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This collection is primarily intended for those already familiar with Google Earth and wanting to develop their own lessons using this application. The Science Scope article "A Land-Use Planning Simulation" gives some guidance to Google Earth Beginners and "Using Google Earth to Study Volcanoes" offers connections to math topics.

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Resources in “Google Earth” Collection

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Age of the Ocean Floor for Google Earth

This KMZ file displays the age of the ocean floor in Google Earth. This tool helps to better understand the evolution of Earth’s modern oceans across geological time. The file contains 2 separated overlays (contours and rainbow isochrons) that can be displayed independently. The transparency of each overlay can be adjusted using the slider for various effects.

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Google Earth and Geoscience Education

Google Earth is a virtual globe browser, arguably the most popular of those available for free on the Internet (NASA's World Wind (more info) and ESRI's upcoming ArcGIS Explorer are competitors). Virtual globes allow users to interactively display and investigate geographic data (primarily satellite and aerial images and terrain models, but also 2- and 3-D vector data such as earthquake locations, water bodies, and buildings). One of the most useful aspects of Google Earth from a geoscience educ

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Google Earth Blog

This blog is not officially affiliated with Google. Google Earth Blog is dedicated to sharing the best news, interesting sights, technology, and happenings for Google Earth. You will find the most amazing and interesting Google Earth news stories and content you can download right off the site. Learn how to take data from your GPS, map it into Google Earth, and share it with friends or the world. Learn when new releases of Google Earth come out, hear about new technologies and features, or check

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Google Earth Community Forums

A list of community forums where applications of Google Earth in education are discussed

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Google Earth Education Community

This community exists to offer a place where teachers and students can share and find information about educational topics that has been organized using Google Earth software. Below are placesets that have been created by Google Earth users that may be useful in an academic setting. If you would like to know more about Google Earth or how to contribute to this community follow the links above.

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Google Earth For Educators

Welcome to the Google Earth for Educators Community, a site to share, connect & learn This site is brought to you by Google and made especially for Google Earth educators and students. Come join and help us build it! A resources that includes tutorials and applications

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Google Earth Gallery

An astounding collection of .kml files for various investigations using google earth

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Planet Geospatial

Planet Geospatial is a window into the world of geospatial technology. The list of contibutors changes over time.

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USGS Google Earth .kml files

Users of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) earthquake information now have an additional way to access that information. By viewing worldwide historic earthquake data with Google EarthTM mapping technology, users can quickly and easily visualize scientific information in a geographic context

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