Teaching with Google Earth and Google Ocean
Stone Lab, Ohio State UniversityAugust 15-21, 2010
Rosanne Fortner, COSEE Great Lakes
David Hart, Wisconsin Sea Grant
Virtual globes such as Google Earth and ArcGIS Explorer are intuitive and effective tools for learning about the environment. This course provided eight teachers from five states with the concepts and methods needed to apply virtual globes in environmental education. During their week at Stone Lab on Lake Erie in Ohio, teachers developed lesson plans and virtual globe applications on topics including invasive species, climate change, and earth science.
[Course Materials] [Course Products] [Example Lessons] [Social Networking] [Web Resources]
Course Materials
Handouts
- Course Syllabus
- Teacher Resources for Google Earth
- Google Earth Files for the Great Lakes and Beyond
- Mapping Mashup/Data Integration Development Resources
- Google Earth Development Resources
- Assignment #1: Virtual Globe Lesson Review
- Assignment #2: Reflecting on Virtual Globes and Environmental Education
- Assignment #3: Virtual Globe Lesson
- Using Google Earth to Plan a Lake Erie Boating Trip [guide] [KML file] [screencast from Nov. 2007]
- Data Creation using Scribble Maps [guide]
- Pat Dailey playing the last refrain from "The Great Lakes Song" for the class (3GP format, 1MB, works in QuickTime).
- Course photo galleries [Rosanne Fortner] [Rick Meyer]
- Rick Meyer's website sharing information about earth science, education, and technology (http://gneiss.us).
Course Products
Teacher Projects
- What are invasive species and why should we care?, Wanda Bryant [summary, lesson, kml file] [bundle]
- Are estuaries in peril?, Jessica Croson [summary, lesson, student data sheet, kml file] [bundle]
- The Great Lakes Song, Brian Dickmann [summary, lesson, pre-test, song lyrics, student worksheet, quiz, kml file] [bundle]
- Are Asian Carp changing food webs?, Josh Meriweather [summary, lesson, kml file] [bundle]
- How have the Great Lakes changed?, Rick Meyer [summary, lesson, worksheet, kml file] [bundle]
- Pollution, Health, and North Carolinians, Chet Saunders [summary, lesson, KML file, and associated files on TaskStream]
- Ohio Climate Change Effects, Sue Wasmund [summary, lesson, worksheet, kml file] [bundle]
- Volcanos and Google Earth, Dan Wexler [summary, lesson, worksheet, kml file] [bundle]
- A lesson about struggling fisheries based on Billy Joel's song "Downeaster Alexa", Rosanne Fortner [summary, lesson, music video, kml file]
- Google Lit Trip for Holling C. Holling's children's book "Paddle-to-the-Sea", David and Noah Hart [summary, kml file]
- Google Lit Trip for Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Big Two-Hearted River", David and Madeleine Hart [summary, kml file]
Example Lessons and Activities
Great Lakes Lessons
- Great Lakes Curriculum, COSEE Great Lakes
- Teaching with Great Lakes Data, Michigan Sea Grant
- Teach Great Lakes, Great Lakes Information Network
- Earth Systems Education, Ohio State University
- Decision Making Curricula for the Great Lakes, Ohio State University
- Activities for Changing Earth Systems, Ohio State University
- Earth Systems Educational Activities for Great Lakes Schools, Ohio State University
- Great Lakes Instructional Materials for the Changing Earth System, Ohio State University
- Ducks in the Flow: Resources about Surface Ocean Currents for the Upper Elementary Classroom, Windows to the Universe
- Juicy Geography, Noel Jenkins
- Earth Space Quest, Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
- Science Goes Spatial, Lisa Blank and Jeff Crews
- Google Lit Trips, Jerome Burg
- Google Earth Education Community, David Herring, Tucson Unified School District
- Earthquests, Patrick Kania, Perkins High School, Sandusky, Ohio
- Real World Math - Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum, Thomas Petra
- Google Earth and NASA WorldWind Activities in K-16 Education, Pennsylvania View
- Google Earth Lesson Plan Library, Google
- Arc Lessons, ESRI (use advanced search to query "ArcGIS Explorer" for software used)
- World Wind Curricula, World Wind Central
Social Networking for Great Lakes Maps, Data, and Decision-Support Tools
- Virtual Globes and Environmental Education Blog -- WordPress (http://www.wordpress.com)
- Great Lakes Decision Support Dashboard -- Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com)
- Great Lakes Data and Tools Social Bookmarking -- Delicious (http://delicious.com)
- Great Lakes Observing System Group -- Facebook (http://www.facebook.com)
Web Resources
Great Lakes Resources
- Great Lakes Observing System
- Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
- CoastWatch, Michigan Sea Grant
- Great Lakes KML Tour, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
- Google Earth Design, Richard Treves
- Producing Maps with Google Earth, Richard Treves, Southampton University
- GIS Education Community Blog, ESRI
- GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration, Barbaree Duke
- Google Ocean Showcase, Google
- Google Earth Outreach Tutorials, Google
- Ocean and Coastal Data Sources, Just Magic
- VirtualFieldWork.org, Paleontological Research Institution
Contact: Rosanne Fortner (fortner.2 *at* osu.edu) and David Hart (dahart *at* wisc.edu)
URL: http://www.greatlakesmashups.net/stonelab2010/index.html
Last updated: September 3, 2010