Virtual Tour Plan

1. 5th grade science

Standard 2: Students will understand that volcanoes, earthquakes, uplift, weathering, and erosion reshape Earth's surface.
Objective 2: Explain how volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift affect Earth’s surface.

B. Give examples of different landforms that are formed by volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift (e.g., mountains, valleys, new lakes, canyons).

I chose to do a virtual tour on this topic because it would be very beneficial for students to actually see landforms that have been created from volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift, not just hear about them. Google earth is also very interactive and this would provide a greate hands on experience for students when learning about these specific landforms.

2. The pedagogy I am using is having students explore for themselves the landforms discussed. At certain landmarks I will have them analyze the size, and reasons for the appearance of the landforms. This is fitting becasue the students actually get to see and explore the landforms discussed, and they can actually make realistic analysis because of this.

3. The technology I am using is Google Earth and many of its content layers. This technology fits very well with the content and pedagogy because students can actually see and interact with each landform. They will also have opportunites analyze how volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift affect the earth with real examples. The learning will be more meaningful to students because they were actually able to participate in the lesson. Google earth is probably the best technology that could be used for this particular subject because it makes it easier for students to see where earthquakes, volcanoes, and other activity are occuring as of recent times. The information presented on Google earth is updated very often and allows students to see how applicable the information is to them.

Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
1. Craters of the Moon Idaho	Look at the pictures from panoramio posted at craters of the moon. Try to find cinder cones and other evidence that this are was created from volcanic activity. Click on the volcano and read about volcanic action in this area.	Volcano, panormio, terrain, borders and labels
2. Mt. St. Helens	Use the compass to explore Mt. St. Helens in 3D, after you have done this select panoramio and view some images taken of Mt. St. Helens. Next select the volcano and earthquake layers. Why do you think there is so many earthquakes in this area?	earthquake, terrain, volcano, panoramio, 3D building, borders and labels
3. Sierra Nevada Mountains	Check out the 360cities 3D pictures on the mountain range as well as any panoramios.	panoramio, terrain, 3D building, borders and labels
4. Lake okeechobee	Take a look around the lake. View any panoramios posted. Select the weather layer and see what is going on at Lake Okeechobee. kids will see how big Lake Okeechobee is by comparing it to a footbal field that is overlayed.	borders and labels, panoramio, earthquake, 3D building, weather