Earthquakes in the last week: This tool on Google Maps allows students to see the number of Earthquakes that happened in just the last week. Students can scroll in and see the exact location and also the magnitute.
Great for drawing correlations between fault lines and earthquakes.
Geography:
Games such as 'Where in the world?' can be engaging for students while also learning Geography. The Teacher can zoom into a landmark and students must observe the clues from around the landmark or extra information may be provided to find where this landmark is in the world. Students would use a search engine to find this information (connectivism).
Global Learners:
Finding out where students clothes come from, where their penpals live, where do classmates born, where the Olympics are taking place, where did Miss Robinson travel on her holidays, where did the tsunami hit? Google Maps would be an essential tool.
In summary:
Students become global learners and are globally aware of different events that are happening around them. They get to explore the world and see how different people from other countries live. This build acceptance and understanding of others and their cultures.
P.S. I love the snipping tool - if you don't have it on your computer you must get it!!!
Attribution: Google maps 2012
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