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? Difficult. Because it took a while to find it because the world is so big. 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!) Burger Stand 802 Massachusetts St, Lawrence 4. Zoom out of Lawrence and out of Kansas. What physical features do you see in the western United States? Mountainous And dry and deserts

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

Grey 6. What do the yellow lines represent? Countries 7. Go to Times Square, New York City. Whats the first thing that you notice? I see a bunch of shops and people and cars 8. Zoom out a little. What natural feature do you see? I see the Hudson River 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 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? I think they are 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.

France, it was given because the recognition of friend ship it was 305ft and 6 inches tall 12. Travel to San Francisco. What state is San Francisco located in? 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. Appalachian, Rocky and 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. Im looking at Alcatraz Prison 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 a 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.) They are looking at The Mediterranean

17. Travel to the Tiananmen Square. What city and country is this in? Tiananmen Square 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. It is an Inca Fortress city in the Andes Mountains 19. Travel to the Sydney Opera House. What country is this in? Sydney Opera House is 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? Ziway Lake is in Ethiopia

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