Google Earth

First thing you need to know is how to copy a screenshot image and paste it to a word document. Hold Alt+PrtSc to copy your screen. Click on the word document in the location you want the picture and hold Ctrl+V to paste the image. You can then resize the picture to fit your page.

For the rest of this assignment, You will either have to type in answers to the questions, or take a picture of a screenshot and post it to this document.

Navigation

1) In the Fly To textbox at the top left of your screen, type in Grand Canyon. Using the tools on the top right of your screen, navigate your view so you are at ground level looking out over the canyon. Take a screenshot of your view similar to the one below and paste it under my image. (there is a tutorial on Navigation on my website)

Using Layers

On the left side is the layers tab. Use it to answer the following questions.

2) Use the Oceans Layer. Locate the spot where the RMS Titanic sank. Who is credited with discovering the wreckage?

3) Click on the 3D Buildings Layer. Take a screenshot image of the Bicentennial Tower in Erie, PA. Paste the image below.

4) Using the 3D Buildings Layer, take a screenshot image from inside Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA (You must be inside the stadium). Paste the image below.

5) Using the Photo Layer, take a screenshot of the photo of Drake’s Well in Titusville, PA. Paste the image below.

6) Using Streetview (zoom in on the street), take a screenshot of McDonalds in downtown Union City. Paste the image below.

Layers Tab

7) Open the Gallery Layer. Checkmark the Earthquake box. What was the magnitude of the only recorded Earthquake originating in Crawford County, PA?

8) Using the Gallery Layer, checkmark the 360 Cities box. Go to Niagara Falls and double click any of the 4 logos and take a screenshot from inside the bubble. Paste the image below.

9) Using the Gallery Layer, checkmark the Rumsey Historical Map box. Zoom out so you can see the whole continental United States. Find the icon that shows North America in 1733 and double click on it. When the pop-up opens, click to overlay the map on Google Earth. Zoom into Lake Erie. What was the “Nation” that was destroyed by the Iroquois?

(To remove the Historical Map, open the Places tab on the left of your screen and uncheckmark the temporary places box)

10) Using the Gallery Layer, checkmark the National Geographic box. There are two articles about the power plant meltdown on 3-mile-island in south-central PA. Select either article and take a screenshot. Paste the image below.

11) Using the Gallery Layer, maximize the NASA box. Checkmark the Earth City Lights box. Find the Nile River in Eqypt and take a screenshot of the image. Paste the image below.

12) Using the More Layer, expand Place Categories (without checkmarking the box). Expand Dining, then find an Italian Restaurant in Erie, PA. Type the name and address below.

13) Fly back to Union City and zoom in on the school. Click on the Show Ruler tool on the top toolbar. Change the length to Feet. Measure the distance on the baseball field from Home Plate to any part of the Outfield fence. Type your measurement in the space below.

14) Using the Fly To textbox, go back to Union City, PA. On your top toolbar, click on Tools, then Enter Flight Simulator. You can choose either plane, then choose to take off from Current View. Take a screenshot as you fly over Union City. Paste the image below. (There is a tutorial on the control of Flight Simulator on my website).

When you are completed, Save and Email me this assignment.