🚌 Magic School Bus: The ultimate Field Trip with Google Earth 🌏

"Google Maps is for finding your way. Google Earth is about getting lost."

Warm Up: I'm Feeling Lucky!

Launch Pad - www.google.com/earth/education/

Knowledge Cards

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Fly to your location

Street View

2D / 3D

Reset View - Airplane

Classroom Applications:

  • Writing Prompts
  • "Classroom Management" :)
  • Launchpad - Establish Connection and Context
  • Homework - Explore on your own.
  • What do you Notice? What do you Wonder?

NAVIGATION Tips and Tricks:

SHIFT + Click - Pan and tilt

Paper Airplane - Reset to default

The Magic "N" - Reorient your Earth

Mini-Earth Navigation (bottom right)

Menus & Map Styles

Voyager: Explore The World

Demo: Everest Base Camp

Activity: Explore

Share!

My Places

Adding My Places

Show/Hide Place

Editing My Places

Duplicate List

Export KML/Import KML

Getting Geeky: Experimental Features

Creating and Sharing Lists: KML and KMZ

  1. Go to Settings
  2. Enable KML file import (experimental)
  3. Volcano Sample: Click here
  4. Add to Drive or Download (look in the upper right).
  5. Go to My Places
  6. Import KML file
  7. Explore

KML Imports

Create a KML with Google My Maps Activity |

  1. Click here!
  2. Draw a polygon around a state or country (ONLY 1 per person)
  3. Add a marker to a state or country and add a title, photo or description.
  4. Refresh your map occasionally...
  5. Click the three dots to export KML/KMZ
  6. Export Entire Map to .KML (see image to right)

Resources:

Official Google Blog: Google Earth Launch

EdTechTeam Google Earth Blog Post & Poster

Google Earth - How to upload Google Lit Trips - Eric Curts

Nat and Friends - Google Earth Explained

Earth Engine - Timelapse

Sample Activity

Activity: Where in the World: Did you Know?

  1. Use I'm Feeling Lucky
  2. Find a location you are interested in. Learn something new.
  3. Take a screenshot.
  4. Open is Google Slide Presentation: Where in the World
  5. Pick a slide, add your picture, add a did you know fact
  6. Check out the example or get creative.