Educator’s Guide to Physical Fitness using
Google Earth
Overview:
This lesson plan provides the opportunity for students to share physical activity that they find personally enjoyable
and beneficial and create a tour using Google Earth.
Grades and Subject Areas:
6th Grade, Physical Education
Objectives:
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Students will identify physical activities that are personally enjoyable and beneficial.
Students will locate 2-3 local businesses/places related to their activity choice.
Students will create a tour using Google earth with no less than 4 and no more than 10 place marks.
I Can Statements:
● I can use a web browser and Google search to find local businesses that provide or support physical activity
that I find personally enjoyable and beneficial.
● I can navigate to the dock to launch Google Earth.
● I can create and name a folder in My Places.
● I can create, name and save place marks in Google earth.
● I can play a tour presenting my place marks.
Curriculum Connections:
Alaska Content Standards:
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Values physical activity (NASPE Standard 6) AK Content Standards: HL.A.1,2,5,6; HL.B.2-6; HL.D.1,2
ISTE Student Standards:
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Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
Students: a. plan strategies to guide inquiry
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use
information from a variety of sources and media c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based
on the appropriateness to specific tasks
d. process data and report results
Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
Students: a. understand and use technology systems b. select and use applications effectively and productively c.
troubleshoot systems and applications d. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies
ISTE Teacher Standards:
Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that
advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to- face and virtual environments.
Teachers: a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness b. engage students in
exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources
Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary
tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
identified in the NETS•S.
Teachers: a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote
student learning and creativity b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to
pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing
their own learning, and assessing their own progress
Technology Integration:
Hardware and Software Needs
Computers with a web browser, Google earth and internet access. This lesson would be taught the second semester
after students had reviewed general computer usage, searching and evaluating searched information/sources. `
Tips and tricks
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Use a mouse – You can navigate around the Earth using the track pad in your laptop but a
scroll-wheel mouse makes it so much easier. Move in and out quickly with the scroll wheel.
Hold the right button and use the mouse to move in and out even faster, plus reorient to a top
view. Hold down the scroll wheel button (did you know that was a button?) and the mouse
becomes a joystick to manipulate the map view in multiple ways, including tilting.
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Resources:
Handouts or Downloads
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Google earth project rubric
Links to teaching resources
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http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/gglearth5
Username: fairbanks Password: atomic
Section D. Creating content
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Creating a new placemark
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Editing a placemark
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Changing the view of a placemark
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Adding a hyperlink to a placemark
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Adding an image to a placemark
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Web resources
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http://www.google.com/earth/learn/beginner.html
http://www.google.com/earth/learn/beginner.html#tab=placemarks-and-tours
Lesson Directions
Prep Time:
a. 30 min
Prior to Lesson:
Teacher Prep:
b. Check that software and hardware is functioning.
c. One lesson for brainstorming and discussing physical activity and its benefits with the class.
Students will create a word document to record their ideas and thoughts.
Student Prep:
● Students will list physical activity that they find personally enjoyable and beneficial. These can
be activities that they actually do or would like to do.
● Students will search the web to find 5-10 pictures of their activities and copy the web address
and paste into their word document. They will also type a description of the picture so they
know what it is later.
● Students will describe the physical, social and emotional benefits of these activities. They will
save this word document to the server to use the day of the Google earth lessons.
Time Needed for Lesson:
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Two 40 min classes
Directions:
Day 1
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Student’s login to computer then find Google Earth on the dock and open it.
Have students “fly to” their home by typing their address in the search box.
Let students explore their neighborhood/the earth for a couple minutes.
Next students will create their own folder in “my places.”
They will name the folder “My physical activity tour.”
Students will then open their word document created during a previous class.
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They will copy and paste the name of their activity in to the “fly to” search box. Remember to
include “Fairbanks, Alaska” in the search.
Once students have narrowed down and found the location/s they were looking for then teach
them how to add a place mark and name it.
Next students will copy and paste from their word document the description and the benefits of
the activity into the place mark.
Then the students will add their activities web address to the place mark.
Next students will add a picture of their activity to the place mark.
Once students have the basics of how to add their place mark and the attributes give the
students time to make their next place marks.
Assist students who need help and monitor progress until the class is over.
Day 2
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Student’s login to computer then find Google Earth on the dock and open it.
Students will go to “My physical activity tour” folder in “my places.”
Do a quick review on the projector to remind students where to go and what they should be
seeing.
Students will continue to work on their next place marks.
Assist students who need help and monitor progress.
Once students are getting close to finishing or are done, have them stop and watch how to
create a “tour” in Google earth.
Show them how they can re-order the place marks to the desired sequence then they have to
select “My physical activity tour” folder and press “play tour.”
After showing them how to do this allow time to explore the tour and correct anything they
need to fix.
Next each student will present their tour to me and I will use a grading rubric to grade their
project.
At the end of class I will ask if anyone wants to share their tour on the projector. Students who
would like to share their tour will login on the computer connected to the computer and we will
watch their tour.
As we are watching their tour we will discuss their activity choice and if it meets the
requirement of being enjoyable and beneficial.
The grading rubric will provide feedback and a grade to the student and their parents about the
project.
Extension / Challenge:
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Students can show their tour to their parent during parent teacher conferences for extra credit
points.
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Google Earth Project
Grading Rubric
Name _________________________________________
Date _________________________________________
Classroom Teacher______________________________
Objective: Students will share a physical activity that they find personally enjoyable and
beneficial and create a tour using Google earth.
_____/8 points
Create word document/save to your folder on the server
Research your physical activity:
_____/10 points
Save the web address of 5 pictures related to your activity.
_____/20 points
Research the benefits of your activity and type 4 sentences about the
activity.
_____/2 points
Save one web address (hyperlink) to a website related to your physical
activity.
_____/5 points
_____/20 points
Create folder in “my places” named “My physical activity tour.”
Create a minimum of four and a maximum of ten place marks in your
“My physical activity tour” folder.
_____/8 points
At least four place marks needs a picture about your physical activity.
_____/8 points
At least four place marks need and a statement about your physical
activity.
_____/4 points
Use at least one web address hyperlink in a place mark.
_____/15 points
Order your folder so your tour makes sense. Play your tour for me.
_____/100 points Subtotal
_____/20 points
Bonus Points: Play your tour for the class and discuss.
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_____/100 points Total points
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