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"Google Forms that he shares with 7th grade parents and guardians in the spring, before their student enters middle school. If parents aren't able to attend the meeting, Jeremy simply posts the survey on his school webpage for parents to access. When parents are done with the survey, Jeremy can access the results of the survey through a spreadsheet and in addition can easily view them in graphs as well."

6 Ways to collect data using a Google Form Have students conduct experiment in classroom and one member goes to teacher's computer to enter data for that group Have students create surveys using Google forms and display on own computer; students travel from machine to machine to fill out the

From Google: The Google Cultural Institute brings together millions of artifacts from multiple partners, with the stories that bring them to life, in a virtual museum. This site allows your students to explore different art museums, primary sources, and world wonders. An awesome source to let students explore and see what they find.

This article gives a list of more than 100 ways teachers can effectively use Google products in your classroom.

Using these step by step instructions you can make an interactive quiz which you can embed into a website. Since the quiz is in Google Forms you can collect the information inputted into the forms in a Google spreadsheet.

Author's Note: This article has been edited to correct inaccuracies in Google Docs functionality in Firefox, and Google Apps support.] Game on. Microsoft holds a virtual monopoly on office productivity software, but Google is virtually synonymous with the Web.

The Google Docs platform not only embraces portability by enabling you to create, update and store documents online, it also provides a way for you to publish documents to your website or blog. ...

This website gives a step by step explanation of how to embed a Google Document and how to resize the embedded image. There is a default size when embedding an image and most of the time users want to enlarge that image.

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

There is so much you can do with Google Earth, layers, marking things, adding video, making paths/trails. It's a big world out there!

Free online document creating and publishing.

I have used Google Docs for co-editing documents with students and sharing documents. Co-editing allows in-class and out of class synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. In particular, I find the ability to synchronously co-edit in class with my students a powerful feature. I can view the students and student groups editing the document and provide input as needed.

For those who haven't explored it yet, Google Earth's Voyager feature is a great resource for geography and mapping activities to integrate into lessons. (Launch in the Chrome browser).

This site provides links to and information about useful free add-ons for Google Docs to make the software even better for classroom experiences.

Lesson plans for middle school age students using Google docs

Everything from creating templates to publishing files as websites, the Tips page for Google Slides is full of helpful tips.

Making the jump to use Google Docs in the classroom can be intimidating if you primarily use other word processing tools. It may be the case that you don't use word processing in your class at all. Google Docs offers a variety of features that can be of value to most teachers in any subject. This resource offers ideas and tips on how one might integrate Google Docs into their classroom.