Danny Maas Emerging Technology Consultant Edmonton Catholic School District Daniel.Maas@ecsd

1. Using Google Earth in the Science Classroom Danny Maas Emerging Technology Consultant Edmonton Catholic School District Daniel.Maas@ecsd.net Danny Maas Emerging Technology Consultant Edmonton Catholic School District Daniel.Maas@ecsd.net

2. Compare Technology Use in Schools to This Video

3. Guiding Principles

4. Science Program of Studies - Elementary

5. Science Program of Studies – Junior High

6. Senior High Science Programs Vision Statement

8. Universal Design for Learning Choice Multimedia Showing what they know

9. What is Google Earth?

10. Rationale for Using Google Earth • Skill & Attitude Development • Visual literacy • Global awareness • Geographic thinking • Inquiry

11. IT’S DEMO TIME!

12. Science Applications - Teachers

13. Examples

14. Science Applications - Students

15. Map Creation & Annotation

16. Adding Placemarks • Along the top toolbar, the Placemarks button looks like a yellow pushpin • When Clicked, an untitled placemark will be placed onto the screen. • Drag the placemark to the location you want. • In the “New Placemark” window, add a name. • Optionally, add a description or change the style & color. • Clicking on the yellow pin icon can change the image represented

17. Drawing Polygons • Click the Polygon tool button • Click once for the first point of your polygon • Click again at key points around the shape • Click on your starting point to finish the shape • Name your shape • On the ‘Style, Color’ tab choose the color and opacity of your shape • If your shape is unusually-shaped, you can click and drag the entire path (versus clicking at key points only)

18. Drawing Paths • Click the Path tool button • Click once for the first point of your path • Click again at key points around the path • Name your path • On the ‘Style, Color’ tab choose the color and thickness of your path • If your path is unusually-shaped, you can click and drag the entire path (versus clicking at key points only)

19. Recording a Tour • Click the ‘Record a Tour’ button • If you have a path and elements to record in your tour already, click the ‘Play Tour’ button as well • When the ‘Record’ button is pressed, audio and screen movements will be captured • Click the disk icon to name and save your tour which will be added to your ‘Places’ list

20. Measuring Distances • Open “Ruler” tool • For a single line, choose ‘Line’ tab • For a path, choose ‘Path’ tab • Choose appropriate units • Click once to begin path • Click again at key points tokeep path going • Toward the end, click a pointnear to your start point (youwon’t be able to click on theexact starting point)

21. Getting Directions • In the search area, choose the ‘Directions’ tab • Enter a start and end point • Click the ‘Search’ button(magnifying glass) • Scroll down for the totaldistance • Push the ‘Play Tour’button to view the directionsas a Google Earth Tour

22. Adding Web 2.0 Elements • Many web 2.0 tools offer an ‘embed’ feature to embed the multimedia onto other websites, blogs, etc. (E.g. YouTube, Animoto, Voki, etc.) • To embed on Googe Earth, first add a placemark • Copy the ‘embed’ HTML code from the web 2.0 website • Paste the embed code into the description area of the placemark • The next time you click on the placemark your web 2.0 element should display

23. Exporting Items to a .KMZ file • Any group of placemarks, polygons, paths, and tours can be grouped together and saved as a single .KMZ file • Right-click on My Places and choose “AddFolder” and name that folder • Click/Drag all the items you want into the new folder • Right-click the folder and choose “Save Place As” • Name the .KMZ file and choose a save location

24. Find .KMZ Files on the Internet • Open Google and choose ‘Advanced Search’ • Enter your search term(s) • Look for ‘File type’ and select “Google Earth KMZ or KML”

25. More Resources http://www.google.com/earth/

26. Daniel.Maas@ecsd.net