Google Earth and Google Docs: Classroom Activities (21st Century Tech Tools Series) (eBook)
Research suggests that online students respond positively to hands-on, self-directed investigations of their local areas. However, because of their geographic distribution, not all students have the appropriate science content to explore and make sense of their local areas. Google Earth provides a veh...
"Google Earth" is freely available to anyone with a reasonably fast computer and internet connection. It is an application that needs installing, but, once there, it offers the opportunity for an exciting new range of screen-based classroom activities, involving shapes one can spy on from above...
This paper presents two classroom activities which have students analyze, collect, and interpret geologic data. The material is targeted at distance learning, although it can function well in the classroom as pseudo-field trips. The activity is based around Virtual Outcrop Models (VOMs), created us...
Utilizing Google Earth to Teach Students about Global Oil Spill Disasters The United States is currently experiencing its worst man-made environmental disaster, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is s... L Guertin,S Neville - 《Science Activities Classroom Projects ...
Aquatic Biomes Animals Activities for Elementary More than 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water. However, how much information do we have about the oceans and seas? What are the aquatic biomes? How many oceans are there? Teach them to your elementary students with this cre...
Earth's Atmosphere Class Do you remember that mobile game where your virtual pet had to jump upwards and go through the layers of the atmosphere? Thanks to that, you will remember that airplanes fly through the troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere. Perhaps, though, you need a ...
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were replaced by interactive sessions (each 2 h) in a flexible classroom where students had to work both in team and individually in order to explore some key concepts through the integrated use of geospatial data within Google Earth... G Verstraeten,A Steegen,L Martens - EGU General Assembly...
Elementary Awareness-raising Activities on Environmental Education Day On Environmental Education Day, let's discover the ECO-nomics of saving the planet! Earth education can take several forms, and there are plenty of activities to engage in. Indulge in an environmental treasure hunt, going around...