Transcript Sugarloaf Mountain

An Introductory Lesson
Liberty Elementary School
November 6 & 9, 2007
By the end of this lesson you will…
• Understand how satellite images are used
by the program Google Earth to make 3-D
digital maps.
• Open and run Google Earth
• Explore your area with digital images
• Learn the basics for navigating and saving
information in Google Earth
What is Google Earth?
• An internet search engine
• Collection of satellite images
• A powerful tool for studying anything and
everything about the earth
• A resource for a community of users to share
information
How does it work?
• Satellites
• Cameras
• Computers
• People
Why do we need to use it?
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See our whole world
Find information quickly
Make Predictions
Understanding!
Lesson 2: The Geology Field Trip Continued
Today students will:
1. Review the skills learned on Tuesday using
2. Discuss their field trip around Frederick County
and locate on satellite images the places they
visited in real life.
3. Visit places around the planet that are similar to
the places visited in Frederick County and
compare their similarities and differences.
4. Write about what they find using a “blog”
1. “Go the Distance”
Just how far across Frederick County did you
travel on this Geology Field Trip?
Here’s a task to find out:
1. Put a thumbtack at High Rock, Cascade, MD.
2. Put another thumbtack at Point of Rocks, MD
3. Make sure you select both thumbtacks in your
Search window so they show up on the map.
4. Measure the distance between the two points
using the ruler tool.
BONUS:
Use “Directions” to find out the true distance that
it would be to drive between those two points.
Post your answers to the blog!
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2. “Down in the Valley”
The Monocacy Valley is formed by the
Monocacy River. What do you think
formed “Death Valley”?
Find Death Valley National Park on
Google Earth. What does it look like?
Now find The Tennessee Valley
Authority at this address:
2805 N Highway 92
Jefferson City, TN 37760
Why do these two valleys look so
different? Share your ideas on the blog.
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3. “I’ve been to the top of the
mountain…”
This week you reached the summit of
High Rock and maybe even Sugar Loaf.
But can you imagine summiting the
tallest mountain on earth?
Find Mount Everest, then activate the
NASA layers. You’ll see a link to some
information and images from the
International Space Station.
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EarthObservatory/OnTopoftheWorldEverestandMakalu.htm
Can you find the exact height in feet of
Mount Everest from this information?
When you do, post it to the blog along
with your guess for the height of Sugar
Loaf Mountain.
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4. “Have you checked your
monodnock?”
Sugarloaf Mountain in Frederick,
Maryland is a “monodnock”. So is
Uluṟu, also known as Ayers Rock. It
is a large sandstone rock formation in
the southern part of the Northern
Territory, central Australia. It lies
335 km (208 mi) south west of the
nearest large town, Alice Springs;
450 km (280 mi) by road.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
Photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru
Use the Google Earth ruler to measure
across Ayers Rock. Then do the same
for Sugarloaf. Report your findings on
the blog.
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5. “What? It’s A Just a Big Hole!”
This has to be one of the coolest
things I have ever seen in the world.
It’s every teacher’s dream to take their
class on a field trip to the Grand
Canyon, but for now… this is the best
we can do.
Go to Tuba City, AZ with the search
window. Then activate all of the
Gallery layers. About 43 miles to the
WEST of Tuba City is the “Angel’s
Window” photo that you can fly into.
Check it out, then tell us what you
think on the blog!
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6. “Ring of Fire”
Scroll around the globe to the Pacific
Ocean, then zoom in on Hawaii.
Find the “Big Island of Hawaii” and
look for the volcano Mauna Loa.
Turn on ALL LAYERS in the layer
window, then activate the National
Geographic layers under gallery.
Select at least 3 links that you would
like to read, then summarize the
information you learned on our blog.
You can also read about the volcano
from the Smithsonian link.
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7. “What’s the Point of Rocks?”
Use the search window to find the
town of Point of Rocks, MD.
Look closely at the image, choose the
layers for “Roads”, and then look
between the highlighted roads and the
river. What other form of
transportation can you see?
Make a mental list of the different
forms of transportation you see going
through Point of Rocks, then visit
Chicago, Illinois (3D Buildings!) How
are these two cities similar? Write
about it on the blog.
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