Try this “Where in the World is Santa Going Next” geography activity where students have to enter in specific longitude and latitude coordinates in Google Earth to find Santa's next stop (answer key). If you have students who don't celebrate the holiday I created a separate sheet (same activity) just leaving out references to Santa (answer key).
Google Earth has come a long way from being a program you have to download to being able to launch in Google Chrome. Once students get into Google Earth they will need to click on “Launch Earth in Chrome” and it may take a few seconds to load (mine took about 30 seconds). Once they have it loaded they can use the search bar to type, or cut and paste, the coordinates. I found it useful to have students search the school or their address in order to play with the tools before starting the activity.
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