Google Maps

Google MyMaps and Google Earth allow you to take your classroom all over the world.

MyMAPS

*MyMaps now requires family permission - if you'd like to use it, please acquire Passive Consent and then send a HelpDesk ticket to have access turned on for your class.

Basics

Google MyMaps Resource Page

Tips & Ideas

Important locations in a historical event
Setting of a novel, short story or other literary work
Calculate rate of travel
Create a map-based timeline with layers
Plot locations with certain environments
Log important or historic locations in an area being studied
Student-created local "Yelp" reviews
Identify locations where animal species live
Make a map of where authors you’ve studied are from
Map how words are different in different locations

MyMaps (Tech Tuesday)

Slides from 12/1 Tech Tuesday Workshop.

Includes lots of examples and classroom ideas.

Click above for a short intro MyMaps lesson. Use this with your students before diving into a bigger MyMaps project OR use it yourself to get a feel for the app.

EARTH

Basics of Google Earth Earth

Google Earth Resource Page

Tips & Ideas

Take a tour of new and interesting places
Global scavenger hunts
Create tours that follow historical events or the narrative in literature
View comparisons
Layer images over maps
Measure distances
Explore the moon or a planet
Watch a timelapse of imagery

Samples

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