Google Earth Looks At the Sky
I last referenced Google Earth 
in the spring to make mention of an exceptionally good visual presentation of the crisis situation in Darfur compiled by the United States National Holocaust Museum.
In its latest release, Google Earth has added Sky to the list of features available in this tool.
With about a hundred million stars and two hundred million galaxies, Sky in Google Earth lets you explore the heavens like never before.
This tool has great potential for astronomy explorations. Key items are clickable and provide a more detailed description. Downloadable or custom-created tours make this resource still more useful for guiding your students through your specific instructional topic.
Downloading of Google Earth software v. 4.2 or better is required and will most likely involve your district’s tech coordinator due to both permissions and filtering software issues. Though a couple of the above links are marked as “blocked “, once the application is downloaded and installed on a computer, it plays well with filter restrictions.
Target Grades: 3+ for demonstrative purposes, higher for independent use.
Friday, August 24th, 2007
