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Using Google Earth to Facilitate Student Learning in Multiple Disciplines

Using Google Earth to Facilitate Student Learning in Multiple Disciplines. Dr. Laura Guertin, Earth Science Donald Hennig, IST student. All links can be found at:. http://www.delicious.com/drlauraguertin/tlt2010. National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs, 2006 Geographic Literacy Study.

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Using Google Earth to Facilitate Student Learning in Multiple Disciplines

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  1. Using Google Earth to Facilitate Student Learning in Multiple Disciplines Dr. Laura Guertin, Earth Science Donald Hennig, IST student

  2. All links can be found at: http://www.delicious.com/drlauraguertin/tlt2010

  3. National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs, 2006 Geographic Literacy Study • 63% cannot find Iraq on a map of Middle East • Three-quarters cannot find Indonesia on a map • Half or fewer of young men and women can identify the states of New York or Ohio on a map (50% and 43%, respectively). • Taken together, these results suggest that young people in the United States, the most recent graduates, are unprepared for an increasingly global future

  4. Bring in Google Earth…

  5. GE Example – The Grapes of Wrath

  6. LINK to lessons

  7. LINK to project website Ecological Research on the Ancient Bristlecone Pines (Image by James Good) (Image by James Good)

  8. GE Example – Lewis and Clark

  9. GE LINK

  10. Virtual Cemetery (LINK)

  11. The Lorax Project (LINK1, LINK2)

  12. Don’s journey in GE

  13. 1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives • 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college • 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year • 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years • 57 percent of new books are not read to completion

  14. More than 20 percent of adults read at or below a fifth-grade level - far below the level needed to earn a living wage. (National Institute for Literacy, Fast Facts on Literacy, 2001) • 44 million adults in the U.S. can't read well enough to read a simple story to a child. (National Adult Literacy Survey (1992) NCED, U.S. Department of Education) • 21 million Americans can't read at all, 45 million are marginally illiterate and one-fifth of high school graduates can't read their diplomas. (Department of Justice, 1993)

  15. Start with a good book…

  16. Create a QUEST!(Questioning and Understanding Earth Science Themes) http://tinyurl.com/googleearthquest/

  17. GEOSC 021H QUEST

  18. QUESTs include: • List of terms • Location/Organization/People names • Quotes from the book • Critical thinking questions • Additional info

  19. Why consider a QUEST? And How? • Use as “demonstration” in classroom • Have students review outside of class • Have students create a tour • Take ownership, showcase creativity, cite sources • “Push” geography and reading on students • Use technology – students already do • Explore connections of Earth’s systems • Hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, anthrosphere • Explore many disciplines at once • It’s fun!

  20. Questions? • Contact: • Dr. Laura Guertin earthquest@psu.edu • Visit the website! http://tinyurl.com/googleearthquesthttp://www.delicious.com/drlauraguertin/tlt2010

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