Where on "Google" Earth? http://earth.google.com/
Google Lit Trips- http://googlelittrips.com/ (created by a Google Certified Teacher offers k-12 Google Earth literature experiences.)
Find Mickey - Find Mickey.kmz (This file can be downloaded and opened in Google Earth. Created for k -2, we travel from our school to all the Disneylands around the world. We talk about the continents, North, South, East & West as well as seeing if we can "see" Mickey's face in all but the Hong Kong location.)
"Storybook Settings by Satellite: Google Earth for Language Arts
& Reading Class,"
http://terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/article_978.php
Tech Divas - Google Earth Guide
http://techdivas.wikispaces.com/Google+Earth
Geogreetings - Send someone a greeting made up of 'building letters' found on Google Earth - WAY COOOOOOOL!!!! http://geogreeting.com/
Other Ideas: (courtesy of Chris Walsh)
- Label Your Neighborhood (and add it to Google Community!)
- Family Migration History a.k.a. “My Life on Earth”
- Annotated Maps of Historical Events (ex. Trail of Tears)
- Global Scavenger Hunt (ex. what important landmark is at XX, YY)
- What natural forces shaped our terrain?
- Teaching Latitude and Longitude
Need More?
http://www.infinitethinking.org/stuff/Earth.pdf