Great Lakes Tour in Google Earth

Overview: NOAA has developed a Great Lakes tour through Google Earth. Check it out!

Subject Areas: Information TechnologyGrade Levels: K-5, 6-8, 9-12, College, Early ChildhoodTopics: Earth Science/Geology, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Great Lakes Literacy Principles: 1. The Great Lakes, bodies of fresh water with many features, are connected to each other and to the world ocean.2. Natural forces formed the Great Lakes; the lakes continue to shape the features of their watershed.6. The Great Lakes and humans in their watersheds are inextricably interconnected.

Materials:http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/04/google-earth-now-includes-us-third.html

Instructions to download tour:

1. Click the “narrated Google Earth tour”.

2. Click “save as”

3. Open Google Earth. Go to file, open, and find the file you just saved and open it.

4. Once the file is in Google Earth, double click on the lake you want to visit!