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 55 Shape Ideas in Paris: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=106744469957319968675.000477900903fa3443371&source=embed&ll=48.414619,4.44397&spn=1.976162,4.592285&z=8 |