Introduction to Google Earth - a free download from Google

• Sidebar
• Search, Places, and Layers
• Search automatically populates Temporary Places; move items to My Places make permanent.
• Create folders to organize My Places.
• Double click to zoom, checkbox to show markers.
• Layers come with Earth. Turn on only those that are needed.
• Controls and Information in the view window
• Zoom
• Angle
• Rotate
• Lat/Long, Date, Altitude
• Tools
• Placemark, Polygon, Path, Image Layer, Movie
• Time Slider, Day/Night line
• Earth, Sky, Mars, Moon
• Ruler
• Share: email, print, add to Google Maps

Task: Locate the school. Use the Placemark tool to identify the school. Be sure to Snapshot your current view. Add text to describe the school.

Note: Lit Trips are collections of Placemarks and Paths.

Google Lit Trips - Download and open already created trips

• White Jade Tiger example lesson plan from Julie Lawson's wiki. KMZ file for White Jade Tiger

Real World Math - Lessons and ideas for using Google Earth in the math curriculum

US History Tours powered by Google Earth. This new format traces historical developments across time, touching down on locations vital to our nation's heritage and development. Points of interest in each tour launch primary and multimedia sources.

Searching for Lit Trips with Google: 

•  filetype:kmz   littrip

Building Lit Trips Basics

Storyboard

Google Earth Resources for Educators from Primary Source