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To use these GoogleEarth tours:

1) Open GoogleEarth

2) Under the PLACES window, delete all of the open folders (i.e. SIGHTSEEING) by right-clicking on the name and selecting DELETE.

3) Click on the weblink for the tour you want and select OPEN

4) Double-click on the doc.kml file, and it should open in GoogleEarth.

5) Read the START HERE! placemark.

6) If there isn't a START HERE! placemark, highlight (by clicking on the name) and then click on the PLAY button at the bottom of that window.

Reference - 2008 Google Earth in your Classroom (How -to....) (ppt file - 19,935kb)

Reference - 2008 Google Earth in Your Classroom - Useful Features (ppt file - 7,470kb)

Reference - 2007 Google Earth Teacher Resources (doc file - 840kb)

Reference - How to Run a GE Tour (Word Document) (doc file - 1,926kb)

Reference - Google Earth Coding Cheat-Sheet (doc file - 28kb)

Watersheds - Western Finger Lakes Topos (kmz file - 1kb)

Erosion - Glaciers in Canandaigua Area (kmz file - 3kb)

Erosion - Alaska's Glaciers (from Garret Armbruster) (kmz file - 3kb)

Erosion - Features of Streams (kmz file - 5kb)

Erosion - Letchworth State Park (kmz file - 3kb)

Erosion - Features of Waves (kmz file - 2kb)

Plate Tectonics - Mt. St. Helens Tour (kmz file - 7kb)

Plate Tectonics - Hawaiian Volcano (kmz file - 4kb)

Plate Tectonics - Rocky Mountain National Parks (kmz file - 5kb)

Plate Tectonics - US Geology Map Overlay (kmz file - 1kb)

Plate Tectonics - Real-time Earthquake Data (kmz file - 109kb)

Plate Tectonics - Earth's Plate Boundaries (kmz file - 120kb)

Geology - Bedrock Geology of the Rochester Area (kmz file - 999kb)

Environmental - Cascade Mills ESA (kmz file - 4kb)

Environmental - Trip Around Canandaigua Lake (kmz file - 4kb)

Mapping - Tours of Canandaigua (kmz file - 1kb)

Mapping - Hoover Dam Tour (kmz file - 1kb)

Mapping - Grand Canyon Tour (kmz file - 1kb)

Misc - 506 Airborne (Easy Company) (kmz file - 5kb)

Misc - Dedrick's Resume (kmz file - 2kb)

	PPT file: You need Microsoft PowerPoint to view this file. Download a free PowerPoint viewer for PC or Macintosh. Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
	doc file: You need the Microsoft Word program, a free Microsoft Word viewer, or a program that can import Word files in order to view this file. To learn more about the free Microsoft Word Viewer, visit the Microsoft Word website.
	kmz file: Google Earth delivers a 3D digital model of the entire Earth via the Internet. The .KMZ file is a standard .ZIP file that can be opened with any unzipping utility. Free download is available at http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html.

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