It seems like this assignment pops up in many forms at the beginning of the school year. I have been playing around with this as a way to teach students how to use google earth in a way  that allows them to focus on learning the software without having to worry about learning new conten

Objectives

Working in google earth students will:

• Students will learn how to create place markers
  
• Students will learn how to insert hyperlinks into place markers
• Students will learn how to save .kmz files
  

In order to do these things students will already need to be able to navigate in google earth and use the search bar to find locations. It is also helpful if they can turn on an off layers. In my mind students need a day to play with the software and a day to do the work.

Sample: Summer Vacation

Process:

Students will choose 5 locations that they visited this summer. For each location they will create a place marker with a short description of the place. They need to include at least 3 hyperlinks for the project. Each place marker description does not need a hyperlink. As an extension students can use html tags to embed the link into the text.