Storm Trackers: Leveraging the Drought to Help Teach All Subjects #Cadrought

California is experiencing a Historic Drought 
Is this El Nino the end, or merely a wet period in a much larger Drought?

View Current Water Reservoir Levels in California

Monitor Weather Patterns in Google Maps

 

Use Historic Views in Google Earth to Compare Visuals Past and Present

California's Drought - There's A Map For That

How To Videos

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Google Maps - Great for viewing, directions, weather patterns, Moon phases, and Measurements. Does Not Save!

Google My Maps - Most Google Maps tools, plus the ability to Collaborate, Share and Save. Add multiple Layers, images and videos to your map and places.

Google Tour Builder - Create an ordered tour with locations, text, images and videos.

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Google My Maps

Google Maps Gallery

WWII Battles
Civil War Battles
Revolutionary War
Compare Mayan and Incan Architecture
Gami Map Project (Spanish)
Tour the White House
Plate Tectonics/Movement
Visite De Paris
Grapes of Wrath - Google Lit Trip

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Google’s Tour Builder

It is now possible to use Chromeboooks to create tours. However, Tours will look and work better if created and played on a different web browser. Chrome OS does not allow 3-D tours. 

Iconic Europe

My Summer In SE Asia

3D Tours (not available in Chrome)

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More Maps Resources

Mr. Sill’s Maps - Jim Sill GAFE SC
Google Lit Trips

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There's a Map For That

There’s A Map For That

How often do you mention locations in class without showing students where that location actually is? The Internet has revolutionized the way that we get directions, and now maps can be easily integrated into any course, topic or project. Everything takes place somewhere, now you can show it on a map.

How to get started with Google’s My Maps

A Trip of A Lifetime

• Use Google Lit Trips to follow characters in your favorite story.
• Create a collaborative map to identify locations of major WWII Battles.
• Explore significant steps towards the revolution on thisRevolutionary War Map.
• Link a street view images to your map and explore real or historic sites.
• Compare and Contrast the construction of Mayan and Incan Architecture.
• Create maps that track migratory patterns.
• Map the volcanoes along the Ring Of Fire, or different state reservoirs with their current water levels.

Tour the White House, Which Presidential Portraits can you find?

Lit Trips/Google Earth Tours on Chromebooks

How to Convert a Google Earth Tour For Use On A Chromebook

I love my Samsung Chromebook! Sure, it does not have all the bells and whistles that my macbook does but it's light, durable, CHEAP and does almost everything I need it to do. However, I have always been frustrated that it is not possible to run Google Earth on the Chromebook. As a former geography teacher Google Earth gave my class access to the world. As Chromebooks continue to fill classrooms around the country it is important to know how you can convert tours and lit trips that have been created using Google Earth onto My Maps (formerly maps engine lite) which is accessible to Chromebooks. Google Lit Trips

Screen Shots from Google Earth

Screen Shots from MyMaps (maps engine)