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Google Earth Overview Packet (doc file - 1,162kb) Packet with instructional information for K-5 Teachers

Landform FlipBook PowerPoint Template (ppt file - 727kb) Students use this template to locate, take screen shots and find examples of major landforms. (Grades 2 - 4)

It is CRUCIAL to download, preview, plan, and practice using the Lit Trip within Google Earth before using with a class!

Searching for Community Maps

Note - You can view additional user-created content by checking the Google Earth Community layer.

Searching for Community Maps

Make sure when saving a Tour with audio narration to set the 'Save as Type' option in the Save window to KMZ, otherwise the audio will not be included in your file.

Technology now facilitates civic involvement throughout the world, said the State Department’s Jared Cohen. In an essay for the Web site Huffington Post.com, Cohen reflected on the lessons of the AYM conference and concluded that “this new ability to connect [online] is leveling the playing field and breaking down previous age, gender, socioeconomic and circumstantial barriers to who can emerge as a leader, activist or grassroots agent for change.”

The open data movement is about sharing as much of the data as possible, while the open notebook science movement is about sharing as much of the whole primary record as possible. Both of these are focused on enabling others to use the mass of information behind a journal article to inform further research. The web also offers new opportunities for more open peer review, widening the opportunity for those who want to provide and receive feedback on research.