As part of ‘Curriculum Extension Activities’ I am running a session called ‘Fun and Games with Google Earth’. The ‘Curriculum Extension Activities’ run for six or seven weeks before the students choose a new activity. Starting tomorrow I have 12 students (mixed from Years 7, 8 and 9) for 50 minutes a week to entertain and educate with Google Earth.
I requested some ideas from the geography community using the SLN forum and this is the first session. Future sessions will include the use of the geography department’s Garmin Geko GPS units.
Session One – Google Earth Treasure Hunt and Earth Art
We will start with the Google Earth Treasure Hunt – this will allow me time to assess what Google Earth skills the students already have and therefore plan future sessions.
The Google Earth Treasure Hunt file can be downloaded from the link below. I also have an answer sheet for those teachers/educators who want it!
Those who finish the Treasure Hunt will be looking at ‘Earth Art‘.
There is more info about Earth Art in the Google Earth Unit I created for the International School of Toulouse Summer School in 2007.
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