Transcript Teaching with Google Earth and Other Geographic Resources

Teaching with Google Earth
and Other Geographic
Resources
Stephen Titchenal, Program Specialist - Technology
Stephanie Myers, Program Specialist - Math
Cleveland Heights – University Heights City School District
Learn to use free online resources that view the world using
aerial photos, maps and overlays. The most interactive of
these free resources, Google Earth, allows users to share
descriptive placemarks, create trips, measure distances, add
overlays and place 3-D objects. A community of users has
created many useful additions to teach objectives in science,
social studies, math and other subjects.
Map Content Examples
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Political Boundaries
Land Forms
Transportation Routes
Topography
Property Ownership
Scientific data with geographic content
Social data with geographic content
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• GrK: Distinguish between land and water
on maps and globes.
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• Gr1: Identify and
describe the physical
features (lake, river,
hill, mountain, forest)
and human features
(town, city, farm,
park, playground,
house, traffic
signs/signals) of
places in the
community.
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• Gr3: Identify and use symbols to locate
places of significance on maps and
globes.
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• Gr3: Use political maps, physical maps
and aerial photographs to ask and answer
questions about the local community.
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• Gr3: Describe changes in the community
over time…
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• Gr4: Locate the local community, state and
the United States on maps or globes.
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• Gr4: Use a linear scale to measure the
distance between places on a map.
Ohio Math Content Standards
• Gr4: Identify and select appropriate units
to measure: perimeter
Ohio Social Studies Content Standards
• Gr6: Use coordinates of latitude and
longitude to locate points on a world map.
Ohio Science Content Standards
• Gr8: Use models to analyze the size and
shape of Earth, its surface and its interior
(e.g., globes, topographic maps, satellite
images).
Ohio Science Content Standards
• Gr9: Explain the results of plate tectonic
activity (e.g., magma generation, igneous
intrusion, metamorphism, volcanic action,
earthquakes, faulting and folding).
Recent Scanned Maps
• Microsoft Terraserver (USA)
• Terraserver.com (Wordwide)
• Topozone
Historic Scanned Maps
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Library of Congress (MrSID)
David Rumsey (Insight)
RailsandTrails.com (DjVu)
MapTech Historical Topographic Maps
Interactive Maps
• Google Maps – Panoramio - Quckmaps
• Yahoo Maps – New Features
• Microsoft Live Local
– 3D Virtual Earth – 3D buildings, tilt
– Birds Eye Views – High Resolution Photos in 4 directions
– Microsoft APIs
– MapCruncher
Mashups how to
Google Earth
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Finding locations
Navigating
Viewing layers
Measuring Distances
Tips:
– Tools/Options->Set Disk Cache to 2000MB (2Gig)
– Go to the sites once before presentation
– Keep other programs to a minimum
Creating content in Google Earth
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Placemarks
Trips
Image Overlays (Superoverlay)
3D Objects (SketchUp)
Student Projects
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Local Placemarks
World Placemarks
Measuring Distances
Tours
Latitude/Longitude
Community Changes Over Time
Saving Content
• “Save As” to shared location
Tip: Have students use their first name in the title of the object
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Email
Combining objects into folders
Websites (set up mime type)
Network Links (can be updated on server)
Google Earth Community
• Keyhole BBS Education (Google Earth Community)
– American Embassy School Movies (India)
– EarthWandering (share placemarks in real time)
• Blogs
– Map Room A Weblog about Maps
– Topographic Map Archive (Matt Fox)
• KML Reference
Contacts
• http://resources.chuh.org/GoogleEarth/
• [email protected] (216-320-2340)
• [email protected]
Cleveland Heights / University Heights
City School District
2155 Miramar Drive
University Heights, OH 44118