For Free Google Earth Pro license (for educators)
You will be sent a qualifying questionnaire.
Why use it?Students can use Google Earth to:
• study natural and political maps
• learn map reading and navigation
• visually explore historical, news, and census
data
• annotate locations and share with others
• create their own 3D models to overlay on maps
• download geographically-referenced
information
Google Earth Quick Start User Guide 1. Search Panel- Use to find places
and directions
2. Overview Map- Use for an additional perspective
3. Hide/Show sidebar- Click to conceal or display side bar
4. Placemark- Click to add a placemark
5. Polygon- Click to add a polygon
6. Path- Click to add a path
7. Image Overlay- Click to add an image
8. Measure- Click to measure distance
9. Email- Click to email view or image
10. Print- Click to print current view
11. Navigation Controls- Use to tilt, zoom and move
12. Layers Panel- Use to display points of interests
13. Places Panel- Use to locate, save, and organize placemarks
14. 3D Viewer- View the globe and terrain
15. Status Bar- View streaming status
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Menu Panel: Ruler
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• To find out distance traveled, from the menu bar select “Tools” then “Ruler”
• By clicking different points with your mouse you can create a line or a path.
• A Line measures distance between two points.
• A Path measures distances on a path with many points.
• To convert units of measure select from the drop down menu.
A Path is the way to connect Placemarks or Image Overlays on a Google Lit trip or Google History Expedition, etc.! Kids or teachers can build them.
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Adding Placemarks that play video from URL links - Free sites
Other
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Adding Sounds or Video from free sites
1. Find media online
2. Click to Stream.
3. As it streams Right Click, then click properties, and copy location.
4. Paste in Google Earth Placemark Description box.
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http://www.archive.org/video/28786/prg28786_256k.asf
http://www.archive.org/video/28786/prg28786_256k.asf
That Was GREAT…How Do You Do It?
What Do I Need• Google Earth
• Discovery Education Streaming (or other video content)
• Converter to flash
– www.media-convert.com
– www.zamzar.com
• And…some HTML
HTML Code….Now You Lost Me
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"width="637" height="421" id="game" align=""><param name=movie value="http file:///C:\Converted Video\thewhitehouse.swf "><param name=quality value=high><param name=bgcolor value=#FFFFFF><embed src="http:// http file:///C:\Converted Video\thewhitehouse.swf " quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF width="637" height="421" align=""type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed> </object>
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Adding Placemarks to play audio
Adding Sounds, Stories, or Streaming Podcasts
4. Copy location from Properties window or from the web address line in the browser (e.g., Explorer)
5. Paste in Google Earth Placemark Description box.
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Preferences: Touring
Other
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• You can control the flying speed
• You can control or eliminate pauses
• You can repeat the tours (for Open House) or reinforcement
You can open information balloons on tours
Control Driving Tours here
Google Earth Hidden Features
• Flight Simulator• Macs Apple + Option + A• Windows Control + Alt + A
After the first trip, it appears
in tools