Google Earth

Working to teach concepts in a variety of subjects

Google Earth in Science

Guess which course used this map?➲ (hint: Jules Verne)

Literature➲ Around the World in 80 Days

GE in the junior grades

GE in Business

Google Earth in Geography

➲ A lot of teachers find ArcView GIS very difficult➲ Most students are familiar with Google Earth➲ GE is easy to use and is visually appealing➲ Can be used in a wide variety of courses

Google Earth and World Issues

Google Earth and World Issues

Example: Travel & Tourism

Example: Travel & Tourism

Example: Weather and Climate

Example: Plate tectonics

Example: Plate tectonics

Example: Planning a Field Trip

For example... teaching lat. & long.

➲ Make sure the Geographic web box is unchecked to avoid clutter

➲ In the “Find” box in Google Earth, type 29 58 31N, 31 08 16E

Where did you end up?

Your turn... find a famous place and give us the coordinates to find it.

Using GPS units with GE

➲ Becoming ubiquitous in our society, even in Japanese coats to track children

➲ Myriad of academic activities with GPS units

➲ More and more schools are purchasing units for geography and Outdoor Education

➲ Pilot program @ WCSS

Interfacing GPS and GE... an example

➲ Mark a waypoint called Start➲ Have students walk 0 degrees north (true) for

about 150 metres➲ Switch the GPS to 0 degrees, magnetic north➲ Import the tracks into Google Earth. Zoom in

and measure the degrees of distance between the two

Another example with a GPS➲ Establish a waypoint on your GPS in western

Canada. Project to a waypoint on a path of magnetic north.

➲ Bring these two vectors into Google Earth and see where the magnetic pole lies.

Finding the magnetic North Pole

And just for the fun of it, write your name in the school yard

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