Earth Tutorials

The New Google Earth

The Navigation tools are in the bottom right hand corner.
Zoom with the +, -, or pinch. You can also double click anywhere on the screen to zoom in to that specific location.
Click Pegman to highlight any place where Street Views are available. Click on the highlights to view imagery.
Holding "Shift" and dragging the mouse forward/backward will make the Google Earth camera parallel to the ground.
Click on the crosshair to fly to your current location.
The 3D button will tilt the view and fly in an orbit around your current location. You must be fairly close to the ground for this to work.
Can also drag the digital globe in the bottom right to move around.

Click the magnifying glass, search for any location on Planet Earth
Locations you search for can be added to your Google Earth bookmarks to view later.
The more specific your search, the more reliable your result
Generic searches (I.E. Starbucks) will look for those locations around your current location.

Add places to your bookmarks to easily access them later.
You can export your bookmarks as a KML/KMZ file to open in Google My Maps.
You can edit your bookmark names, too.
Bookmarks can be used to show locations to students of places studying in class (settings of books, famous locations from history, etc)

Learn more about locations by first doing a search in Google Earth (the Eiffel Tower, Gettysburg, etc).
Click the card which appears in the top right hand corner
Knowledge cards also show business hours, phone numbers, and helpful web listings
For physical landmarks and parks, the cards show topographical maps, related locations, and trivia.
Cards give more specific information and are good starters for research projects.

Roll the dice by clicking the button, and travel to one of 25,000+ different locations around the world.
Great way to "get lost" in the new Google Earth
Make for quality student writing prompts

Have lower performing Chromebooks? Change the Map Style to fit your device: Clean, Exploration, or Everything.
You can also customize your own Google Earth look and feel (get rid of the cloud layer, view bodies of water, landmarks, etc)
Wonderful way to show students what the Earth looks like with no boundaries/borders.

Find the image/location/street view you want your class to see.
Click the "Share" button in Google Earth and select Classroom.
Select the class for the post/assignment/question.
Your selected Earth imagery is automatically attached onto your assignment/question/post for your students to view and interact with.