Google EarthJill Antonsen and Kerri Hilbelink

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Just Getting started View an image of your school, home, or any place on Earth - Click Fly To. 

Enter the location in the input box and click the Search button. In the search results (Places panel), double click the location. Google Earth flies you to this location. Search button

Go on a tour of the world - In the Places panel, check the Sightseeing folder and click the Play Tourbutton: 

Get driving directions from one place to another and fly (follow) the route - See Getting Directionsand Touring the Route.

View other cool locations and features created by other Google Earth users - In the Layers panel, check Community Showcase under Google Earth Community. Interesting placemarks and other features appear in the 3D viewer. Double click these points of interest to view and explore. 

View 3D terrain of a place - This is more fun with hilly or mountainous terrain, such as the Grand Canyon. Go to a location (see number 1). When the view shows the location, use the zoom slider to tilt the terrain. 

View 3D buildings - This works best in a big city, such as San Francisco or New York. Travel to a city (see number 1). In the Layers panel, select 3D Buildings. Watch the buildings appear. 

Getting Started Cont. View Sky - Teaching your students about the solar system? Use Sky to assist you. When you're

viewing Earth, you can switch to Sky at any time. Just click  View > Switch to Sky or click . In Sky, the Earth is hidden and the 3D viewer presents a view of the sky.

Sky is much like a interactive planetarium on your computer. You can see brilliant, detailed imagery of celestial objects millions of light years away. For example, the Crab Nebula appears here in the 3D viewer. You can also view stars, constellations, galaxies, planets and the Earth's moon. 

View Volcanoes and Earthquake faults - Whether your class is studing the world's  volcanoes or earthquakes, you can see them by turning on these layers in Google Earth. To see volcanoes, in the Layers panel, select Volcanoes under Gallery. To view earthquake faults, in the Layers panel, selectPlaces of Interest, Geographic Features, and then Eathquakes.

View Historical Maps - Google Earth includes an amazing collection of historical maps from the David Rumsey Collection. To view these incredible maps, in the Layers panel, select Rumsey Historical Mapsunder Gallery.

View Weather Information - Google Earth contains an entire layer of up-to-date weather information. You can view the current weather conditions for your school's neighborhood. To view weather activity, go to a location (for example, enter your school's address). In the Layers panel, select Weather. You can see the clouds, radar, conditions and forecasts, and additional weather information. 

Live VideoGo into Google Earth and actually see what is

happening while you are viewing it.

Create Narrated ToursNarrated Tour Tutorial

Google and EducationGoogle Earth puts the world’s geographic

information at the student’s fingertips. Teachers are able to use geography in a new

way to teach literature, history, math environmental science, and so much more.

The Educators Community within Google gives tips and tricks to use this resource as a teaching tool through lesson plans of all grade levels and subjects.

Social StudiesYou can make placemarks

You can click on any place and it will give you background information from past history.

Making Tours and AnimationsDrawing lines and pathsDrawing polygons on the map

ScienceGoogle Earth contains many layers:Weather

Investigate clouds and thunderstormsZoom in on any location and find local forecast

Animal Behavior & HabitatsFind interesting facts on any animal you click

on and their habitatYou can also track past movements

Science cont.Ocean:

Teach Marine Life with Cousteau Ocean WorldProvides information about different marine life and their

natural environmentOcean Protection and Climate Change

You can be almost up to the minute ocean observations, monitor ocean surface temperature, and look at dead zones in ocean.

SpaceLunar Field trip-Identify key elements of what human life

on the Moon would be likeRocketsLunar Sports-effects of gravity

MathematicsConcept lessons will use Google Earth to present

math topics, such as rates or scientific notation in unique ways.

Measurement lessons will make extensive use of the ruler tool in Google Earth to accomplish problem solving activities.

Exploratory lessons will follow non-traditional math topics such as fractals, topology, or modern geometry.

Math Lessons

English/Language ArtsGoogle Lit TripsAllows you to follow characters in Literature

with downloadable files that are marked out on Google Earth. There are pop-up windows are various markers which contain relating media and other resources about that portion of the story.

Used for elementary to high school

Google Earth for iPod and iPad

Google Street ViewGoogle Street View is a technology featured

in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from positions along many streets in the world. In the United States several cities and rural areas have been added since it debut in 2007.

In order to get to street view simply zoom in and scroll with your mouse. In order to come out just click the square in the right corner.

Google SkyGoogle Sky includes a number of different ways to

explore the universe. The initial view shows the visible universe and is a mosaic of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Digitized Sky Survey and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Select the thumbnail images at the bottom of the display to bring up the planets, the constellations, highlights from the Hubble Space Telescope, famous stars, galaxies and nebulae, views of the universe in the x-ray, ultraviolet and infrared and podcasts about upcoming astronomical events from Earth and Sky Podcasts.

Ancient Rome in 3DFly into Rome as it looked in 320 A.D. Tour the interior of famous buildings. Visit the sites in 3D such as the Roman

Forum, Colosseum and the Forum of Julius Caesar.

Learn about how the Romans lived.

Flight SimulatorYou can fly around the globe in Google Earth using the flight

simulator feature. This allows you to operate a simulated aircraft using either your mouse or another controller.

Entering Flight SimulatorTo enter the flight simulator: Click Tools > Enter Flight SimulatorThe Flight Simulator dialog box appears. You need to chose the

following: Aircraft - Choose the airplane you would like to fly based on the

descriptions shown. The SR22 is a slower plane and easier for beginners.

Start Position - Choose where you would like to begin.

Joystick support - Check Joystick enabled if there is a joystick device on your computer that you would like to use.

To exit the flight simulator: Click Exit Flight Simulator

Flight Simulator

Google in Real TimeWhile many people believe that Google Earth

is in real time it is actually not. There are, however, two ways to view nearly real-time satellite images on Google Earth.

For three-hour old weather images, look for the Clouds layer, found under the new Weather layer folder.

NASA also has a layer called DailyPlanet which shows the entire Earth, continuously updated in real-time at a medium resolution.

Real Time cloud cover