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=Google Earth Projects at CFPMS = by Christina Brunschwyler, Meg Basilio and Robin Martin

Travel around Mars


Charles F. Patton Middle School Unionville-Chadds Ford SD 760 Unionville Rd, Kennett Square, PA 19348

GoogleEarth Background
Where do the photos come from? Google Earth partners with various world organizations to share and post imagery, Such as: NOAA, orbiting satellites and space shuttle missions (NASA), Image America, and many others. There are web cams from hundreds of locations including National Geographic, National Wildlife Fund, Zoos from around the world and traffic organizations.

 Necessary Vocabulary

7th grade Biomes of the World

8th Grade -  5 Themes of Geography



Upon completion of the projects, teachers can use the tours:
 * to introduce a unit of study
 * as a scavenger hunt
 * as a quiz or test on the material
 * to illustrate any of the concepts provided
 * to demonstrate how to use GoogleEarth

__PETE &C CONTACTS: __
Geography - Meg Basilio - mbasilio@ucfsd.org Science - Christina Brunschwyler - cbrunschwyler@ucfsd.org Technology - Robin Martin - rmartin@ucfsd.org

Resource: Google Earth image LOGO from: http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_balloon.html//