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http://www.google.com/earth/

Imagine: Teaching a lesson on immigration, and having the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island at your finger tips!

• No fund raising
• No bus trips

All through technology with:

http://www.google.com/earth/

Google Earth: Allows you to visit any location in the world simply by entering a location name and hitting “enter”, through this program you can see both aerial and street views of any location!

Standards:

Third Grade Math: 3.N.BT: 2. Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Third Grade Math: 3.MD: 1.Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.

Third Grade Social Studies: Geography: 7.Systems of transportation and communication move people, products and ideas from place to place.

Third Grade Social Studies: Geography:8.Communities may include diverse cultural groups.

Classroom Ideas:

Images taken from Google Earth (inspiration for lesson):

The Statue of Liberty:

 

Street View:

 

Ellis Island:

Street View:

Immigration

Using the above standards I would create a unit about Immigration.

1. We could begin by discussing immigration and the many places people came to the U.S. from as well as how they arrived here.
2. Using Google Earth to view things such as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Discuss what these symbols meant for immigrants, how they felt seeing these things for the first time.
3. Together we could then calculate how far various groups of people traveled to arrive to the Statue of Liberty, how far the Statue of Liberty is from Ellis Island, how old these monuments are, or even how long the journey was from other countries to the United States.

Google Earth could be used for many other subjects as well such as:

• Exploring different climates and ecosystems
• Looking at other cultures
• Explore other landmarks
• Discussing rural vs. urban
• Looking at economic statuses of other countries
• Learning science terms (mountain, volcano, forest etc.)

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Unpack those survival kits and get busy!!

-Kambra Runyon

Google title & Hello, Earth: http://www.google.com/earth/

Google Earth Screen Shots: Google Earth Downloaded Program

Survival Kit: Kambra Runyon

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Travel around the world, back in time and even to the future without leaving your classroom!

http://www.si.edu/Educators

Allows educators to take their students on virtual field trips of the Smithsonian Museums!

Take a panoramic tour through the National Museum of Natural History

OR

Visit specific exhibits in the other Smithsonian Museums!

The possibilities are endless!

Virtual Tour of the

National Museum of Natural History:

http://www.mnh.si.edu/vtp/1-desktop/

Enter into the Rotunda of the main floor of the museum:

Pan up and down, left to right and even zoom to view the beauty of the building itself

Navigate your way through the museum using the guide:

Explore exhibits such as Mammal Hall without even removing students from their seats!

360* view of exhibits!

Readable exhibit information

Standards:

Third Grade Science:

Physical: All objects and substances in the natural world are composed of matter.

Life: Offspring resemble their parents and each other.

Earth & Space: Earth’s nonliving resources have specific properties.

Classroom Implication Ideas:

1. Mark days on the classroom calendar as virtual field trip days
2. Use virtual field trips and the Smithsonian exhibits as a reward system (instead of passing out unhealthy treats)
3. During science or social studies simply pull up the website and project it onto the SmartBoard and navigate your way through the exhibits with students, exploring and discussing topics related to the standard you are covering in the said subject.

Although nearly all of the Smithsonian Museums have some form of education resource,

I found these sites to have the most interesting:

Take a virtual trip through the museum with:

View exhibits and objects with:

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Unpack those survival kits & get busy!!

-Kambra Runyon  

Information about websites: http://www.si.edu/Educators

Screens shots of virtual field trip of National Museum of Natural History: http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/#

National Zoo Logo: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/

American History Logo: http://americanhistory.si.edu/

History Explorer Logo: http://historyexplorer.si.edu/home/

Survival Kit: Kambra Runyon