Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Google Earth

In order to find out more about Mount Everest we used Google Earth to get a closer view of where Mark Wood will be when he calls us through his Skype in the Classroom project. 

To get us started we first looked at our school:

We were most surprised to see so much construction around our school!  One of the students suggested we use the historical imagery feature on Google Earth that enables you to see pictures of the same place back in time.  We noticed that ten years ago there were "lots of trees!"
Next we flew over the globe to Nepal where we focused in on Mount Everest and saw "lots of snow" and "no construction." 

 We also discovered that we could click on Google Earth photo icons and saw several beautiful photographs of Mount Everest and the surrounding mountain ranges.

 
Can you find your school on Google Earth?  
How do its surroundings compare to our school in Phuket, Thailand?  
What other cool Google Earth features should we try out?


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2 comments:

  1. Powerful Learners in Room 7!March 13, 2013 at 1:27 PM

    To Talking in the Cloud

    I enjoyed seeing Mount Everest!
    You should try finding us!

    From Aaron
    Room7
    Vardon School
    NZ

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  2. SiwMarch 20, 2013 at 1:56 PM

    Try to find us - Vikingaåsen school - another school taking part in the Skype with Mark Wodód project. We are in Finland, Aland Islands, Jomala very close to Jomala church. We have found you at the map.
    The link to the map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215785107614322950842.0004d7e39d7eabb1ecc7e&msa=0
    Hello from Aland by Siw

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