Enhancing Lessons with Google My Maps

Google My Maps allows the user to create and share their own custom maps using any area of the globe. It is integrated with Google Drive so you are able to easily create and share your maps. You can search for places and add pins on your map, outline a specific area on your map with the drawing tool, create icons and labels for your maps, and create layers to show different groups or areas of your map. This is a great tool to explore, it can be used with elementary students through adults and with any subject area!

Language arts students can track the route of a character from a novel and add significant places along the way with a description or thoughts on what makes that place significant. Students can explore some of the details from the story and adding them as pins, images, or video. Social Studies or History classes can create a map of a historical event or persons travels. Science classes can explore the many different land forms of the world, or track the spread of a disease to find reason for increased disease in particular areas, map the different biomes of the world or a particular area. Students can add details and images of life found in each biome. Math students can map the area of real locations to find the area or perimeter, they could map and solve geometry problems. The possibilities are endless. There are so many ways Google My Maps can enhance a lesson, bring in real world connections, and promote problem solving. Try it out today and see what ideas you can create for your students or what ideas they can create!

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Creating Lessons with Google My Maps

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