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Google: Understanding Search Engines: Keys to Search City
A presentation from Google on how the Google search engine works and how to structure a search query. For more advanced users.
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Google: Experiments With Google: Creatability
Exploring how creative tools can be made more accessible for everyone. This is an excellent set of digital resources for students to try analyzing how easy they are to use and how effective they would be for those with disabilities.
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Google Maps: Taj Mahal, India
From the comfort of your computer, tablet, or phone, take a 360-degree journey around the Taj Mahal as if you were walking around the building itself. Enjoy postcard views or discover rarely-seen perspectives; get up close to the...
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Google Maps: Galapagos Islands
Explore isolated volcanic islands. Charles Darwin's observations and collections of the Galapagos wildlife in 1835 contributed to his theory of evolution by natural selection. [7:08]
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Google Maps: Venice
Welcome to Venice, Italy, the city built on water. Travel the canals, walk the streets, ride boats, cross bridges and plan your own adventure in one of the world's most unique cities.
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Access Mars
Access Mars lets you explore a 3D replica of the Martian surface, exactly as it was recorded by the Curiosity rover.
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Google Maps: Pyramids of Giza
Visit the last standing wonder of the ancient world in this 360-degree tour.
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Google News Archive
Access thousands of primary sources documenting historic events with this Google news archive tool.
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Google Maps: Street View
Take a journey of "world landmarks, discover natural wonders, and step inside locations such as museums, arenas, restaurants and small businesses" with 360-degree images with Street View by Google Maps.
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Google: Science Fair 2014
An online global competition where students can submit their science fair project. Projects are judged and scored to encourage students to use scientific inquiry. Site also includes a teacher section with lesson plans to help students...
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Google Documents: Translation Tips
One-page document offering suggestions on improving the quality of written translations.
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Google Earth: Showcase: u.s. Presidents
Google Earth provides a showcase for which to meet the presidents of the United States throughout its history. Find their birthplaces and other facts about them.
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Commas in a Series [Pdf]
Students practice correct comma usage with ten sentences in which commas are missing from lists of words in this downloadable PDF.
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Las Cumbres Colegio: Pam Munoz Ryan: The Friend Who Changed My Life
This adapted passage, written by Pam Munoz Ryan, shares the story of two girls. At the beginning of the story, two girls are enemies, but by the end, their relationship is transformed into a life-changing friendship.
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Google for Education: Example: Patterns in the Periodic Table
A lesson plan where students examine the trends in the periodic table.
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Google for Education: Percentages
This activity asks students how to quickly and accurately calculate percent problems in our heads.
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Google for Education: Indefinite Articles
Students identify a pattern in the usage of the articles 'a' and 'an' and then write an algorithm that others can follow to correctly use these two indefinite pronouns, and they identify possible exceptions the general rule.
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Google for Education: Present Participle
In this example students learn two special cases for the past and present participle of verbs. They reinforce their understanding by completing a Python program to correctly conjugate special cases of verbs.
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Google for Education: Energy Analysis
By creating a spreadsheet, students can learn more about energy production and consumption around the world. Students have to research the data to be analyzed in the spreadsheet. An example of the spreadsheet is given in this lesson plan.
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Google Earth: Hubble Telescope
Get a tour of space with images collected from the Hubble telescope. See nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters on this site. Google Earth must be downloaded to use.
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Picasa
Picasa is free software download from Google that helps you to share and manage your photos. What distinguishes Picasa from other web-based photo sharing services is that it enables you to edit and add effects to your photos. Currently...
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Google Earth Blog
The author has extensive experience using GPS and has worked with NASA. In his blog he posts information about the latest uses and applications of Google Earth.
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Google Earth: Appalachian Voices
This site contains information about a nonprofit organization that is protecting the resources of the central and southern Appalachian region.