Google Earth

https://www.google.com/earth/

Use historical imagery to travel back in time and view your neighborhood, town, and other familiar places to see how they have changed.

View the many historical maps from the David Rumsey Map collection.

Overlay topographic maps on to Google Earth and compare and contrast different types of geographic representations.

Practice differentiating between physical and cultural landscape features of the world’s largest cities.

Help students visualize and understand the world around them.

Use Street View to travel the world without leaving your classroom.

o Explore landmarks, parks, museums, and important world cultural spots with your students. With over 5 million miles of road in over 40 countries with 360-degree, street-level photos, your students can explore the world without leaving the classroom. Come and explore the Grand Canyon, Amazon, Antarctica, and the Great Barrier Reef.

History

• Use historical imagery to travel back in time and view your neighborhood, home town and other familiar places to see how they have changed.

• Learn more about the US Presidents, their birthplaces, and the progression of states that voted during elections.

• View the many historical maps from the David Rumsey Map collection, like the Lewis and Clark trail map from 1814.

• World Wonders Project - exploring the wonders of the modern and ancient world• Art Project - presenting the world's art work• Yad Vashem - remembering the Holocaust• Dead Sea Scrolls - digitizing biblical manuscripts• Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory - presenting Nelson Mandela's legacy online

Google Maps

With Google Maps, you and your students can become arm-chair explorers and cartographers with ease. Google Maps are a fun and visual way to help students understand geography concepts, map reading, location, and distance measurement. Besides using Google Maps to teach the fundamentals of mapping, like latitude and longitude, you can inspire students to investigate the world and to think spatially. You can use Google Maps with your students to:

• Create collaborative maps• Create a campus or school district map• Create a family heritage map• Get walking directions• Plan a trip using public transportation• Get biking directions• Add or edit places on maps for your community• Compare neighborhoods and communities across the world• Understand traffic patterns• Use maps as writing inspiration

Science

• Explore the Earth's many biomes and habitats on all of the continents• Explore the rich resources from the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) to

help facilitate better understanding of the Earth's many systems• Explore the underwater terrain, visit sea vents, and learn about the health of the ocean

Space Science

• Using Mars in Google Earth, view images downloaded by NASA just hours ago, in theLive from Mars layer.

• Take an interactive tour of Mars, narrated by Public Radio's Ira Flatow or Bill Nye theScience Guy

• View 3D rover models and follow their tracks to see high-resolution 360-degreepanoramas Search for famous Martian landmarks, such as the Face on Mars or Olympus Mons

• Take tours of the landing sites on the Moon, narrated by Apollo astronauts

Math

• Utilize Real World Math and the variety of lesson plans that utilize Google Earth toteach a wide range of math concepts

• Use the Ruler tool to calculate distances in various units of measurements• Find the angle of elevation for hiking trails or ski runs using trigonometric functions

Geography

• Overlay topographic maps on to Google Earth to compare and contrast different typesof geographic representations

• Challenge students to make their own real-world decisions using Juicy Geographylessons for Google Earth

• Practice differentiating between physical and cultural landscape features of the world'slargest cities

Literature

http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html

Constitute

https://www.constituteproject.org

• Quickly find relevant passages. The Comparative Constitutions Project has taggedpassages of each constitution with a topic — e.g., “right to privacy” or “equality regardless of gender” — so you can quickly find relevant excerpts on a particular subject, no matter how they are worded. You can browse the 300+ topics in the expandable drawer on the left of the page, or see suggested topics while typing in the search bar (which also lets you perform free-text queries).

• Filter searches. Want to view results for a specific region or time period? You canlimit your search by country or by date using the buttons under the search bar.

• Save for further analysis. To download or print excerpts from multiple constitutions,click the “pin” button next to each expanded passage you want to save. You can then view and download your pinned excerpts in the drawer on the right.

Currently Constitute includes the constitution that was in force in September of 2013 for nearly every independent state in the world. Certain countries whose constitutional order consists of multiple documents, or whose constitutions are in transition, are temporarily omitted. Soon we will include many of these cases as well as a version of every available constitution ever written since 1789.

Connected Classrooms

http://connectedclassrooms.withgoogle.com

A few former topics:

• Veteran’s Day• 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address• NASA: Life of an Astronaut• Matilda Book Club• Holidays at the White House• Virgin Galactic in Space

Cultural Institute

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/

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