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Top Down Bird's Of The Australian Curriculum: Google Earth

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Google Earth
Name, developer/s and publication date of the resource – 25
Google Earth is a program developed by Google, first launching on the 11th of June, 2001. However, as technology developed throughout the 21st century it has be re-released and updated has throughout the past two decades.
Description of the resource (nature and content) – 50
Google Earth is a program which projects 3D representations of the Earth based on data collected from satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data. This data is used to compose 3D images, allowing for cities, landscapes, coastlines, towers and particular everything on the physical earth to be seen from various different angles. Google Earth has two main functions. A top down bird’s …show more content…

As the world continues to become more technological enabled, the understanding of spatial technologies will be beneficial for the students. The resource can be used to develop understandings of different terrain, forestation, climate and overall structure of different parts of the worlds. This can be useful in giving a first person view of what other places in the world actually look like, how they’re constructed and overall scale of distance between places in the world.
What stage/s of the Australian Curriculum: HASS Inquiry process for the chosen HaSS subject (https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/humanities-and-social-sciences/) would the resource be most applicable to? Explain your response. 150
The resource would be useful in the Geography part of the Australian curriculum, with use from Years 7-10. However, the resource is mainly being analyzed through the lens of the Year 10 Geography part of the Australian Curriculum. The resource could be used in the ‘Harvest’ part of the inquiry process (McInerney, p.35, 2014). The ‘harvest’ of the inquiry process involves the gathering of information, which can then be used for analysis and interpretation. Google Earth could help students harvest various different images of locations. Using this data students could deconstruct the data using the geographical concepts; place, space, environment and scale (McInerney, p.32,

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