Storytelling creates an interactive, and emotional, connection to learning. Engaging such skills as curiosity, critical thinking, empathy, and in some instances, a call to action. Originally created for veterans to record all the places their military service has taken them, and to preserve their stories and memories as a legacy for their families, Tour Builder is an interactive storytelling tool that connects people to places using Google Maps and multimedia content.

• You can use it to tour your local community, or even a whole country

• Research the locations of famous scientific discoveries

• create a tour of famous geological features with your students

• Share a tour of a summer vacation

• or a tour of famous sports stadiums around the country

• Other learning topics could include: animal habitats, geographic biomes, weather & climate, indigenous people and language studies

• the possibilities are endless

Retrieved from: https://www.google.com/earth/education/tools/tour-builder/