Google Earth

I have recently downloaded Google Earth and found that it is ridiculously awesome. It is fun to look at places you go to everyday and places around the world that you have traveled to. What I think is really cool about Google Earth is how it could be used in the classroom. As a future social studies teacher it could be used for a lot of class lessons. If I decide to talk about, let's say the Netherlands, I can zoom in to see the different regions and rivers. I can also zoom into different cities that we may talk about in class. Another cool feature is the street view, where if you click on the button it will take you down to see pictures that have been taken of the area from the street. I think this is great because it allows the students to actually see what other places look like instead of just having them imagine it. Google Earth could also be used by science teachers as well because it allows you to go into outer space to see the constellations, the moon and the planet mars.


Check out this website:
http://earth.google.com/


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