"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." ~~ Dorothy Parker

Thank you Richard Byrne of Free Tech For Teachers for creating and sharing this and many other great Google for Educators resources

Google Earth Across the Curriculum - From Google Earth Across the Curriculum by Richard Byrne

Word of the Day:  .kmz or .kml   

Handouts: Sidebar &  Placemarks    & creatingGoogleEarthTours.pdf

Introduction:  The New Google Earth 5

Videos of all the new features like Moon, Mars, Historical Places

Online Activities

Resources

• Dr. Alice Christie's Google Earth in Education Resources
• Google Earth Outreach Showcase (See KMZ files created that track the Holocaust or watershed changes)
• Google Earth Files for Educators (Volcanos of the world, World Heritage Sites, Lewis & Clark)
• Google Earth Gallery
• Creating Science Lessons with GE by a team of teachers in New York, including Steve Kluge (Fox Lane HS), Drew Patrick (Fox Lane HS) and Eric Ferman (Eastchester HS)manual.pdf
• Google Earth Blog by Frank Taylor
• Google Earth Lessons Blog
• 17 Most Bizarre Sites in Google Earth
• Google_Earth_and_Math_Activity_Ideas.doc
• Discovery Channel: Google Earth
• "What on Earth?" GoogleEarth and GoogleMaps Extras
• Wes Fryer's favorite KMZs

GoogleLitTrips  "Three-Dimensionalizing the Story"  -Jerome Burg, Creator

 Favorite Downloads:  Make Way for Ducklings,   Night,    My Brother Sam is Dead

Getting to know GE

• act-1-getting to know GE.doc - Explore famous sites and take a look around.
• act-2-Familiar Places.doc - Play with Google Earth by exploring Tucson, place markers, experiment with measurement.
• act-3-Sight-seeing around US.doc  - Visit sites around the US from your computer. Enjoy all the details
• act-4-Lat Long equator.doc - Use the Latitude and Longitude measurements at the bottom of the screen in combination with your knowledge about the equator and weather to answer the questions.
• Google Earth Math

Tutorials & Helpers

Google Earth Tutorials

Making Place Markers (tutorial from Dr. Alice Christie)

Searching for .KMZ & .KML Files (eg:  arizona+.kmz or "lewis and clark"+.kmz or ididarod+.kmz)

Google Earth with Xtranormal Green Screen Feature

Other Features

Google Mars

  from Google Earth Blog, Mars description and screen shots

Historical Images

Google Ocean

Example Scavengeroogle	Scavenger Hunts Scavengeroogle
	Clue Name : “Shark Jaws” Submitted by: Andrew Status : Solved (5) Duration: Sun 11/20/05 - Tue 11/22/05 Solved By: Tim J, Bernd, Mike M, Lisa, Bakpaulilin Word Hints : “Marathon divided by 4.3667. Water after the bridge.” Magnification Needed: 15/18