 Maps and a whole lot more! With Google Maps You Can... View Google Maps in any browser, create custom maps, collaborate, share your maps with simple web links, and embed customized Google Maps websites. Teachers can: Create cross campus, cross country or even global projects using Google Maps' collaboration feature. Students can compare a wide variety of information about their communities such as how their weather is affected by the latitude and longitude of their community's location, or whether their community is near geographical features that might impact their weather. They could compare how parks and other public spaces look in different locations around the country and the world. What else could students learn by collaborating on map-based projects? A challenge: Have students use street view and my maps to create a story based upon the images captured in street view. Write the story in popup windows attached to place markers along the "storyline." |  Links & More Information Need Help With Google Maps? Google's "home page" for all things Google Maps. A great starting place to start exploring what can be done with this great resource. Google's "home page" for all things Google Maps. A great starting place to start exploring what can be done with this great resource. A great place to discuss all things Google with an educational focus. Tip: Type "Maps" into the search field and click "Search this group." Great short videos specifically about various Google Maps resources such as:
Several great "for examples..." for intriguing ways for incorporating Google Maps (and Google Earth) into the classroom. Among the ideas are lessons for using Google Maps in: Art History Environmental Sciences and Climatology Earthquake Teaching & Learning Ideas... Cheryl Davis outlines a great way for students to use Google Maps and other tools to plan "Road Trip" tours of historical sites. xx Carol LaRow embeds Google Maps as part of a larger project tracking students' geology field trip. |
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