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There are so many innovative ways to use Google Earth with your students. Some of these may be familiar to you, but hopefully some are new and will help you improve upon a unit with your students.

google earth alternative

A simple tool for finding the bearing between two locations in Google Maps. Not perfect, but very simple to use!

Embed this Google Earth player on your webpage. Point it to a kmz tour file. This is great! Check out this example: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/07/best_google_earth_tour_to_date_apol.html

Embed this Google Earth player on your webpage. Point it to a kmz tour file. This is great!

I needed to bookmark this for an upcoming workshop. If you want to learn how to use the many features in Google Earth, then THIS is the place to start

The official Google Earth User GUide page. There's even a printable version

"The purpose of this paper is to examine how KML, Keyhole Markup Language, can be used for thematic mapping. A thematic map displays the spatial pattern of a social or physical phenomenon, such as population density, life expectancy or climate change. "

Got a student who needs a fun project? This might be right up his/her alley.