Google Earth Video Tour narrated by Mr. Crawford.
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Google Earth Video Tour
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009Google Earth
Thursday, March 19th, 2009After mapping our travels in Google Maps, I decided to map our travels in Google Earth. Google Earth is a great application that can show you the earth using a wide variety of satellite pictures. The pictures are not live but they are taken frequently and you can zoom very close in on some places. To use either of the program files I have included here you need to first download Google Earth from this site. Then you can download either of the Google Earth files that I have uploaded here. The first file has pop-up windows with some information about the different places we are going to visit. The second file has the same places with no pop-up informational windows. (This is my first time posting Google Earth files so I hope everything works!)
If you have never used Google Earth before try using the search feature to find your house or other famous landmarks.
I hope you enjoy investigating our world through satellite images!
Zaijian
Mr. Crawford
I found one of our sister schools!
Sunday, March 15th, 2009I found our sister school in Binzhou, China on the maps in Google Earth and Google Maps! While communicating with our sister school computer teacher, Mr. Qing Shan Gao, he was able to send me the latitude and longitude coordinates of his school. In return, I sent him our school’s coordinates. Shoutian Yingcai Primary School is located at 37°23’51.04”N, 118°0’49.30”E Beecher Road School is located at 41°20’09.52”N, 73° 0’25.69”W . See if you can find these locations on a map or using Google Earth/Maps. What are some of the similarities and differences of where the two schools are located?
Did you want to learn more about latitude and longitude? Check out this New York Times site about Latitude and Longitude. Try out the crossword puzzle on their site for a real challenge. Teachers you may want to print out the puzzle and share it with your class.
Zaijian
Mr. Crawford
Find Us On The Map
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009nǐ hǎo! After reading Mr. Wood’s post on how big China is, I wondered what our travels might look on a map. Using Google maps and Google Earth I created a map of our travel plans while in China. When you look at the map you can see just how far we are traveling! Check out the map here . I’ll post the Google Earth file in a future post. Xièxie ~ Mr. Crawford