![The Reunion Tower - Dallas The Reunion Tower - Dallas](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/4050841271_438c252e42_m.jpg)
For this weeks assignment, we were to find a Google Earth resource from Jen Wagner’s Wiki and think about how we could incorporate it into a classroom setting. Since I’m become a math teacher, I didn’t really think many options were available. I thought I would be pretty limited to distances. Turns out I was very very wrong. There are some very creative people out there who have come up with some excellent ideas. I looked in depth at the website Real World Math.
I got clicking around and found that there are a 8 different concept lessons on this site. These topics include: exchange ratea, scientific notation (2), volume of solids, estimation, pictographs, polyhedrons, and line graphs.
I decided to explore the volume of solids lesson more in depth. The page not only outlined objectives of the lesson, but had a in depth description of the lesson as well. I downloaded the kmz file and the Microsoft Word file that was listed on the page.
![Head Building - Nice, France Head Building - Nice, France](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2535/4050841151_e0727ff628_m.jpg)
In Google Earth, it was fascinating to “fly” around the world checking out the neat shaped buildings of the world. Math problems were presented at each location.
The Word file was a simple grid that you could hand out to your students so they can fill i n their answers as you go through all of the locations in the kmz file.
I will definitely try to incorporate lessons like this when I get out there and begin teaching. I will also be trying to put something together for my mentorships.