Curriculum Materials

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Google Earth, World Wind, and GPS

World Wind Basics

World Wind Earthquake Plug-in Fix

Google Earth Basics

Code for Prefab Balloon Templates

Creating a Tour (Web Link)

Creating a Simple Mashup

SketchUp Basics and Importing to GE

Creating a 3D building using Google Earth and SketchUp (very simple)

Long/Lat Game

GPS Poker Run

River Ecosystem

Floods - River Processes (doc)

Pebble Count Protocol (doc)

Pebble Count Data Sheet (doc)

Habitat Assessment Map (doc)

Forest Succession in Riparian (pdf)

Sediment Sizes for Salmon Distribution graph (pdf)

Sediment Sizes Collected by Students Along Elwha (pdf)

Images (jpgs) from River Ecosystem

Elwha Watershed Map

Hyporheic

River Ecosystem Function Diagram

Links

Project/Informational Websites

NRCS Snow Sampling Methods

Snow Survey Sampling Guide

Presentation Examples

Google Lit Trips

http://www.sierraclub.org/maps/arctic/arctic.kmz

Wild Sanctuary

Google Earth: Avian Flu

http://services.google.com/earth/kmz/jpl_modis_n.kmz

Google Earth SNOTEL Data Layer

Lessons/Teaching Ideas

Google Earth Outreach Showcase

Google Earth Outreach Case Studies

Google Earth Lessons

Google UK Schools

Google Earth for Earth Science

Google Maps API Tutorial (More advanced GE stuff)

And if you google .kml curriculum and the name of the field you are interested in (e.g., environmental science), no doubt you will find tons of stuff...