World Wonders Project
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World Wonders Project



A lot of us use Google Earth to show our students important historical sites.  Well now Google Earth has put 132 historical sites into one location called the World Wonders Project. which includes Google Earth images as well as information abou the site.  The site lets you find places by continent as well as type of site.  Look at the video above to see a bit of what you can find on the site.  I found out about from the Google Earth Blog. 




- Battles And Routes Of Alexander The Great
OK, I have to admit it. Google Earth is really cool. Not only can you use it to see who may have been parking in front of the homes of people you know, you can make some interesting history tools. Battles and Routes of Alexander the Great is a real nice...

- Google Earth Tour Of The Panama Canal
One of my teacher-students, Carl Jones, found the video above of a Google Earth tour of the Panama Canal.  Carl enjoys making Google Earth tours of many of his unit destinations.  However rather than having to create a new Google Earth destination...

- Google Earth For Mobile Devices
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- Captain Cook's Voyage Around New Zealand
I just received a Google+ message from RichardByrne who told his followers about a new Google Earth item on Captain Cook's travels around New Zealand.  If you don't want to download it on your laptop, then you can just go to the video above...

- Rome At 320 Ad On Google Earth
The video above describes some of the things you can do on the Google Earth search of Rome in 320 AD.  I will be using it for a web quest. The Google Earth Rome site is here.   Here are three lessons plans. ...



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