Lab+2+-+Google+Earth

__ 2. Google Earth  __
   

The goal of this activity is for each student to download the most current version of Google Earth, become familiar with the controls and features and create a map that shows, with a marker their home, the school and measures the distance between the two locations. Students will create a .kmz file and post it on their personal wiki's Students will record the longitude and latitude of these two locations and work on a method for determing the polar circumference of the earth using easily collected data.

1) Download latest version of Google Earth http://pack.google.com/intl/en/integrated_eula.html?hl=en&ciint=ci_earth&ci_earth=on&utm_source=en-cdr-earth4&utm_medium=cdr&utm_campaign=e  2) Open it and make sure you know how to use the navigation tools (upper right)   3) Get to know Google Earth features - http://earth.google.com/tour.html and http://www.google.com/educators/start_earth.html   4) Place a marker on your home and Label it eg. "Suzy's house"   5) Record the longitute and latitude in all available formats (you can do this by adding them to the marker lab


 * **Coordinates of "Tara's House":  **
 * **35°22'48.76"N  **
 * **81°22'53.94"W  **

6) Repeat 4 & 5 for your dorm (except change the marker name eg. "Suzy's dorm" <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">Coordinates of "Tara's Dorm":  **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">36° 1'5.75"N  **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">78°55'16.51"W  **

7) Draw a line on the map between your home and your dorm and use the measuring tool to measure and record the distance in miles and kilometers <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);">
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">145.02 Miles **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">233.39<span style="color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"> Kilometers  **

8)<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Save the map to your desktop (it will have a .kmz extension).   <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9) Post the map on your personal wiki page <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0); text-align: left;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"> My House to My Dorm:  ** media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.380268,-81.381722&spn=0.001693,0.002752&z=19&output=embed&s=AARTsJpnOA3ioEtcI9rx_v7gyZqlolGTYw" width="425" height="350"
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">File to Google Maps:  **
 * **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 109, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(247, 143, 29);">[[file:House to School.kmz]]  **

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