Google Earth is a mapping tool that allows users to view satellite imagery and 3D models of locations around the world. It has many features that can be used in the classroom, such as layers that integrate additional data, distance measurement tools, and the ability to embed videos, images and websites in user-created placemarks and tours. Examples provided demonstrate how students have used Google Earth for virtual field trips to study frogs on different continents and to collaboratively report on climate and weather from regions around the world. The document provides guidance on how to incorporate tools like placemarks, polygons and overlays into lessons to engage students and help them conceptualize geographic concepts.

1. Presented By:Adam Controy and Andrew Santaceciliahttps://ktiadam.wikispaces.comWhat is Google Earth?Ways to Use Google Earth in the Classroom Classroom ExamplesLayers of Learning with Google Earth Tools and Layers

2. What is Google Earth?Google Earth is a satellite imagery-based mapping product and a 3D model of the entire planet that allows the user to grab, spin, and zoom down into any place on Earth, as well as, various locations throughout space and the ocean.

3. What are some specialfeatures of Google Earth?Use layers to study weather, seismic activity, etc...Demonstrate distance calculations. Google Sketch Up and OverlaysLink video, audio, images and websitesUse Discovery Streaming and Buildersand web 2.0 tools likeGlogster and JingCreate paths, polygons, and toursExplore the moon, Mars, sky and oceans

4. Why Use GE in the Classroom?To give teachers opportunities:To provide a sense of reality and purpose for learning within the K-12 classroomTo engage and excite learnersTo help learners conceptualize, visualize, share, and communicate information about the world and scienceTo provide cross-curricular learning optionsTo create active, exploratory, and empowering learning environmentsTo give students opportunities:to exhibit their learning to othersto use emerging technologies and digital toolsto communicate their research in a personally meaningful way (Web 2.0 )to view their world from a more connected, global perspectiveto enhance map reading and navigation skills

5. Examples of Google Earth in the Classroom Fifth graders used Discovery Streaming and Jing to build a collaborative Google Earth Tour. Each group of students were required to report “live” from a various regions (polar, temperate and tropical) across the world informing their audience about climate and weather.Students took notes throughout the process on details from their region, and used content from related video clips on Discovery Streaming.Students used their notes to create a narrative that would be used to report back to their audience via a Google Earth tour.

6. Examples of Google Earth in the Classroom First grades explore a virtual field trip in which students visit each continent to learn about different frogs. Through interactive activities, Discovery Streaming videos & assignments, and various Web 2.0 applications, the students are learning as they create and share products that demonstrate their knowledge on the frogs from each continent.

7. Google Earth and Discovery Student Adventures

8. Search, Places and LayersThis is what the screen willlike when you open upGoogle Earth.3D-ViewerThere are three features to use inthe toolbar to the left.

9. Three Ways to Fly1. Enter the location name - Spelling Counts - Do not use "The" - Examples to try a. Eiffel Tower b. Niagara Falls c. Statue of Liberty2. Paste in coordinates from Wikipedia or another source Eiffel Tower 48° 51' 29" North, 2° 17' 40"3. Enter City, Country - Then try adding layers a. 3-D Building Warehouse b. Geographic Web c. Google Earth Community

10. Using the Places Feature/Build ToursThe places feature will remember any place that you recently visited from your desktop. You can also save to my places.Organize, Save and Share Google Earth Files (KMZ,KML)Drag content into a logical sequence in a folderRight click on the folderSave as a KMZ file

11. Make a FolderRight click on My Places

12. Add a folder

13. Name the folderExplore, Search, and DiscoverGoogle EarthIn the Earth Gallery you will find many tours, animations and sketch-ups created by people from around the world. Use the search engine or the links to the left to explore the Earth Gallery

14. Using the Layers FeatureThe Layers feature in Google Earth provides a variety of data points of geographic interest that you can select to display over your viewing area. This includes points of interest (POIs) as well as map, road, terrain, and building data. Some layers act as a folder that contain categories of data. These layers are indicated by a plus sign. Click on the plus sign to view the sub-categories for each layer.

15. Five Fun Layers Found by a Fourth GraderNational Geographic Ocean Atlas

16. State of the Ocean

17. Discovery Network

18. NASA

19. Gigapan PhotosThe Tool BarRecord a TourAddPolygonsRulerSunlight across theLandscapeAddImage OverlayPrintPlacemarkersEarthSkyMarsMoonShow HistoricalImageryView inGoogle MapsAddPath

20. Adding a PlacemarkClick on the "Placemark" icon in the toolbarA flashing placemarker will appear. You can drag this to the location where you want to mark.Right click on the placemarker, a box will come up for you to write a description. You will want to give your placemarker a title. This is also where you would write in information for your students, questions, etc, link websites or embed code.

21. Adding a Polygon or PathClick on the "Polygon or Path" icon in the toolbarA flashing marker will appear. You can drag this from location to location to create a polygonal shape.Double click on the Polygon, a box will come up for you to write a description. Free-Form shapeClick once, hold, and drag. The cursor changes to an up-arrow to indicate that you are using free-form mode. As you drag the cursor around the 3D viewer, the outline of the shape follows the path of your cursor. If you are drawing a path, a line appears as a result, and if you are drawing a polygon, a shape evolves from the path of your cursor, always connecting the beginning and ending points. Regular shapeClick and release. Move the mouse to a new point and click to add additional points.

22. Adding ImagesClick "add image overlay“ and this box will appear.Give your picture a title.Then click on browse to locate any saved files in the computer. Below, you can add a description of your photo for your students. This is also a place where you can ask questions, prompt their thinking, or embed video or sound.

23. Adding Video1. Link videos from Discovery Streaming, or any other website. 2. Embed video by pasting HTML code into your placemark's properties

24. Embedding Images in a PlacemarkOpen up your web browser and find an image, copyright free of course (try using Creative Commons or, Flickr)Find the URL for the picture you would like to embed in t the Placemark. Copy the URL into the description section.Now we need to do a little HTML coding: Copy this code <imgsrc=“URL”>Go back and click on the placemark. You should see the image embedded in the placemark

25. Creating the “Floating Object”Screen OverlayHall Davidson from the Discovery Educator Network shared this code on his blog. You can find his blog at Discoveryeducatornetwork.com ( media matters blog)Download the KTIADAM.kmz file from this wiki.Click the file to open it in Google Earth.It should save to your Temporary Places. Click on it and from file, select Save Places As. Save it as a KML, NOT KMZ.Open a Word document and then open the KTIADAM.kml file.Replace file name KTI Adam with your file nameReplace href with the URL for your pictureSave the file. You will get warning messages. (Ignore them)Find the file. Click on it (don’t launch it.) Rename it. Change the extension to .kmz. Open it in Google Earth.