Mapping+Your+Curriculum

=Using Google Maps in the Classroom=


 * Map Views**
 * Basic Views
 * More
 * Street Views
 * Google labs


 * Sample Maps**
 * [|Making it Right]
 * [|New Mexico]
 * [|Invasive Species]
 * [|The Big Two Hearted River]
 * [|First Grade Ecology Project]

>> http://anewadventure.wikispaces.com/file/view/giraffe.png/238010271/giraffe.png
 * Creating a Map**
 * Adding a Place Marker
 * Lines - Routes
 * Area
 * Adding Images and Links [|giraffe.png]


 * Sharing and Collaborating**

HTML Code || ||
 * Google Maps ||  ||
 * You must have Google Map labs turned off. || [[image:embed1.png]] ||
 * Choose the Link Menu || [[image:linkmenu.png]] ||
 * Copy embed code and paste into widget or
 * [[image:blank.png]] ||  ||


 * Embedding your map on another site.
 * You must have Google Map Labs turned off.
 * Search for Maps


 * Curriculum Ideas:**

Pedometer
 * Health- PE**: Draw walking and/or jogging routes. Estimate distance and calories.


 * Elementary Social Studie**s: Build a map of your community. Include the fire Station, Parks, Police, Hospitals, etc.


 * Language Arts**: Create a Lit Trip - follow the characters and action in the book your reading.


 * Writing:** Collaborate with a class in another state or country to build a map teaching each other about your communities.


 * Record a Class Trip**: Include pictures of what you saw and places you visited.


 * Science**: Earthquakes, Temp comparisons in C and F. Land Forms.


 * Mathematics**: Distances, Estimation, measurements, time and more.

History: Sample of a HS History map of [|events in WWII].

Your Ideas: = media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101386629980653427166.00043bac9a163b896a9f0&t=h&ll=37.245632,-97.372266&spn=24.957694,52.228124&output=embed" height="232" width="471" align="center"

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