Google Earth Lesson

For my first technology lesson with my first grade class, I decided to use Google Earth in order to give them a visual of the globe while they learned about continents. I first zoomed in from a complete view of the globe into Utah and then into their school, Jordan Ridge Elementary. After using this as the hook of the lesson (the kids got pretty excited!), I zoomed out again, followed by zooming in to a couple places outside of the States that the students had been to. This was followed by taking the class on a virtual tour of the 7 continents. After going over this, I helped them memorize the 7 continents through a chant/song. Overall, it was fun, and I'd say the class was pretty entranced by Google Earth!