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Google Earth Geology Field Trip
Students take a virtual field trip around California using Google Earth. For this geology field trip lesson, students explore landforms and a variety of rocks located in California. Students compare environments where rocks are...
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Use Google Maps to Teach Math
Capture the engagement of young mathematicians with this upper-elementary math instructional activity on measuring time and distance. Using Google Maps, students first measure and compare the distance and time it takes to travel...
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Green Buildings Virtual Tour
Students fill out a worksheet after researching green buildings by taking a virtual tour. In this green buildings lesson plan, students use Google Earth to research green buildings.
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Money Makes the World Go Around
Middle schoolers convert currency from around the world. In this math lesson, students solve exchange rate problems using Google Earth. They complete a worksheet during the simulation.
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Culminating Alternative Energy Project
Students work in teams to complete an alternative energy project. In this alternative energy instructional activity, students are assigned a city and decide on the most appropriate alternative energy source for their city. Students use...
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Meteorology
See how estimation is essential to making temperature weather maps. Scholars use ratios and rates of change to estimate temperatures at locations where temperature readings have not been made. They connect this idea to linear functions.
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Where in the USA?
Pupils explore the use of Google Earth and Virtual Earth. In this Google Earth and Virtual Earth lesson plan, students use the applications to look at famous places on the earth. They solve clues (not given) to find the assigned...
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Proportions and Scale Factor for Measurement
Young scholars explore the concept of proportion. In this proportion lesson, students use google maps to find the distance the their school is from home. Young scholars discuss what a scale factor is through teacher led discussion....
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Complex Area Problems
Students calculate the area of different polygons. For this geometry lesson, students find the area of complex polygons. They solve word problems using rates and distances.
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Crop Circles
Students calculate the area and circumference of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students solve word problems with circles and create formulas to calculate the area. They find the rate and complex area of a circle.
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Search and Rescue Project
Students create a search and rescue party. In this geometry lesson plan, students simulate a rescue operation using math. They calculate the time, rate and solve word problems related to the real world.
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Using Repeat Photography to Map Environmental Hazards
Young scholars investigate the changes of their environment by experimenting with photography. For this environmental observation lesson, students compare historic photographs of areas with pictures they have just taken....
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This Building is Tall
Students calculate the perimeter of shapes. In this geometry lesson, students relate properties of polygons to the real world. They find length, midpoint and slope.