Google Earth – A great technology to use
Making use of the technology that is made at the heart of Google Earth, a student can have the whole world on his or her computer. Google’s satellite based imagery mapping product permits its users to fly from space to street level as well as to find out geographic information as well as travel around places of our beautiful world. Imagine going from the rainforests in the Amazon to the sunny beaches of Australia, from the London Bridge to the Himalayas in a fraction of a second.
Like a video game as well as a search engine rolled into one, Google Earth is basically a 3-D model of the entire planet. The program Google Earth also allows users to grab, spin as well as zoom down into any place of our beautiful planet earth. Now, with Google Earth’s new version, you can easily distant cities with Google Street View, view photo-realistic 3-Dimensional buildings as well as show your students sunset around the wonderful world with the new Sunlight feature.
Google Earth program makes studies interesting by making it alive. Imagine exploring the habitat of chimpanzees in rural Africa or the migratory patterns of birds’ .You are also able to make use of Google Earth demos to get your students excited about geography, and make use of different Google Earth layers for studying economics, demographics as well as transportation in specific contexts.
For instance: The teachers can encourage the students for making use of real-time coordinates as well as demonstrate how to calculate distance calculations and verify the results making use of the Google’s measurement tools; view tectonic plate-shift evidence by observing whole continents, mountain ranges as well as areas of volcanic activity; study impact craters, desiccated lake beds as well as other major land forms.
And do not think that the program Google Earth can only be availed for geography. Students are also able to study about the growth of cities, development of human civilization as well as the impacts of natural disasters such as the tsunami. The only limit for the program Google Earth is the student’s imagination. Do not limit your child’s imagination to our lonely planet; let it sour by making use of our Google sky, a technology, which allows users for viewing the clear night sky. You are also able to stargaze, explore Hubble telescope imagery, or you can check current astronomical events, isn’t that amazing? You'll capture the wonder of the universe without leaving your classroom.
Here are given few other ideas for making use of the program Google Earth in your classroom: Biology: Track routes of leopards in Gumbo forest of Tanzania. Environmental Science: Have students marvel at the beauty of the Himalayas as well as study the alarming rate of the melting of ice in Greenland. Geology: You can find out images, links as well as descriptions, with information about several volcanoes around the globe, thanks to organizations such as Smithsonian Museum of Geology. Global Awareness: You are also able to study the Crisis in Darfur with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's unprecedented project.
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