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Before you look at examples, you **must** have GoogleEarth downloaded.
GoogleEarth download http://googleearthgame.wikispaces.com/GE+download

Favorite KML/KMZ files created by others:
> http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
 * Google Earth for Teacher (these tours done by content area)
 * [|Sir Ernest Shackleton Google Earth “documentary”] ([|blog post] from Google Earth blog) - 1.9 MB
 * [|Volcanoes of the World]
 * [|Documented meteor impacts worldwide] (>26,000)
 * [|World Wide Panorama]
 * [|Discovery Channel World Video tours] (unfortunately ads are included)

I took this idea and developed it into a semester-long game! Google Earth Game http://googleearthgame.wikispaces.com/Game+Home (Use the navigation links on the navigation bar under Google Earth Game)

Note that the student must answer the question by using observation of Google Earth or using information found in a layer.

Now, let's take a look at some examples of "map tours" made with MapWing. MapWing is a free Web2.0 tool that allows you to create a "tour" of...anything!

MapWing's Tours: http://www.mapwing.com/explore.php?sort=w (Personally, I like the tour of the coral reefs and Ribbon the Snake)

Some other student projects made with MapWing:

http://msfrachetti.wikispaces.com/2nd+Gr.+Projects (second grade community projects)

http://robertsk8students.wikispaces.com/2nd+Semester+Tech.+Projects (middle school student projects)

Now, let's learn how to create this!