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All the projects presented on this website utilize Google Earth and/or GigaPan as a tool to provide a geographic context to everything from nonfiction books to specific Earth science topics.  We have developed and customized objects and content in the viewing windows for our Google Earth explorations.


Publications on Earth and Space QUESTs and GigaPan


Neville, S.E., & Guertin, L.A. 2011. Ten examples of utilizing existing gigapixel panoramas in the Earth and space science classroom. The Earth Scientist, 27(2): 46-49.

Neville, S.E., & Guertin, L.A. 2011. Three guided students explorations of Sky in Google Earth. The Earth Scientist, 27(2): 33-36.

Guertin, L.A., & S.E. Neville. 2011. Using Google Earth to teach students about global oil spill disasters. Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 48(1): 1-8.

Neville, S., & L. Guertin. 2009. Integrating Google Earth with the QUEST for Earth science literacy. The Earth Scientist, 25(4): 31-34.



Presentations on Earth and Space QUESTs and GigaPan


Neville, S., Guertin, L. 2011. Sky in Google Earth as a tool for student inquiry and exploration. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), v. 43, n. 1, p. 79. Undergraduate student lead author and presenter. (LINK to abstract)

Neville, S., Mookerjee, L., Guertin, L. 2011. Uses of existing GigaPan images in the Earth and Space Science classroom. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), v. 43, n. 1, p. 79. (LINK to abstract)

Guertin, L. 2010. Developing digital and discipline literacies with Google Earth. The Scholarship for Teaching and Learning, Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, College Park, MD, June 3-5, 2010, Invited Speaker.

Neville, S.E. 2010. Integrating Google Earth with the QUEST for Science Literacy. The Council on Undergraduate Research's Posters on the Hill, Capitol Hill, Washington DC, April 13, 2010.

Neville, S.E., & Guertin, L. 2010. Taking Students on an Earth QUEST (Questioning and Understanding Earth Science Themes) with Google Earth. National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) Share-a-thon presentation, part of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 19, 2010. Presented by undergraduate author S.Neville.

Guertin, L., & D. Hennig. 2010. Using Google Earth to facilitate student learning in multiple disciplines. The Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, University Park, PA, March 27, 2010.  (LINK to abstract)

Guertin, L., & S. Neville. 2010. Enhancing middle and high school student understanding of Earth system science through a Google Earth QUEST. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), 42(1): 132.  (LINK to abstract)

Guertin, L., S. Neville, & J. Hartline. 2010. The benefits of utilizing Google Earth as an undergraduate research tool for non-science majors. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), 42(1): 75.  (LINK to abstract)

Neville, S., & L. Guertin. 2009. Using a Google Earth QUEST to improve Earth science, reading, and geographic literacy. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract ED53A-0533. (LINK to abstract)

Guertin, L., & S. Neville. 2009. Adapting Google Lit Trips for the geosciences. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), 41(7): 499.  (LINK to abstract)



Grants Funded that support Earth and Space QUESTs

Bringing the QUEST for geographic and Earth science literacy from an independent study to the general education classroom. PI Guertin. 2009-2010. Funded by Penn State University's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. Amount: $510.

UNH GEO-Teach: Transforming Earth System Science Education. PI Graham (Univ. of New Hampshire). 2006-2010. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Award #0631377. The grant supports Penn State undergraduate student researcher Sara Neville for the development of Google Earth QUESTs.






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