Activities
Christmas: An International Festival
A web search and mapping activity examining the origins of various aspects of Christmas. Available as an editable gDoc or as a PDF, both with a blank map.
And now, it's available as a gSlide presentation and can be run without at map.(ANSWERS)
If you use it, please let us know!
Explore
Google EarthView
gEarth Navigation (2:23)
gEarth: Drawing & Measuring (2:31)
NASA Earth Observatory
Image of the Day
Antipodes Map – Where would you end up if you dug straight down through Earth>?
Google Trends - Compare two or three terms and see their geographic reach
Create Maps
MapChart.net
World Simple & Advanced plus many country maps
National Geographic Mapmaker Interactive
Google MyMaps
Google: My Maps
Google My Maps Tutorial (15:00)
Google Earth
Google Earth Download
NASA Earth Observations – Global maps available as JPEG, GeoTIFF, CSV and KML files
Google Earth Projects
Google Earth Tutorial: Intro to Creation Tools (2:06)
gEarth: Five Tips to Start Creating with Google Earth PDF | Video (2:06)
Create your own maps and stories in Google Earth
gEarth: Recording a Tour (3:12)
Templates for 3D globes
3D Globe: Blank, Political, Tetrahedron - PDF
- print on card stock -
3D Globe: Blank, Natural Colour, Octahedron - PDF
- print on card stock -
3D Globe: Blank, Natural Colour, Octahedron - PDF
- print on card stock -
3D Globe: Blank, Political, Dodecahedron - PDF
- print on card stock -
Beautiful Large 3D Globe
ready for your pencil crayons- print on card stock -
from joachimesque.com | PDF
Activity
Create holiday ornaments using these globes and hang them from strings on your door. On strips of paper, add a greeting, each in a different language and stick them to the string.
