Google Earth Support Materials

Below are several resources you may find helpful while using Google Earth in the classroom.

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Support Documents and Video Tutorials

Google Earth Help Files - Several manuals including keyboard and mouse shortcuts, along with the official Google Earth Users Guide
Google Earth Video Tutorials - A link to several short animated video tutorials highlighting the basics skills associated with using Google Earth
Google Earth Links - A listing of Google Earth sites that are desinged to provide help in using Google Earth
Google Earth Files (KML/KMZ)

 

 

SpatialSci KML/KMZ Library - A listing of Google Earth files that can be downloaded from our site.
Google Earth Gallery - A Google sponsored site with lots of great KML/KMZ files to explore.
Google Earth Hacks - Tons of files that can be downloaded into Google Earth
KMZ Links - Links to spectacular satellite images from around the world, via Google Earth.
Census Data in Google Earth - All types of demographic data in Google Earth format.
Google Search Engine - A great way to find Google Earth files.

Google Earth Across the Curriculum

 

Science

Math

Language Arts

Social Studies

  • KML Factbook - An extensive site of current world demographic data that can be downloaded into Google Earth.
  • Westward Expansion
    • Lewis and Clark - A file outlining the trip taken by Lewis and Clark along with supporting documentation.
    • Oregon Trail - A file showing the route traveled by many settlers of the early west.
  • Wars
    • Civil War - Several files relevant to the many battles of the civil war.
    • World War II- This file puts all of teh battles of WWII on the earth.
  • Historical Places
    • Community Mapping
    • Elder Interviews
  • Virtual Autobiography

Health and Human Performance

  • Geocaching - A site to begin your geocacing journey

Foreign Language

  • Virtual Study Abroad

Other Curriculum Related Sites

  • PlaceNames - This curriculum focuses on building cross-cultural relationships between traditional Bitterroot Salish ~ Pend d'Oreille worldviews.
  • Cyber-Enabled Earth Exploration (CE3) - An Earth Science Curriculum focused on using Google Earth to discover Earth processes.
  • GE Lessons - A great site with tons of resources for using Google Earth in K-12 education.
  • One World, Many Stories - Choose a story and begin your journey.
Other Ideas for Using Google Earth in the Classroom
GPS and Google Earth - A Teacher How-To book for using Google Earth and GPS
Sketch Up - A 3D software tool that combines a tool-set with an intelligent drawing system. Providing a way for users to place 3D models within Google Earth.

Mars, Moon, and Sky - Check out the different views with Google Earth simply by clicking on the planet icon in the toolbar

Google Flight Simulator - Check out the embedded flight simulator which can be found under the tools menu.

The Milk Truck - Drive a milk truck across the surface of the Earth
Geo Greeting - A new way to send a greeting and practice those spelling words.
Flat Stanley and Google Earth - A new twist on the Flat Stanley activity.



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