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GoogleEarth.pptx

 

 

 

What is Google Earth?

 

 

 

Google Earth is the key to the world. Students and teachers can visit any area of the world with a click of the mouse. Google Earth, formerly called Earth Viewer and created by Keyhole, Inc., offers students and teachers valuable tools to explore the world. Google Earth provides graphic images of the surface of the globe and search tools to enhance the view of the world. 

 

 

 Google Earth Licenses 

It is available under three different licenses:

Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality;

Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use.

Google Earth Plus (discontinued), which includes additional features.

  

 

History of Google Earth

 

 

 

In 1995 Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Standford. They got full ownership of Keyhole, Inc.  in 2004. Keyhole, Inc. is a company of software development that creates and specializes in geospatial data visualization and was found in 2001. In June of 2005, they released Google Earth.

 

How can I get Google Earth?

 

      It's simple...

 

• Go to earth.google.com/download-earth.html and download Google Earth 5.0

• Enjoy Google Earth!

 

How do I navigate in Google Earth?

 

Here are some features of Google Earth...

 

• Navigation - there is a compass on the top righthand corner that allows you to know what direction you are facing

• Search Bar - on the lefthand side of the screen there is a search bar that enables you to search through: "Fly to," "Businessess," and "Directions"

• Layers - on the lefthand side of the screen at the bottom the layers application allows you to choose what you want to see on the globe

  • 3D Buildings
  • Terrain
  • Street View
  • Weather
  • Gallery
  • Places of Interest
  • Traffic
  • Borders and Labels
  • Geograhic Web
  • Roads
  • Global Awareness

• Places

  • My Places - you can save the places that you searched for
  • Temporary Places
  • Sightseeing - Google Earth has a list of famous places that you can explore through a tour

• Flight Simulator - you can fly two types of airplanes, but a joystick must be hooked up to the computer

• Measurement Tool - you can discover the distance between two places by going to "Tools" at the top of the screen and clicking on "Ruler"

• Google Sky - you can switch between viewing Earth and viewing the sky by clicking on the sky button on the toolbar

• Image Overlay/Path/Polygon/Placemark - these tools can be found on the toolbar

• Ocean Exploration - you can see what the ocean floor is like through the data collected by experts in marine science; click on the ocean layer under "Layers"

• Historical Time Lapse/Historical Imagery - you can view a terrain and the historical imagery at different periods in time; the clock on the top bar controls the                                                                      time period

• Saving Your Tour - you can record each sight you visit on Google Earth by clicking the camera button at the top of the page; you must also click the record                               button that comes up before you begin your tour of the world

 

What subjects areas can Google Earth be applied to?

 

• History

• Art

• Math

• Science

• Social Studies

• English Literature

• Foreign Language

 

     YOU CAN FIND A USE FOR GOOGLE EARTH FOR ANY SUBJECT!

 

How can it be used in a classroom?

 

• Quizzes

• Scavenger Hunts

• Lit Trips TeacherTube - Google Lit Trips.flv

• Virtual Field Trips

• To create maps

• Google Earth blogs

• Viewing plate tectonics and landforms

 

Why use Google Earth in the classroom?

 

Google Earth offers...

 

• Imagination

• Innovation

• Exploration

• Educational Nourishment

 

     GOOGLE EARTH IS A STUDENT'S PERSONAL GUIDE TO THE WORLD!

 

Google Earth 5.0

 

 

Google Earth in the COMICS

 

 

 

 

Resources for Future Learning

 

      http://www.youtube.com/watch

      http://www.youtube.com/watch 

      http://gelessons.com/lessons/

 

Application to Future teaching

 

     http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html 

     http://www.geosociety.org/educate/LessonPlans/creatingGoogleEarthTours.pdf 

     http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php/2006/01/13/using-google-earth-in-the-classroom/

     http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth_discovery.html

     http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/earth/03oceans.html

     http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/activities.html

     http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/Measurement.html

     http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/Exploratory_Lessons.html

     http://www.googlelittrips.com/

     http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ge/googleearth.htm 

     http://earth.google.com/tour.html

      

Other Resources

 

     http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/z0302a1700/feb09-d1_2.html

     http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html

     http://stayviolation.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834515bc269e2010536a38b3e970c-320wi

     http://wartokaka.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/google.jpg

     http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/cl/2008/cl081221.gif

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth

     http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php

 

Comments and Questions

 

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