Ideas and Directions for Using Google Maps & Earth Across the Curriculum

This morning at the NCTIES conference I facilitated a workshop about using Google Maps and Google Earth in social studies, science, language arts, and mathematics. Below you can see a list of resources we looked at and directions for creating placemarks in Google Maps Engine Lite, directions for using Classic Google Maps, directions for creating tours in Google Tour Builder and in Google Earth.

Science

- Climate Change, Flooding, Volcanoes

- Google Earth Outreach

- Projects by Subject

- Shark Tracking

- Wildlife Tracking

- KQED Science Maps

- U.S. Watersheds (complete directions for working with watersheds)

English/ Language Arts

- Google Lit Trips

- Projects by subject

Math

- Maths Maps

- Real World Math

- Google Earth Walks

Social Studies

- Social Studies Central

- Projects by subject

- Great Explorers and more

- 10 US History Tours

- Culture and History

- GE Teach