Lesson Plan: Geotag-Google Earth.

Level: Form 4 (Intermediate)

Time: 60 minutes

Educational Emphases: ICT skills, CCTS

Aims: By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to;

Locate different historical and holiday sites around the globe.

Thinking outside the local context.

Learn more about the sites and answer the questions given by the teacher.

Technical requirements:

One computer for 2/3 students.

Internet connection.

Web browser.

Google earth.

LCD projector.

Preparations:

Download and install Google Earth from the internet

Browse the different places for the students to search that matches the topic of the day.

Prepare a worksheet for the students.

Website:

http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/histr_fr.html

http://www.dubaitourism.ae/CultureHeritage/HistoricalSites/tabid/61/language/en-US/Default.asp

http:// earth.google.com/

Procedure:

Set Induction: (5 minutes)

Teacher shows different historical and holiday sites from the internet that the students are familiar with.

Teacher asks the students to identify the places shown.

Teacher introduces the topic of the day.

Activity 1: (30 minutes)

The teacher allocates a computer to 2/3 students to work with.

Teacher instructs the students to open Google Earth that had been installed on the computer.

Teacher projects the names of 4places the students have to find:

Dubai Municipality Museum, Dubai.

Toro ruins, Japan

Shanghai, China

The Graet Wall Of China

KLCC,Malaysia

The students are required to fill in the forms given by the teacher.

The teacher offers assistance to students if necessary.

Activity 2: (20 minutes)

1. Teacher distributes a worksheet for the students to answer.
2. Teacher discusses the worksheet with the class.
3. Teacher offers assistance to students if necessary.

Conclusion: (5 minutes)

1. Teacher asks the students to recap the lesson and what they had learned.
2. Teacher inculcates moral values.

Apendixes:

Task Sheet

Find these places and list their coordinates (latitude, longitude) and their characteristics. You can always Google the places to know their characteristics.

• Dubai Municipality Museum, Dubai.

• Toro ruins, Japan

• Shanghai, China

• The Great Wall of China

• KLCC, Malaysia
  

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