Google Earth in the Classroom

 

Scientific Data On Google Earth:

bulletClimate/Weather Resources
bulletCurrent Weather
bulletGlobal Satellite Photos
bulletUS Only Radar from NOAA
bullet Ocean Temperatures from NOAA
bullet Sea Ice and Snow Cover -- From the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder Colorado.
bulletGeology
bulletAll earthquakes in the last 7 days from the USGS (includes diagrams of faults).
bulletVolcano Database: The Smithsonian's list of all known or inferred volcanoes from the Holocene (10000 years ago to the present day -- click here for find our more about the project).
bulletMore Geology Files from the USGS
bulletBiology and Environmental
bulletBiodiversity Data Portal -- Plug in the name of a species (such as ursus polaris for the Polar Bear or Bubo scandiacus for Snowy Owl) and see where the animal lives.
bulletAvia Flu Cases -- Watch the spread of this disease here from Nature.com
bulletWater Quality Data -- From the Global Environment Monitoring System
bulletWildfire Data
bulletDownload this time animation of wildfires over the last several years and see how the problem is spreading.
bulletThe US Forest Service maintains maps of all current wildfires in the US.  Click here to download them to Google Earth.
bulletOther
bulletDownload the Mars Map Pack and transform Google Earth in to a model of Mars (NOTE:  If you really like this idea, NASA Worldwind does a far better job, is also free, and has other planets as well).
bulletDownload NASA's "blue marble" model of the earth, which shows conditions over the planet for each of the 12 months of the year.
bulletDownload the status of the entire Drifter Buoy Array world-wide.
bulletDownload a model of a drifter buoy for Google Sketchup
bulletDownload a Google Earth model of a drifter buoy
bulletAn example tour of the South Orangetown School District

 

Other Items

bulletVisit all the places quoted in Shakespeare's Plays
bulletCheck out what is in the Featured Content area in Google Earth.
bulletGoogle Lit Trips are literature based tours on Google Earth created by teachers and students.

 

Blogs on Google Earth

bulletJane Goodall's Blog
bulletGlog Writer

 

Examples of What You Can Do:

bulletThe Bermuda Triangle -- Notice the triangle is delineated with lines that stretch across the entire length.  It is not just a single place mark.
bulletTour of our school district: -- A tour of our community for WOS 1st graders.
bulletTour of many locations -- An introduction to Google Earth for CLE Students
bulletWebquest assignment on landforms -- 5th graders study landforms.
bulletGoogle Earth Lessons Database

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