Examples of how to use Google Earth in your classroom.

1. Google Earth
Where do you want to go today?

2. Google Earth Resources
• Google Earth Resources
• http://jenniferlwagner.weebly.com/google-
earth.html

3. 10 Reasons Why
10. Totally changes "where I went on my summer
vacation" journal entry.
9. Finetune in to images not easily visible on a
paper map.
8. Lesson plans, kmz's, and tutorials, that have
been lined up with standards, are available!!
7. Eliminates the need of flat, wall maps.
6. Bring the locale of a book to life by use of
tours. (IE Make Way For Ducklings, Little
House On the Prairie or for older students:
Around the World in 80 days, Grapes of Wrath)

4. 10 Reasons Why
5. Make the world a smaller place. Create placemarks
of family members, e-mail pals, etc.
4. Ability to turn ANY lesson (geography, history,
literature) into a more engaging and memorable
experience.
3. Pre-Visit your upcoming field trip including
distance and directions.
2. Latitude and Longitude coordinates take on much
more meaning and understanding.
1. Visit locations (both present and past -- on earth
and in space) that you and your students will
probably never see in a lifetime.

5. New Features
Record Tours
Jump Into Google
Maps
Time Slider
3 Views
Mars

6. KMZ’s & KML’s
KMZ/KML FILES
A KMZ or KML is a google earth landmark(s). Once you
open the KMZ, it immediately takes you to the location(s)
in Google Earth. ( A KMZ file is simply a "zipped" KML
file.)
KML Gallery - http://earth.google.com/gallery/

8. Overlays

9. TimeLiner

10. Google Ocean

11. Google Mars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mr-lDng7k

12. Google Earth into Google Maps
Washington, D.C.

13. From Here To There

14. WILD SANCTUARYhttp://
earth.wildsanctuary.com/

15. Flight Simulator
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html

16. Google Earth for iphone/itouch
http://mashable.com/2008/10/27/google-earth-iphone/

17. Sketch Up
http://sketchup.google.com/
•http://sketchup.google.com/vtutorials.html
•http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/Eart
hModels
•http://www.sheetmetalguy.com/sketchup-books.htm
•http://online.caup.washington.edu/courses/larc440/sketch
up/sketchup_home.htm
•http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Num
ber/418795/page/vc/vc/1
•http://www.sketchucation.com/old/

18. And Don’t Forget…
•http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0
•http://www.gearthblog.com/basics.html
•http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/
Be Sure To Visit
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
Google Earth In The News:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?
id=31&aid=164396

19. Jen Wagner
projectsbyjen@gmail.com