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Ms. Cohen
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Thank you for attending our AIMS Road Trip on March 5, 2009.

Here are several websites which will be helpful in your exploration of Google Earth and your creation of classroom projects.

 

Google-Created Sites

Google Earth Help Center: http://earth.google.com/support

Google Earth Product Tour: http://earth.google.com/tour/

Google Earth Tutorials: http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/tutorials/

Google Earth User Guide: http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/

Google Earth Movie Making Guide: http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/tutorials/movies.html

Google Earth Outreach: http://earth.google.com/outreach/index.html

Google Earth for Educators http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html

Google Earth Classroom Ideas http://www.google.com/educators/geo_class.html 

Google Earth Classroom Activities by Level http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html

SketchUp for Education: http://sketchup.google.com/customers/education.html

 

Lit Trips, Blogs, and Communities

Google Literature Trips http://www.googlelittrips.org/
Main site to access pre-made KMZ files with notes about the class projects. How-to’s on creating your own trip.

Google Earth Lessons Blog http://gelessons.com/blog/

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

Education Community http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php/Cat/0/C/45

Google Earth Blog http://googleearthuser.blogspot.com/

Alice Christie's GE Resource Guide - K-12 Classroom http://www.alicechristie.com/gearth/index.html

Assorted Stuff for EdTech: Google Earth http://www.assortedstuff.com/stuff/?cat=34

What on Earth? Cool Stuff for GE http://www.webuser.co.uk/specials/73813.html

Juicy Geography http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm

 

Articles and Extras

New York Times Article on underwater features in Google Earth 5

Historical Maps Overlay - Created by David Rumsey Main Site Download KMZ File

Real World Math - Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum

Strangest Sites in Google Earth

 

 

     
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