Google Earth is an amazing web app that allows a user to primarily view the Earth (but also offers other planets in our solar system) in 3D based on satellite images. Users can focus on a city and view the urban make-up in 3D, including houses, skyscrapers, and other buildings. Users can also view the night sky with the stars. According to Google, the program covers 98% of the Earth's surface and has captured 10 million miles of street view imagery.
Google Earth has clear benefits to implement in a classroom. Teachers can ask students to research deserts, rainforests, lakes, rivers, etc. They can ask students to view the geography of various cities, countries, regions or continents of the world. These two suggestions can be implemented while teaching students social studies/geography. Science can also be a subject where Google Earth can be used--especially with understanding habitats, ecosystems, and even the planets and solar system. Google Earth can also be used to measure the circumference of planets or distances between various places, and can thus be used to enhance Math lessons as well.
Google Earth is a very useful tech tool that teachers should make use of in their classrooms. Best of all, it's free!
Courtesy of Giordano @NU
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