 Overview of Google Earth  Overview of the Game  Supporting Webpage  Citing a Site  Let’s Play  Questions and Answers and Sharing What are we doing today?

Google Earth Features Overhead Satellite and Aerial Imagery Highway Maps Ability to create and save placemarks and folders Integration with Internet resources 3D Landforms and 3D Buildings Network Connections for real-time data monitoring Tools for measuring and creating paths Ability to create image overlays Access to a community of users who have developed Google Earth applications

Keep in mind… The images are not in real-time. Most images are two to three years old. Overhead images have been obtained from a variety of sources, including declassified satellite data and commercial aerial imagery. Most of the earth is low resolution imagery, but some places, such as major metropolitan areas, offer much higher resolution.

Polar Orbit  Satellites are in a Polar Orbit  Images tend to run North-South

A Quick Tour

Some things to know and tell…  The “Fly To” box can be a little finicky!  Latitude/longitude is separated by number phrase and direction with a space, but NOTHING else (i.e., E S).  Be at the right “eye altitude” (the height you are above the Earth). Sometimes you need to zoom OUT to get a larger picture and sometimes you need to zoom IN pretty close. Bear in mind that the icons that contain the information you may need may not appear until you zoom in close enough.  Some clues require you to “measure” a distance. This tool is assessed under the “Tools”, “Ruler”, then place your cursor at the starting point of your measurement, click once to lock the ruler in place, then move your cursor to the destination point. The ruler box provides you with the length of the resulting line.

AND…  Make sure you check to see that the correct layers are on! If one of the layers you should have is NOT on, you may not see the answer to the clue.  Always wait for the video streaming (in the lower center of the satellite picture) to reach 100 percent.  The latitude/longitude doesn't take you to the EXACT spot. Look around!

Let’s Try This Out (practice)! 1.Use Google (the search engine) to find the setting of each story listed below. 2.Use Google Earth to take aerial pictures of the MAIN setting for each story. 3.Put each aerial picture in a Word document with a brief description of the location. STORIES: The No. 1 Detective Agency The Red Tent The Kite Runner At Canaan’s Edge

PROCEED TO THE NEXT SECTION ON: Citing a Site!

1.Watch your teacher as she demonstrates the proper format to use to make citations for books, encyclopedias, and websites. Note the differences. 2.Using you blank Bibliography form, search for two websites on the topic selected by your teacher and cite those sites! 3.As you are working, use your checklist to ensure you have considered all inclusions! 4.Turn in your completed citations to your teacher. GOOD JOB!! Let’s Cite a Site!

PROCEED TO THE NEXT SECTION ON: Starting the Project!

So let’s talk about the project! 1.What are the objectives for this project? 2.What are the instructions for implementing the project? 3.Let’s review “how to cite a site”. 4.How do we access the clues for the project? 5.What are the work expectations for completing your Museum Template? 6.Get started on CLUE NO. 1!!

Game Webpage or or

Questions and Answers