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 * Participant Agenda**


 * Session Number: 6_1**
 * Session TITLE:** Understanding the basic science concepts of the weather unit and Installing and Exploring Google Earth

What are the key science concepts needed by sixth grade students to understand the weather unit? What is Google Earth and how will it be useful in enhancing teaching Weather Unit? How can I download Google Earth and install it? How do I use the task panes and the navigation tools? How do I zoom in and out? What is the importance of using the placemark?
 * Focusing Questions:**

Step 1 – We will understand what are the basic science concepts for the weather unit. We will refer to the scope and sequence document dated January 17, 2007.
 * Work Time**

Step 2 – Download Google Earth, if not already installed on the computers.

Step 3 – Understand the different task panes and earn to use “Fly To”, “Businesses”, “Directions” tabs on the top left task pane.

Step 4 – Learn how to navigate the globe and zoom in and out.

Step 5 –Learn how to find a place and place a placemark for future use and find longitude and latitude of the place.

Step 6 – Learn how to measure distances between two places.

Step 7 – Record observations and ideas for lesson plans in Google Notebook.

How did you use Google Earth to find a place? Name some of the Google Tools you found useful and why? Share how you can use the basic tools of Google Earth in your science/weather unit in your classes.
 * Share**

Science 6_1 Presentation.ppt Weather Unit Science Scope and sequence word document Science Scope and Sequence for Grades 6, 7 and 8 http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/ http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/index.html http://www.gearthblog.com/basics.html http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2007/01/important_basics_for.html http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/08/google_earth_4_1.html
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