1. Connecting to Real World Problems with Google Earth 2011 Global Education Conference

2. Thomas Petra

3. Global Education Conference Mission Statement "... a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action towards solving real world problems."

4. RealWorldMath.org

5. Poll Question 1 Have you viewed Google Earth before?

6. Poll Question 2 Have you used Google Earth with your students?

7. Google Earth

8. Water ProblemsWater Problems - YouTube demoYouTube demo

9. Concepts & Standards

10. Downloads & Links

11. The ultimate goal in your lesson should be to lead students to the bigger questions.

13. More activities in Real World Math...

14. Oil Spill Estimates

15. Tsunami Warning

16. Whale Watch

17. More from Google Earth...

18. Layers - Gallery & Global Awareness

19. Google Earth Gallery

20. View in Google Earth or online via a Plug-in view

21. The Impact of a Global Temperature Rise

22. Climate Hot Map

23. Trading Bows and Arrows for Laptops

24. Actual CO2 Emmissions from 40,000 Buildings

25. USHMM: Crisis in Darfur

26. How would you incorporate global awareness in your lessons?

28. Amazon ideas?

29. Questions?

30. Presentation Link Google Doc http://goo.gl/1yz1a

31. Real World Math links... Website: http://realworldmath.orghttp://realworldmath.org Blog: http://goo.gl/A14wMhttp://goo.gl/A14wM Twitter: http://twitter.com/RealWorldMathhttp://twitter.com/RealWorldMat Video overview: http://goo.gl/gsb2ghttp://goo.gl/gsb2g

32. Thomas Petra contact links Google+: Thomas Petra Global Education Collaborative Classroom 2.0 Email: 4realworldmath@gmail.com4realworldmath@gmail.com Website: http://www.petra3designs.comhttp://www.petra3designs.com About.me: http://about.me/ThomasPetrahttp://about.me/ThomasPetra

33. Thank you