Google+Earth

=Google Earth= Phil Reynolds from Stephen F. Austin University with Linka Black Electronic version in handout You just have to run a little faster than your friends (If a bear is after you) Same as with any technology [|https://cid-bd6a6514e1b47] Using Google Earth to cover the SS TEKS - Why use Google Earth? Alaska as an island :) Flat maps don't give geographic dimension Mercator projection

I'm hoping Jackie has kept good notes on this workshop :) JM- There were about eight of us from FBISD in this session but only a few people were left after an hour and a half. I keep thinking something good was going to come of it, but only learned a few little tips. The best thing he showed was the history button that is now available in Google Earth 5.0. This will show historical satelitte images. He also showed Google Earth Communities and GE Meta Atlas.

Insert pictures into places Civil Rights Lesson - pictures were already saved to a folder - kids found the pictures inserted in proper place and then wrote about the photo and place - this was the end product of their research project - information, link and infromation of each placemark National Monuments - 2nd grade project - a treasure hunt - went to places and then there were questions at the location - a link then took them to the website so they could answer the questions - perfect for student center computers in classrooms Name the Landform - put a placemark on the landform and define Perimeter of the campus - use the ruler tool - draw the path line around the campus - you can change miles in ruler to feet, inches, etc. Postcards from different places - similar to flat Stanley - they contacted schools around the country They can measure distance between places - measurement tool - predictions Urban, Suburban and Rural - how the different communities look What type of community is it and how do you know? You can't zoom into really rural places in many instances.Check out Monkey Run - it has street view :) Valentine Scavenger Hunt - All the different cities that had love, hershey's, etc. Where we are project with Kindergarten - Put a placemark where each of the kids lived - How many lived north? south? etc. Kids can see where they live in relationship to each other. Use measurement tool to determine how far the kids each live from the school.
 * [|Race to New Destinations - Google Earth]]]= Excellent handouts for lessons - Excellent Session

How to do the projects - directions are in the handout Click on add placemark Find picture on the internet and link directly to the picture - right click on pictures - go to properties and copy to url see directions for code Save as a .kmz file and then you can share - kids can all save on different computers and then open on teacher machine to share