GOOGLE EARTH LESSON PLAN - IDEA #1

GRADE 5 SCIENCE
TOPIC: LAND BIOMES

OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, SWBAT to understand the different land biomes.

1. Students will differentiate the 6 major land biomes using Wikipedia.
2. Students will show example of places where these different biomes can be found using Google Earth.
3. Students will create a tour presentation of places in a Geo-narrative format using Google Earth.
4. Students will present the Land Biomes tour as evidence of their understanding of the different major land biomes.

PROCESS:

TEACHER
At the beginning of the lesson, the teacher will demonstrate to the students how to use Wikipedia in enhancing their understanding of the 6 different biomes as presented in their Science textbook. The teacher will lead the students to list names of the different places where each of these biomes can be found. These names of places will then be used as search descriptors for the places to be place marked in Google Earth as contents of their tour presentation.
Morever, the teacher will explain how to create a Geo-Narrative which is the format that students will follow in their output activity.

STUDENT
Students will need to read their textbooks that presents the major forms of Land Biomes. They will go to the Wikipedia site to further research the adequate description of each of the biomes. They need to get specific names of places in which these biomes exist. Then, they will use Google Pages to search and placemark these places in order to create a Geo-narrative tour of the major Land Biomes of the earth.

IMAGE SOURCE:
Saved Jpeg Image using Google Earth by Norman