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Direct linkBaird, William H.; Padgett, Clifford W.; Secrest, Jeffery A. – Physics Education, 2015
Google Earth has made a wealth of aerial imagery available online at no cost to users. We examine some of the potential uses of that data in illustrating basic physics and astronomy, such as finding the local magnetic declination, using landmarks such as the Washington Monument and Luxor Obelisk as gnomons, and showing how airport runways get…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Astronomy
