NOAA/NSTA Web Seminar: GPS and Geodesy

1. LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP NOAA/NSTA Web Seminar: GPS and Geodesy Thursday, April 19, 2007 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time

2. Virtual Globes for Geospatial Visualizations in the Classroom Presented by: Galen Scott National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

5. Learning Objectives At the end of this session participants should be able to explain: • What is a Virtual Globe? • What online data resources are available for classroom use? • How can Virtual Globes be used to engage students?

6. What is a Virtual Globe? • A 3D software model of the Earth or another world. • Provides the ability to move around in the virtual environment by changing the viewing angle and position. • Overlays multiple views on the surface of the Earth, including: • Geographical features – Mountain, Valleys & Oceans • Man-made features - Roads and Buildings • Representations of abstract data – Populations, Temperature, & Weather Patterns

7. Poll Question • Have you used a Virtual Globe before? Yes () No (X)

8. Enter your search terms

9. Enter your search terms

22. Which Virtual Globes Have You Used? Use Your Stamps to Tell Us Which You’ve Used Mark all that Apply

23. The First 21st Century Technological Revolution? • Free geospatial visualization & analysis for everyone • Virtual Globes have proliferated due to widely available high-resolution satellite imagery and aerial photography. • Virtual Globes are changing the way information is shared.

24. Functionality of Virtual Globes:What do they do? • Go anywhere in the world from anywhere in the world, instantly. • Pan, Tilt, & Zoom into 3D images • Search for anything on earth – your house, your school, famous landmarks, corner deli • View images, text and 3D models from others • Measure between points • Label ANYTHING you find • Upload your own images, text and 3D models to share with others

25. Creating and Sharing Your Own Content • Placemarks • Digital photos • GPS tracks • 3D models (using SketchUp)

26. Creating and Sharing Content Create and share models of your school or proposed development projects around your community, like this one from a student at Kealakehe High School in Kona, Hawaii Thanks Larry.

27. Highlights of Selected Virtual Globes

28. Call for Volunteers Raise your hand to volunteer to share your use of virtual globes. Which one have you used and what do you use it for?

29. First Things First: Find your House or School • To have Google Earth fly to a location, type the city, state, or country into the Search Text Box.

30. Enter your address

32. Click to add a Placemark

33. Explore the Layersin Google Earth

34. What Scientific Applications for Virtual Globes can you think of? Type your ideas on the direct messaging window

35. Some examples of Scientific Applications for Virtual Globes • Post disaster imagery can be shared in near real-time enabling first responders and evacuated people to see what’s happening and where. • Enables students and scientists to view and study complex environmental phenomena in context. • Annotated maps and fly-through movies discuss environmental and social issues for education and advocacy.

36. NOAA’s Hurricane Katrina Imagery Footprints of aerial photos taken in the aftermath of Katrina. Click on the dots to download high-resolution images.

37. Synoptic Perspectives of Environmental Processes Dust storm in Morocco Displayed in NASA World Wind using near-real-time imagery from Modis Satellite

38. Social Awareness: Crisis in Darfur Layer Presented by: US Holocaust Memorial Museum and partners

39. Global Awareness:Climate Change • Global Warming Contribution by City Posted to Google Earth Community by bob_wenzlau

40. Web Tour Available NOAA data http://www.nosa.noaa.gov/google_earth.html

41. Your ideas of Potential uses in Classroom Ask for volunteers to suggest classroom topics

42. Some other ideas for use in the classroom • Fly from one locality to another. What oceans are crossed? How far is it? Which direction was the flight in? How many borders do various countries have? • Journey along a river from source to mouth. • Trace the life cycle of a Product: pair of jeans or a cup of coffee • Vacation Reports Use the ‘add placemark’ feature to plot places visited by the children. • Locality studies Investigate geographical features nearby or famous places around the world. • Other ideas here.

43. Examples of NASA World Wind Classroom Resources • World Wind Info www.earthissquare.com/WorldWind www.worldwindcentral.com • World Wind Curricula www.worldwindclassroom.com/ • World Wind Lesson Plans www.paview.psu.edu/education/education.html

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46. National Science Teachers Association Gerry Wheeler, Executive Director Frank Owens, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning NSTA Web Seminars Flavio Mendez, Program Manager Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator Susan Hurstcalderone, Volunteer Chat Moderator LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP

47. Appendices • Links and Classroom Resources • Additional Examples • Download Info & System Requirements

48. Explore on your own • Google Earth Sites • Google Earth Community • Google Earth Library • Blogs • www.gearthblog.com • www.ogleearth.com

49. Examples of Google Earth Classroom Resources Google for Educators site: http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth_discovery.html San Francisco: Visualizing a safer city with earthquakes http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/googleearthsanfran.htm Google Touring http://www.googletouring.com/create.php

50. Virtual Globe Applications for Biology • Antweb