Bring Google Earth into your Geoscience Classroom
published Dec 5, 2008 12:00amDec 5, 2008
Two new resources dedicated to using Google Earth for teaching geoscience have been released.
Teaching with Google Earth provides detailed instructions and many ideas for bringing rich imagery and interactive information into the classroom. This website includes an in-depth user guide, a tip sheet handout for students, references, and instructions for working with KML, Google Earth API and Google Maps. There are over 25 different examples of activities using Google Earth, spanning topics in environmental science, geology, geography, and biology.
We have a new set of pages specifically devoted to teaching geologic mapping and geologic map interpretation with Google Earth, plus a growing collection of great Google Earth locations for teaching map interpretation. The pages are part of the Structural Geology collection but can be adapted easily for introductory courses.
Teaching with Google Earth provides detailed instructions and many ideas for bringing rich imagery and interactive information into the classroom. This website includes an in-depth user guide, a tip sheet handout for students, references, and instructions for working with KML, Google Earth API and Google Maps. There are over 25 different examples of activities using Google Earth, spanning topics in environmental science, geology, geography, and biology.
We have a new set of pages specifically devoted to teaching geologic mapping and geologic map interpretation with Google Earth, plus a growing collection of great Google Earth locations for teaching map interpretation. The pages are part of the Structural Geology collection but can be adapted easily for introductory courses.