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Science Session **6.2 – Installing and Exploring Weather Applications on Google Earth**
 * Participant Agenda**

What are weather aps for Google Earth? How can I download, install, and use Weather Aps with Google Earth?
 * Focusing Questions**

What are Google Aps? Install Google Aps. Explore Google Aps to consider potential applications in a 6th Grade Weather Unit.
 * INSTRUCTION**

Download Weather Aps from 1) [|Google Weather Ap] and 2) [|Google Pilot Weather Ap] Place them in the folder you created during guided practice titled Weather Aps in your PLACES task pane Practice manipulating Google Earth by turning on /off the different weather functions Add lesson ideas to your Weather Ideas Document Add other tools to Google Earth from the resource list
 * WORK TIME**

Share thoughts on the different Google Weather Aps What did you find challenging, what worked well, and what would you do differently? What other activities would these tools be useful for?
 * SHARE**

Google Earth Weather Tracking Tools Network Link: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/07/weather_and_sto.html Pilot World-Wide Weather - http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/02/pilot_worldwide.html http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/weather/ http://www.metaltoad.com/gearth/ http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/88575/an/0/page/0 http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile13376/Global-Infrared-Satellite-Images.htm [|http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile8854/World-weather.htm]
 * Resources**