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.

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.

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.