Google Earth Instructions

DIRECTIONS: Follow the steps and answer the questions in complete sentences. 1. Open Google Earth and type 2511 Inverness Drive, Lawrence, KS in the search box in the top left and click Enter. What are you zoomed in on? Southwest Middle School 2. Without typing in the address of your home, try to find where you live in Lawrence. Was this easy or difficult to do? Why? It was easy to find my house because I just followed the streets that I knew would get me to my house. 3. Try to find your favorite restaurant in Lawrence. What is the name of the restaurant and what is its address? (If you cant find the address, Google it!) Encore 1007 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 4. Zoom out of Lawrence and out of Kansas. What physical features do you see in the western United States? It has swirled colors and it looks bumpy

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What color are the state borders in U.S. in Google Earth?

Purpurlish-blue 6. What do the yellow lines represent? Country boarders 7. Go to Times Square, New York City. Whats the first thing that you notice? Its really crowded 8. Zoom out a little. What natural feature do you see?

A small park 9. Scroll down the river just a bit, until you see the Liberty Island. Zoom into the island. Youll see several red boxes. Click on any of them. What famous landmark is located on this island? The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island 10. After clicking on one of the red boxes youll see a panoramic view of the island. What do you think all of those people are doing standing around? Looking at the statue of liberty

11. The Statue of Liberty was given to the United States as a gift. Using the internet, list who gave it to the U.S., when it was given, why it was given and how tall the statue is. It was given to us by France, in 1886, and it is 93 meters tall 12. Travel to San Francisco. What state is San Francisco located in? The Pacific Ocean 13. Using a Google search, list what three major U.S. mountain ranges you must cross if you travel from NYC to San Francisco. The Rocky mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada mountains 14. Once you get to San Francisco, find Alcatraz Island. Find and click on the red square that says, Alcatraz Recreation Yard. Click on the panoramic football. What are you looking at? If you dont already know, use Google and list what famous tourist attraction is there. A field. 15. Travel to Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre, Italy. Zoom in and click on the red square near the coast. Click on the panoramic photo. Find a red and blue kids slide. What is it sitting on? A little dock thing extending out over the beach

16. Look at the people relaxing on the beach. What body of water are they looking at? (Hint: exit the panoramic photo, look at the map and figure it out. You may need to pull up a world map on Google to figure this out.) The Mediterranean Sea 17. Travel to the Tiananmen Square. What city and country is this in? Beijing, China 18. Travel to Macchu Picchu, Peru. Click on one of the red squares for a panoramic picture. Now Google this and tell me what it is (including what civilization built it) and when it was built. 7000 feet above sea level Created by the Inca 1438-1472 but unknown exactly 19. Travel to the Sydney Opera House. What country is this in? Australia 20. Travel to Ziway Lake. Some of the oldest human fossils have been found bordering this lake, thereby suggesting that the origin of the human species originated here. What country is this in? Ethiopia

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