Google+Earth

= Exploring Google Earth = = Academy Resource s =

Getting Started

 * [|Get to Know Google Earth]
 * [|Using Tours]
 * Create Your Own Tour
 * [|Viewing Historical Imagery]
 * [|Navigating the Ocean]
 * [|Google Earth User Guide]
 * [|Using Layers in Google Earth]
 * [|Using Flight Simulator]
 * [|Using Map Features]
 * [|General Videos]
 * [|Join the Google Earth Community]
 * [|Google Earth Blog]

Lesson Ideas

 * **Quick and easy ideas for implementing Google Earth (Slideshow)**
 * **Ways to use [|Google Earth in the classroom]**
 * **GE Lessons:** [|Searchable page with helpful tips]
 * **GE Outreach Showcase**: [|Ready-made materials]
 * **Biology**: Track routes of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe Forest. See the [|Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee blog here].
 * **Ecology**: Create a short quiz like [|this one].
 * **Geology**: Find images, links, and descriptions, with information about thousands of volcanoes around the globe, thanks to organizations like the [|Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program.]
 * **History**: Explore [|Tutankhamun's Tomb.]
 * **Humanities**: Have your students scout film shoot locations like [|this] teacher did with the book //The Golden Compass//.
 * **Literature**: Bring class or contemporary tales to life with [|Google LitTrips].

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