Extreme Weather

Installing and Exploring Weather Applications on Google Earth

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Science Session 2

Focusing Questions

What are Weather Applications for Google Earth?

How can I download, install, and use Weather Apps with Google Earth?

Instruction

Framing The Session

In this session, we will

> Download Weather Apps from Google Earth> Install them> Explore their functions

Teaching

Open Google Earth

Find your Places Task Pane

Find your My Places folder

Select it and:> select Add from Menu Bar> select Folder from menu options> name it Weather Apps

Downloading from the Resource List

On your resource list, locate and find the first URL

Google Weather Apps

Click on the first URL which will take you to the Google Earth Blog

This is where we will be downloading the Weather Apps we will be working with today

Google Earth Blog

Click on the hyperlink in the middle of the paragraph entitled “weather and tracking tools network link”

It will automatically be downloaded into the Temporary Files section on PC’s

Mac’s will download the file to the desktop

Moving the Files

Mac users will need to make Google Earth smaller so you can see your desktop.

Grab the downloaded file gebweather.kml and drag and drop it onto the EARTH in Google Earth.

Now both the PC and Mac users should have the Weather Apps in their Temporary Places Folder

Moving to My Places

Two Options:

Drag and drop them into your Weather Apps folder.

Close Google Earth and it will ask you if you want to save them to your My Places folder. (Say yes.)

Trying It Out

Once you have moved the files into your Weather Apps folder, turn them off.

One by one, turn them on and see how they interact with Google Earth.

Guided Practice

Guided Practice

Follow the directions that we just went over and create a folder in your “My Places” task pane

Once you have created the folder, name it “Weather Apps”

Work Time

Work Time

Download the first two Weather Apps from the hyperlinks on the resource list

Install the Apps and put them in your Weather Apps folder

Manipulate and Explore each application in the packet

Think of Ideas of how to use them in your science class

Add your ideas and thoughts of how to use these in your classroom into the word template you started in Lesson 6.1

Add more Weather Apps from the list if time permits!

Share

Today we learned how to download and install Google Earth Weather Applications.

You had time to manipulate and explore the different Apps in this packet.

Now, how can you see using them in your class?

Share

Tool UseShare Idea List

How does this lesson relate to our focusing questions?

Answers

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