Google Earth

Primer

First, let’s explore Google Earth!
Second, let’s navigate the world

Now that you know you can use files already made, lets make one ourselves!

Open Google Earth
Add>Folder
Name the folder, add any descriptions
Click OK
In the search box, type in your address and the fly to your house
Click the thumbtack icon to add a placemark
Name it. Describe it.
Putting in the folder is tricky, the easiest way is to highlight the placemark, right click, copy. Click once on the folder, right click, paste.
For your second marker, type “the white house”
Repeat steps 6-8
It should have gone in your folder
Go to Wikipedia and search for any famous landmark you can think of (Grand Canyon, Big Ben, Three Mile Island, The Great Pyramid, etc . . . )
On most Wikipedia pages, you’ll find the coordinates of the landmark. For example, Big Ben is 51° 30? 2.2? N, 0° 7? 28.6? W
Repeat steps 6-8
With the folder you just created, you can now right click>Save As>Name it and you should have a kmz file type. Give this to your kids, or once your students make it, they can send it to you.

You can also put pictures into your Google Earth placemarks, or links to websites.

Click on the placemark for the landmark you chose>Right Click>Properties
Find a picture of it on the Internet, and then find the URL of the picture
In the properties box of your Google Earth landmark, type: <img src= “paste the URL of the picture here”>. Make sure you keep the quotations.
Click OK

You can also add a link to a webpage that might further explain the location you put into Google Earth.

Find a website you want kids to use, like www.cnn.com for example
Click on the placemark for the landmark you chose>Right Click>Properties like you did with adding a picture
If you’re just putting in a link with no picture, you can just type www.cnn.com, and it will work.
If you were using cnn.com and a picture, you need to code it, for example, you would type:
<a href= “http://www.cnn.com” mce_href= “http://www.cnn.com”>Click Here</a>

You can also just paste or type in any information you want in the properties box.

Google Earth Tour
Causes of World War Two, 1919-39: An animated flyover
A Google Earth tour, complete with a worksheet, designed to teach students about the main events, but also to encourage them to reflect on the shifting pattern of international alliances. [note: needs Google Earth to be installed!]