Google Earth – Bringing the World into Your Classroom

Google Earth is a digital globe that allows students to explore anywhere in the world through 3D imagery, street views, and interactive layers.

Google Earth

In the classroom: Teachers can use it for virtual field trips, mapping activities, or to compare landscapes and urban environments. Students can measure distances, trace journeys, and develop their sense of scale and place.

Six features teachers may find useful:

• Free and accessible across devices.

• 3D terrain and city views for exploring landscapes.

• Street View for immersive, on-the-ground experiences.

• Measurement tools for distance and area.

• Layers such as climate, population, and historical imagery.

• Starting and saving projects to continue working on

Australian Curriculum link:

Year 3: [AC9HS3K04] Identify the features of familiar places and how they can be cared for.

Year 4: [AC9HS4K04] The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people.

Year 5: [AC9HS5S04] Collect, record and represent data and information in different formats, including maps, tables and graphs.