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 and sunflower 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 get there but took a while because I knew the way home from southwest 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!) Salty Iguana its address is 4931 west Sixth Street Lawrence kansas 4. Zoom out of Lawrence and out of Kansas. What physical features do you see in the western United States?

It has lots of farmland and is very dry 5. What color are the state borders in U.S. in Google Earth?

purple 6. What do the yellow lines represent? Borders of a country 7. Go to Times Square, New York City. Whats the first thing that you notice? Broadway 8. Zoom out a little. What natural feature do you see?

I see a river that disconnects long Island to new york 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 the 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 and taking pictures of the monument

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. The statue of liberty was given to the us from France as a sign of friendship. The statue of liberty is 305 feet tall 12. Travel to San Francisco. What state is San Francisco located in? It is located on California 13. Using a Google search, list what three major U.S. mountain ranges you must cross if you travel from NYC to San Francisco. Sierra Nevada, rocky mountains, and the appellation 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. It is a football 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?

It is sitting on the boardwalk

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.) Tyrrhenian sea 17. Travel to the Tiaanmen Squaren. What city and country is this in? It is 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. The Incas built Machu Pichu and it is a city 19. Travel to the Sydney Opera House. What country is this in? It is in Australia in new south wales 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

Subject line in email should read: Your last name then Google Earth