Google+Earth+Games

=**Google Earth Games** =

__ Tips/questions to guide explorations __
 * __ 1. Where in the world? __**
 * 1) Remove all ticks on ‘layers’ except for terrain at the end of the list.
 * 2) Hide sidebar.
 * 3) // Player A // finds a city somewhere in the world without //Player B// watching and zooms in so that the landscape is close-up but still clear.
 * 4) // Player B // has control of the screen and can drag around to explore further afield but may not zoom out.
 * 5) The player has to identify the continent, the country and the city in as few guesses as possible. Younger students may only have to identify the continent.
 * 6) Other members of the class may help by asking //Player A// questions such as those in the list below.
 * 7) Tips/clues may be given if //Player A// is struggling.
 * 1) What side of the road is the traffic driving on?
 * 2) What forms of transport can you see?
 * 3) What do you think the weather’s like?
 * 4) How old or new are the buildings?
 * 5) What types of sports are played here, judging from clues such as ovals, courts and stadiums?
 * 6) Are there any landmarks that stand out?
 * 7) What types of accommodation do the people live in?
 * 8) What type of vegetation do you observe?
 * 9) What does this place remind you of?
 * 10) If you visited here, what would you like to do?


 * __ 2. Wikipedia wonders __**
 * 1) Remove all ticks on ‘layers’ except for ‘Wikipedia’ and ‘Street View’.
 * 2) Find a location of interest with at least 1 wikipedia reference on it close to a street view camera icon.
 * 3) Hover the mouse over the ‘W’ (for Wikipedia) to find out what the subject of the Wikipedia article is.
 * 4) Look at the subject in ‘Street View’ as well as observing the surrounding environment.
 * 5) Do not read the Wikipedia article but instead write a fake Wikipedia article to describe the significance of the location.
 * 6) Number all articles (fake and real) and read them aloud.
 * 7) Who guessed the correct article?
 * 8) Compare the fake articles with the real article. Research the location further to validate the Wikipedia article.
 * __ 3. Panoramio poets __**
 * 1) Remove all ticks on ‘layers’ except for panoramio. Find Panoramio under ‘Geographic Web’.
 * 2) Go to a location. (Get a volunteer to find a place in the world)
 * 3) // Player A // sits looking at the audience but is not allowed to look at the screen.
 * 4) The audience look at a collection of panoramio shots taken nearby each other.
 * 5) Each time a new snapshot is viewed, a member of the audience provides a poetic description of the photo, to serve as a clue to ‘where the location is’. e.g: ‘snow covered streets’ or ‘ancient buildings, solid and grand’. Nominate a scribe.
 * 6) The same description cannot be given twice. Clues can be made easier as the game progresses.
 * 7) If the location cannot be identified, either continent, country, or city (depending on grade), put a tick next to the Wikipedia layer and read out articles about the place, replacing titles with ‘wherever’ and ‘whatever’, revealing all information from the article about the place except for its name.
 * 8) Compare the poem with an article about the location.

Optional/follow up – Use panoramio images to create an imaginary blog describing the imaginary excursion.
 * __ 4.Tourists __**
 * 1) Imagine you are being taken on an excursion to a specific country in the world. You are to visit 5 locations of interest there.
 * 2) Explore the country in Google Earth, looking at different aspects of it using some of the features within ‘layers.’
 * 3) Choose a favourite destination to visit within the country.
 * 4) Show it to your classmates, convincing them that the place needs to be included on the itinerary. You may: read aloud 1wikipedia article, show 5 panaroramio photographs, show 3 businesses or places of interest within range such as appealing restaurants and show street view glimpses of the location BUT you only have 5 mins to present your case.
 * 5) Discuss everyone’s favoured locations.
 * 6) Negotiate the final winning itinerary.
 * __ 5. Travel agents __**
 * 1) Make a world tour on Google Earth using ‘record a tour’.
 * 2) Select 5 locations for the tour. The classroom will be transformed into a pretend travel agency.
 * 3) Create brochures for your travel agency, advertising your tour.
 * 4) Invite visitors into the classroom. Role play being a travel agent and show the tour and brochure created.