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Google Earth


Overview

Search - type in any known location on Earth. You can search for a street address, city, state, country, landmark, monument or body of water.

Voyager - explore collections of resources curated by Google and other professional, educational organizations like National Geographic, and PBS.

I'm Feeling Lucky - roll the dice and randomly travel to unimaginable places.

Projects - students can create their own collection of places and share or download as a file.

Map Style - choose how much information you see. Add/remove borders, place names, roads, 3D buildings, animations, gridlines and more.

Measurement Tools - students can draw lines or polygons to measure in miles, or kilometers to find distance and area of locations.

Google Earth Projects

Students can create their own Voyager Stories. Watch our vodcast to learn how.

Want a more comprehensive tutorial on how to make the most of this incredible resource? Sign up for the 2 hour self-paced Google Earth course. Go to Unified Talent and search "Google Earth."


NOTE: self-paced courses are often updated in the summer. If you cannot find the course currently published on Unified Talent, it may have been removed for updates.