Google+Earth+Tours

Highlighted from PETE + C, 2008

//The Whole World in Kids' Hands: Student Made Google Earth Tours [|Julie Tebbets] (view the pp from her presentation)//

Much like [|Google Lit Trips]

Google Earth: [|http://earth.google.com] (be sure to update to the latest version!) Project Ideas: Building a Tour
 * Country of Family's Origin (Monuments of Italy)
 * insert image overlay with top down view from Google Earth
 * Landforms - use the terrain layer function (volcano, Niagra Falls)
 * Migration/Travel Route - use the path tool to show the path of migration/movement (Explorer's route)
 * Habitat - use the polygon tool to create and color specific areas (panda bear habitat), borders and labels may do this already
 * Search the Universe in sky view - use the black button in the top bar (Crab Nebula)
 * Planets and Solar System - in the set up look for the overlays of the planets to get good images
 * Historical Events
 * Current Events
 * Book Reports - ie Huckleberry Finn
 * Scavenger Hunt by coordinates - turn on grid in the view menu, give the coordinates for the students to use for searching
 * Weather Report - use the weather layer - clouds are viewable, zoom in for the radar view, select a location and get the current weather report
 * Start with paper and pencil research
 * Make a folder to store information and files - use My Places in Google Earth (saved locally on the computer) You can right-click on the folder and save it on the server.... don't open from the server the next time links will be broken (this copy is for 'insurance') - go back to the local folder
 * Select the icon for pinpointing locations
 * Use the description box - it is not a word processor - no spell checker - you may want to copy and paste from a word doc
 * Image Overlays - use a source like Discovery Streaming (use the citation!)
 * use the image overlay button from the top bar name the overlay, put the citation in the description box
 * browse for the picture in the folder where it has been saved
 * video can be inserted with this tool, too - copy the url for the video into the description box - flash videos can be embedded
 * Investigate the Gallery layer for pre-made content

Other tips for using Google Earth
 * [|Introduction to Google Earth]
 * [|Google Earth Education Community]
 * [|Google Earth and Discovery Streaming (United Streaming)]