How to Add Google Drive Videos to Google Earth Pro Placemarks
Last week a reader emailed me to ask for help inserting videos into placemarks in Google Earth Pro. His students had recorded videos and saved them in Google Drive. They wanted to use them in their Google Earth Pro placemarks. I was happy to help. Before giving you the directions for how to add Google […]
I’m Feeling Lucky – Around the World With Google Earth
Google Earth is one of my all-time favorite tools for teaching geography and history lessons. Two of my favorite ways to use Google Earth in the classroom are outlined below. From voyages to games to simple measuring tools, the web version of Google Earth has a lot of neat features that can help students learn […]
Lessons on Map Projections
The maps pages and education pages of the USGS should be bookmarked by anyone who teaches geography. One of my go-to pages within the USGS education site is this collection of 27 ideas for teaching with topographic maps. In the list of lesson ideas you will find suggestions for lessons about typical geography topics like […]
5 Map Creation Activities for Geography Awareness Week
Next week is Geography Awareness Week. As a social studies teacher I think every week should be Geography Awareness Week, but I digress. Looking at maps is fine, making maps is better. Here are five map creation activities that your students can do to increase their understanding of geography. 1. Create a map of a […]