Google Earth Educational Resources
This is a track of websites dedicated to using Google Earth in education to further enrich the area of geography and other subject areas.
Author shippyj
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Here is where you download Google Earth for free if you don't have it yet. If you do please continue with the rest of these rich resources!
http://earth.google.com/
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Keep up to date with all the changes in Google Earth and other virtual worlds. This is my #1 source of current information in Google Earth!
http://www.gearthblog.com/
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Many lessons and resources for teachers using Google Earth.
http://gelessons.com/
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Juicy Geography has great lesson plans using Google Earth. Check out the rest of the site for other geography resources.
http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearth.htm
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Classroom ideas and links by subject area for Google Earth.
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/09/back_to_school_educational_uses_wit.html#trackbacks
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Put CIA World Factbook into Google Earth. Great kmz file to have on Google Earth.
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/01/cia_world_factb.html
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Thematic Mapping Engine (TME) enables you to visualize global statistics on Google Earth. The primary data source is UNdata. The engine returns a KMZ file that you can open in Google Earth or download to your computer.
http://thematicmapping.org/engine/
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Another nice site that has a lot of information about Google Earth, what it has to offer and how to use it. It has many links to other site that I have on my track.
http://googleearthpro.weebly.com/
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Vodcast (video podcasts) that you can download and watch on how to use Google Earth.
http://fcit.usf.edu/laptop/podcasts.html
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People share and find information about educational topics using Google Earth software and also placesets that have been created by Google Earth users in different subject areas.
http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ge/googleearth.htm
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Google Earth wiki where people share their ideas and resources with others.
http://classroomgoogleearth.wikispaces.com/
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Free Google Earth tools to use in making content in your kmz files.
http://www.sgrillo.net/googleearth/
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Combining literature and Google Earth.
http://www.googlelittrips.com/
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Shows the location on the opposite side of the world.
http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/tool.html
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List of Google Earth kmz files and other resources. Nicely organized.
http://vacationworld.googlepages.com/files
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View sports information related to the Beijing Olympics on Google Earth.
http://www.earthgamz.com/olympics
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Google Earth for Educator has lots of resources. Also click on the links to the left for more resources.
http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
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Useful kml files that download right to Google Earth.
http://earth.google.com/outreach/edu_culture.html
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Slideshow of project based lessons using Google Tools. Lots of Google Earth use in all these lesson ideas!
http://picasaweb.google.com/cheryl.davismhs/GoneGoogle
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Guides to using Google Earth and creating content in Google Earth.
http://npsdd.pbwiki.com/GoogleEarth
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Blog giving updated tips on how to use Google Earth.
http://googleearthuser.blogspot.com/
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Google Earth's userguide if you ever get stuck.
http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/
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Tour the U.S. National Parks on Google Earth thanks to Discovery Channel.
http://dsc.discovery.com/videogalleries/nationalparks/nationalparks.html
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Scroll down towards the bottom and there are Google Earth resources by subject area.
http://www.itscoteam.org/~peggy/ge.html
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Google Earth and Scholastic team up to create lesson plans.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/
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WWII places and battles kmz. Just click the "View in Google Earth".
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=112882
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This is a massive site of resources and sometimes overwhelming but well worth the time if you have it.
http://www.geographypages.co.uk/googleearth.htm
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Google Earth Hacks provides links to interesting content found or created by users like you and gives you quick access to check things out in Google Earth.
http://www.gearthhacks.com/