Did you know that you can use Google Earth for more than looking at your home from a satellite?
That's right, Google Earth can give you a lot of information. If, for example, you click the little "+" next to Gallery, under the Layers frame you will see several options. Clicking on one of them, like New York Times, will place icons showing every location where there is a story in the Times. Under
Geographic Web you can select places where there are Wikipedia
articles.
But there is still an even more exciting application that can be used. From the Google Earth website (not the Google Earth program but the website (http://earth.google.com/), you select Gallery from the menu on the left and choose from several topic areas, one of which is Educational. Each topic has applications that can be opened in Google Earth. When you click on the "Open in Google Earth" link the application is transferred to your Google Earth program and can be found under the Temporary Places folder in the Places frame.
There are some excellent educational applications that can be used in the classroom. Things like "World Population Density," "Darfur--Destruction of 1,000 Villages," and "Age of Exploration: Magellan's Circumnavigation of the World," can enhance a lecture or discussion with information that visually enhances learning.
Click here for a short video on adding these applications to your Google Earth program.
