EarthQuests:EarthQuests: WebQuests meet Google Earth WebQuests meet Google Earth
Kaye Placing
UniServe Science
The University of Sydney
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/[email protected]
EarthQuestsEarthQuests
• WebQuest meets Google Earth
• Webquest and Virtual Field Trips meet Google Earth
Google EarthGoogle Earth
• Satellite maps of the world
• Accessed through your web browser
• Must download an application program and install on local computer
• Available for Windows only
• Must have Internet active - Broadband recommended
• Base level is free
Google EarthGoogle Earth
• Interactive• Allows you to find locations• Zoom in and out• Tilt to get different perspectives• Rotate around a location e.g. Uluru• Add placemarkers• Edit placemarkers – icons and more• Save locations visited
WebQuestsWebQuests
• Were first developed by Bernie Dodge and Tom March“A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet” (Dodge)
• An achievable task and a list of selected web sites are provided
• Should involve group work• May involve role play e.g. scientific occupations• Should develop the top levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
such as synthesis
WebQuests (examples & WebQuests (examples & resources)resources)
• Our Indigneous Garden – UniServe Science
• Hydrothermal Vents – UniServeSciencehttp://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/quests/
• WebQuest Directhttp://www.webquestdirect.com.au/
• Ozlinehttp://www.ozline.com/learning/
• Best Web Questshttp://bestwebquests.com/
Virtual Field TripsVirtual Field Trips
• Virtual
• Field trip
• Visit places that are too far, too expensive, too dangerous, too time consuming, no longer available …
EarthQuestsEarthQuests
• First developed by John Demmers
and Gerard Dummerhttp://www.webkwestie.nl/earthquest/
• Seven Wonders of the World– Visit the seven wonders of the ancient world via
Google Earth– Complete a matrix about the seven wonders– Visit other wonders from lists provided and select
seven of interest to you– Complete a virtual field trip to your selected wonders
to share with the class
EarthQuests by UniServe ScienceEarthQuests by UniServe Science
• Deserts of the World– 2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification
• Australian landforms– Stage 3: An Ancient Land Task 2 – Stage 4: Relate the formation of landforms to
weathering, erosion and deposition
• Disasters– Stage 5: explain some impacts of natural events
including cyclones, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes on the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and/or biosphere
DesertQuestDesertQuest
• The task– Find out about the deserts the world under a
number of headings, matrix provides– Select one desert and create a virtual field trip
to that desert using a series of placemarkers• Mojave desert – Death Valley, Monument Valley,
Rainbow Valley• Tanami Desert – Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Atila (Mt
Conner), Tnorala (Gosses Bluff), Kings Canyon
Why use Google Earth …Why use Google Earth …not just a normal web pagenot just a normal web page
• Motivation
• Develop spatial relationships
• Investigate the terrain – immediate and surrounding
• Manipulate images
