US History Tours powered by Google Earth. This new format traces historical developments across time, touching down on locations vital to our nation's heritage and development. Points of interest in each tour launch primary and multimedia sources.
"With Google Earth, you can create awesome tours, taking viewers on a virtual trip from place to place. You can enhance your tours with narration, images, videos, text, and other types of information. The tours you create can even be embedded into a website. "
Free k12 school resources on math, history, social studies, science, living things, space, reading, writing, art and music for k12 students and teachers.
Math
Basic arithmetic, measurement, shapes, counting number, money, and word problems.
Science & Technology
Computers, technology, physics, chemistry and engineering for Kindergarten Kids, K-1, and K-2 students.
Living Things
Free educational resources on living things includes animals, the human body, plants and safety.
Art & Music
Arts and Music includes art history, music, painting, drawing, theatre and dance.
Social Studies
social studies includes geography, famous people, holidays and world cultures.
Earth Science
Geology, oceanography, weather, nature and the environment for kindergarten kids, K-1, and K-2 students.
Reading & Writing
Language arts includes reading, writing, grammar, poetry, alphabet, and online stories.
History
America history, world history, and ancient history.
U.S. History & Culture
Education resources on America includes United States history, government, geography and culture.
Space
The universe, solar system, stars and space exploration.
Recently launched science and technology news website from Discovery Communications. It features breaking news and in-depth articles related to the Earth, Space, Tech, Animals, Dinosaurs, Archaeology, Human and History.
"Learn tips and tricks to explore the world, find interesting places and share content with others. Follow this hands-on learning game at your own pace until you complete each level and become a true explorer!"
"Bring your language learners into the 21st century by connecting them with the world. Through the use of Web 2.0 tools such as Wikis, Blogs, VoiceThread, Google Earth, Epals.com and others, you can not only connect your students with other language learners, but with target-language speakers from all corners of the globe."
One of the wonders of the Internet is that it can bring the world to you instead of your needing to find the time and money to explore the traditional way. The following virtual tours bring opportunities to explore cities, famous landmarks and buildings, museums, college campuses, and even outer space. You can learn how things are made, explore the human body or that of a life-sized whale, and visit ball parks and theme parks. There is even a section of incredible virtual tours that Google Earth has compiled that shares the world in a whole new way.
the entire tom barrett series of interesting ways to use: twitter, wiki search enggines, voicethread, prezi, google docs, interactive whiteboard, google earth, & wordle inthe classroom