I use Google Earth from kindergarten on. It's a favorite with both students and their parents. I've attached an introductory lesson that collaborates with the first grade inquiry into national symbols. I Introduce Google Earth, how to pan…
I have used GE to "fly" the students to the locals of the different eras, i.e. when we started our Mesopotamia unit we took the students on a virtual field trip to the Tigris and Euphrates, when we were in the Egyptian unit we…
I used Google Earth for the first time this year in my classroom with one of my team mates for social studies. We used it as we talked about the different continents and oceans. We allowed the students the opportunity to explore each continent as a…