Google Earth is a fantastic tool that can again enhance a student’s depth of understanding quite easily. It's uses are continually expanding and evolving allowing for a more in depth "peek" at the Earth. I have found a great link to a page which details the classroom applications for Google Earth, examples include:
Biology: Track routes of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe Forest. See the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee blog here.
Ecology: Create a short quiz like this one.
Environmental Science: Have students check Alaska's global warming problems.
Geology: Find images, links, and descriptions, with information about thousands of volcanoes around the globe.
Global Awareness: Study the Crisis in Darfur with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's unprecedented project.
History: Explore Tutankhamun's Tomb.
Humanities: Have your students scout film shoot locations.
Literature: Bring class or contemporary tales to life with Google LitTrips.
Math: Explore distance, velocity, and wave properties of tsunamis.
Google Earth is becoming an interactive globe with endless capabilities for enhancing student learning. This single piece of technology can bring every square inch of the Earth into the classroom and gives students a better understanding of any topic relating to it.
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