An introduction activity to using Google Maps or Earth. Students practise entering latitude and longitude in a standardised co-ordinates format to find interesting shapes and landforms visible in Google’s satellite and aerial imagery. 1xworksheet, self-guided.

Basic practice questions to familiarise students with giving locations using latitude and longitude using real-world examples on Google Earth. Two-sided A4 self-guided worksheet

Google Earth Pro is a free desktop software program which has its own flight simulator feature. This PowerPoint provides instructions on how to use the controls and gives a practice mission for students to hone their skills. This can be used to reinforce navigation skills.

This worksheet guides students through several ICT activities using the excellent 360Cities website. Students with tablets or smartphones can use the website in VR mode for an enhanced experience. Students use the HD photography to explore Frankfurt’s CBD and look for clues to its financial services sector. This is a fully resourced self-guided lesson which students find very engaging. Excellent opportunity for remote urban “fieldwork” project.

This lesson is great fun and my students always find it very engaging. It’s a twist on the classic “traffic survey” fieldwork, where aircraft are counted instead of cars. Students use the data on FlightRadar24 to sample the volume of flights coming from or going into an airport of their choice to calculate estimated flights per hour, and compare this with another airport to ascertain which airport is busier. Students get the opportunity to experience a taste of what an air traffic controller goes through! Fully resourced lesson with powerpoint instructions and student worksheet table to complete. It could easily be expanded into a multiple lessons.

Can be used with Google Earth Pro (desktop) or even just the online version Google Earth Web. Fully resourced and self-guided lesson giving students the opportunity to import KML and KMZ files into Google Earth. This is a great way of identifying patterns of plate boundaries and apply tectonic theory to a 3D map. The lesson also makes us of live earthquake data, allowing students to recognise links between earthquakes and plate boundaries.

This activity uses two excellent websites to allow students to assess live data showing earthquake and volcanic activity around the world. The worksheet can be printed or completed digitally (eg. in an ICT room or online learning). Self-guided with full instructions. Students love it and get competitive in the last activity!

In this activity, students practise downloading and using KML and KMZ files to study 3D imagery of major volcano case studies around the world. Google Earth allows students to pan around the topography to compare shapes and sizes of strato, cinder, shield and lava dome volcanoes. They also practise GIS skills such as measuring altitudes and distance on the maps.

Self-guided GIS lesson using Google Earth Web to import two KMZ/KML files and explore the patterns of tectonic boundaries and volcanicc activity. The data files are very extensive and students learn a lot about real world examples. Good for practising tectonic theory and introducing the idea of hotspots.

A handout with self-guided questions with an accompanying PowerPoint to use in the lesson if desired. Fully-resourced with enough activities for a one hour lesson. Students follow the instructions and use a range of fun online mapping tools to explore the differences in map projections and the challenge of portraying a round earth on a flat page. Activities include selecting and dragging countries around a world map to see how their projected size changes as they move it towards and away from the poles. Students also get the opportunity to to experiment with “mashups” by overlaying countries to see how they fit over another.

A PowerPoint providing an overview of this topic. Useful for a one-off lesson in or around one of the the solstice or equinox events in the calendar. Students use their own knowledge and reasoning to answer the quiz questions at the end.

This activity uses a range of online maps to explore the US-Mexico border. This can also be printed but it works well as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.

This covers push and pull factors and Lee’s model of migration. This also can be printed but it works well as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.

This works best as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.

This can also be printed but it works well as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.

Includes an activity on Donald Trump’s migration policy. This can also be printed but it works well as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.

In this activity, students practise downloading and using KML and KMZ files to create elevation profiles of fold mountains. This is an engaging activity which my students really enjoyed.

This also can be printed but it works well as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.

A mix of useful activities including an excellent video which I have provided a link to. This also can be printed but it works well as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.

Includes a case study on Japan’s Hashima Island (“Battleship Island”). This also can be printed but it works well as a homework task or for remote-learning where every student can complete their own digital copy of the document with their answers.