Google Earth Table

	Location	Activity Description	Google Earth Content
	1. Palos, Spain	Compare the sizes of Columbus's three ships: Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria docked at port. Read the descriptions of the ships. Write a paragraph on which ship you think Columbus sailed on and why?	Picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/PUERTOdePalos.jpg Information: http://www.evgschool.org/Columbus%27s%20Sailing%20Ships.htm Use google earth to create ships of relative sizes to help children compare. Also provide painting of the three ships.
	2. Canary Islands	Look at the the coastal cities in the Canary Islands. Describe what how you believe the Canary Islands looked when Columbus sailed. Did they look the same?	Picture: http://chriscolumbus123.blogspot.com/2009/04/canary-islands.html Use google earth tools to see the the modern day cities in the Canary Islands.
	3. Bahamas	Measure the distance between the Canary Islands and the Bahamas. If the ships travel 9 miles per hour, how long will would it take for Columbus to get to the Bahamas from the Canary Islands.	Picture: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coacdar/member_page/american_history_essay_contest.html Google earth ruler to measure distances.
	4. Hispaniola	Compare the physical attributes of Hispaniola to India. Why do you think Columbus thought that he had reached India instead of the Americas?	Picture of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic): http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/photos/photo_dominicanrepublic_dominicanrepublic.html Picture of India: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/photos/photo_dominicanrepublic_dominicanrepublic.html Use google earth to look at the different landscapes of the two places.

Fifth Grade Social Studies, Standard 1, Objective 1, c. Identify explorers who came to the Americas and the nations they represented.