Here are some links to get you started with Google Earth. This page is still being edited. If you have any questions about what was covered or not covered in the session, email either one of us!

Getting Started

• Download Google Earth - Cross platform and FREE!! Make sure you download your version.
• User's Guide - Created by Google Earth. Best read online for the use of the hot links
• Google Earth 101 for Educators - A collaborative project with basic info and curriculum ideas
• Product Tour - by Google, brief overview of what you can do
• Got the World on a Screen - our School Library Journal article on Google Earth
• Getting Google Earth Pro Free For Educators!

Integration

• Google Lit Trips - Placemarks in Google Earth based on literary works
• Google Earth Community for Educators - Bulletin boards for educators using Google Earth
• Google Earth Lesson - Another resource for lessons with tutorials for use and ideas for student controlled and teacher controlled lessons
• Explore Your Earth A new cross-curricular language arts, geography, and science program and contest, designed to help students in grades 6 through 8 learn about local and worldwide environmental issues.
• Killer Apps for Geography Teachers
• Geography Awareness Week - Interactive quiz and links
• Participant Suggestions

Maps

• Perry Castañeda Historical Maps - lots of maps but you'll have to download and overlay
• Maplecroft Maps - designed specifically for Google Earth

Extras

• Google Earth Blog - Amazing things about Google Earth
• Google Sightseeing - Fun finds on Google Earth
• Interesting Placemarks - from regular people, some fun places to check out
• Circle Generator - put in the coordinates and the size and it creates a circle path on Google Earth
• Panoramio for Google Earth - add this layer to your Google Earth to see photos from people around the world
• Degree Confluence Project - The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures, and stories about the visits, will then be posted here.
• TerraClues - online global scavenger hunt
• Flash Earth If you don't have Google Earth loaded but need the Google Earth mapping, this might be a decent alternative

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