TUESDAY: Modern Mapping Continued

11/4/2014

Today, the students watched a demo on Google Maps and using it to help them learn about many different aspects of a location and the culture associated with it.

Tonight's homework activity will be to create a fun and exciting vacation by using locations in Canada and locations abroad. We are all looking forward to seeing what everyone creates They will share their maps via a shared link on tonight's 'POST A RESPONSE' assignment.

1.) MATH 6: Any assigned work.
MATH 7: 3.2 textbook questions, and 3.3 worksheet. Ignore the spinner question.

2.) ART: Complete colouring your fish. Be sure to review the videos that were posted last night.

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

Subscribe to the Google Maps YouTube Channel.
Choose a minimum of 6 locations to a maximum of 10 locations. These locations must include city names, countries, and significant landmark/monument names. Here is an example of what you writing post will look like tonight. YOU MUST USE THIS FORMAT:

1.) Eiffel Tower - Paris, France.
2.) CN Tower - Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3.) etc...complete for all your locations.

TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED: ____________km
SHARED LINK TO MAP: __________________

View each location in map view, earth view, and streetview.
To start measuring the distance, right click on your starting location hot link and click on Measure distance (DO NOT CHOOSE YOUR HOME). Start with Hillcrest Elementary School.
Search out your second location and simply click on the hot link and you will see the estimated distance. Search out your next location and click on it. Follow this procedure for all your locations.
Keep in mind you want to take the shortest trip possible so you should go in one direction. Do not go back and forth.
In the bottom right corner, you will see a settings cog/sprocket icon. Click on it and share your link on today's 'POST A RESPONSE' so we can all see the map you created. Be sure to use the 'SHORTENED LINK' option if you can find this.
Tomorrow, we will use the new 'MY MAPS' in class to do some fun mapping activities.
Explore Google Maps to see if you can find any interesting locations around the world. Feel free to post the links here as a reply to your original post. Be sure to tell us what you can learn from what you find!
Check out the links in the VIDEO LINKS section for some interesting stuff!

VIDEO LINKS:
Google Maps
Explore Gombe, Tanzania with Google Maps
Explore the Giza Pyramids with Google Maps

57 Comments

billy bob

11/4/2014 08:34:19 am

my route would be:
masjid al haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
the Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
the burj khaleefa, Dubai, U.A.E.
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Al Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Eiffel tower, Paris, France.
Hollywood, California.
Beirut, Lebanon.
Istanbul, Turkey.
New York City, U.S.A.
Venice, Italy.
So that's my list i hope one day I will see all of those places

Gooner

11/4/2014 08:53:53 am

You have a good post just remember to always use Capitols. Also, I believe we have to put in our k.

billy bob

11/4/2014 09:47:54 am

https://goo.gl/maps/58bV5
is the link to my lovely route that is a bit less than 20,000 km

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 10:03:20 am

@ Billy Bob - I just saw that you posted your map. However, we need an exact number for the distance traveled. Please post this.

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 10:02:36 am

@ Billy Bob - I'm happy to see that you posted as soon as you got home! I want to see you more motivated and eager to learn on our site! Keep it up!

SUGGESTIONS:
- Capitalize your name 'Billy Bob'
- Capitalize your sentences, city names, and 'i' should also be capitalized.
- Read the assignment again. You haven't posted a link to your shared map nor did you include the distance traveled. Please post these as a reply to your original post. :-)

billy bob

11/4/2014 08:36:49 am

Oh and first

Azbo

11/4/2014 08:46:06 am

Good job.

Julio

11/4/2014 09:34:55 am

1) Surrey, BC ,Hillcrest Elementary School
2) Statue Of Liberty ,New York ,United States
3)Lisbon, Portugal
4)El Qasr, Egypt
5)Andranolava, Madagascar
6)Sydney, Australia
7)Ashburton, New Zealand
8)Hawaii, Holualoa
9)Mexico City, Mexico
10)Chula Vista, San Diego

TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED:50,000 KM
SHARED LINK TO MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/MShhK

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 10:33:52 am

@ Julio - Nicely done! Did your distance traveled come out to exactly 50,000km? Google maps gives an exact distance. Can you double check this? Great work on your post today! I'm going to check out your map now!

Batman

11/4/2014 09:49:37 am

surrey,bc,hillcrest elementary school
Cn tower,Ontario
West Edmonton mall,Edmonton,Alberta
Sydney,Australia
Great wall of China,china
Statue of Liberty,new York city
Eiffel Tower,Paris,France

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 10:35:21 am

@ Batman - Sounds like it would be a fun and interesting holiday!

SUGGESTIONS:
1.) Capitalize all names.
2.) You forgot to read the entire assignment. Re-read and complete it please. You haven't included the total distance traveled or your shared link to your map.

TweetyBird

11/4/2014 10:13:18 am

1.) Taj Mahal- India, Agra.
2.) Golden Gate Bridge- U.S, Calfornia, San Fransisco.
3.) The Whitehouse- U.S, Washington D.C.
4.) Chris the Redeemer- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
5.) Eiffel Tower- France, Paris.
6.) Statue of Liberty- U.S, New York City
7.) Mount Rushmore- South Dakota.
8.) Leaning Tower of Pisa- Italy, Pisa.
9.) The Sphinx- Eygpt, Giza.
10.) Great Wall of China- China.

Total distance travelled: 78 208

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 10:36:53 am

@ Tweety Bird - Great work! However, I think you forgot to include yoru shared link to your map. Please re-read the assignment for today for more information.
:-)

Azbo

11/4/2014 10:13:26 am

Do you just copy the address bar to share the map? I don't know.

Azbo

11/4/2014 10:15:32 am

Nevermind I think I got it now.(-:

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 10:36:10 am

@ Azbo - I assume you re-read the assignment? :-)

Azbo

11/4/2014 11:36:09 am

Yes

Azbo

11/4/2014 10:28:06 am

MAP AT https://goo.gl/maps/nPDvJ
1. Hillcrest elementary school, Surrey, BC, Canada
2. West Edmonton mall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3. Statue of liberty, New york, United states
4.. Eiffel tower, Paris, France
5. Mount Everest, Nepal
6. Chou, Japan
By the way this is not all places I want to travel too trying to get a low distance (some are).

TOTAL DISTANCE OF COOL JOURNEY
22.270Km

daisy duck

11/4/2014 10:45:49 am

@mr hong can u please tell me the code for animoto

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 10:59:27 am

@ Daisy Duck - Please email me and I will send you the code.

Gooner

11/4/2014 10:53:30 am

THIS IS MY DREAM LIST OF WHERE I WANT TO TRAVEL WHEN IM OLDER.

Starting Point: Hillcrest Elementary

Place: Niagara Falls

Km: 3.378 Km

Place: Las Vegas

Km: 6.535 Km

Place: White House

Km: 9.883 Km

Place: Mexico

Km: 12.500 Km

Place: San Diego

Km: 14.601 Km

Place: New York

Km: 18.508 Km

Place: Florida

Km: 20.102 Km

Place: Ecuador

Km: 23.382 Km

Place: Brazil

Km: 26.045 Km

Place: London

Km: 34.554 Km

Place: Ireland

Km: 35.118 Km

Place: France

Km: 36.160 Km

Place: Sicily

Km: 37.591 Km

Place: Temple of Abu Simbel

Km: 39.926 Km

Place: Africa

Km: 34.433 Km

Place: Sydney, Australia

Km: 55.285 Km

Place: New Zealand

Km: 57.323 Km

Place: Hawaii

Km: 64.688 Km

Sorry it was so long. I have an actual piece of paper with all the places in the world I want to visit. It was about this long and these are all the contents of it.

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 01:40:01 pm

@ Gooner - It looks like you want to be a world traveler! Are you interested in learning about different cultures!?

Can you include the link to your map?

Gooner

11/5/2014 07:01:12 am

I really do want to travel the world. I plan to be in the travel group when go to highschool and travel the world once I graduate.

daisy d

11/4/2014 10:57:17 am

@mr hong google maos is not working and can I have the pro code for animoto

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 11:16:40 am

@ Daisy D - You have the code? Simply click on account and put your code in.

daisy d

11/4/2014 11:30:19 am

@mr hong i dont have the animoto code can you please tell it to me

Tacosaur

11/4/2014 10:58:52 am

1. Hillcrest elementary school, Surrey, BC, Canada
2.Great wall of China, China
3.Confederation bridge, P.E.I, Canada
4.Vatican, Rome, Italy
5.Diamond Head, Hawaii U.S.A
6. Chichen Itza, Yucitan,Mexico
7 Disney Land, California, U.S.A

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 11:00:34 am

@ Tacosaur - please re-read the post and complete the assignment. I like the locations you chose! What were you able to see on the Great Wall of China (street view)?

Tacosaur

11/4/2014 11:04:09 am

@ mr hong I am working on the km my wifi is terrible right now and also having difficulties loading my destinations and yes I did see it on street veiw

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 11:17:53 am

@ Tacosaur - What did you see on street view? Anything interesting? Keep trying....

Pebbles

11/4/2014 11:44:31 am

1.] Hillcrest Surrey, B.C, Canada
2.]West Edmonton Mall Edmonton, Alberta
3.]Montreal Ottowa
4.]C.N Tower Toronto Ontario
5.]Palenque Mexico
6.]Eiffel Tower France,Paris
7.]Statue Of Liberty New York
8.]Mount Rushmore South Dakota
9.] Leaning Tower Of Pisa Italy, Pisa
10.]Parthenon Greece

My Google maps was not working for the distance and the adress so I could not figure that out there for I will be coming in early to ask for help.

Puffle

11/4/2014 12:28:48 pm

I would love to travel to places you wrote down! But maybe check the spelling for Ottawa.

Pebbles

11/5/2014 12:04:19 am

@Puffle, Thank you I did not notice that.

Pebbles

11/5/2014 12:09:14 am

Revised
1.] Hillcrest Surrey, B.C, Canada
2.]West Edmonton Mall Edmonton, Alberta
3.]Montreal Ottawa
4.]C.N Tower Toronto Ontario
5.]Palenque Mexico
6.]Eiffel Tower France,Paris
7.]Statue Of Liberty New York
8.]Mount Rushmore South Dakota
9.] Leaning Tower Of Pisa Italy, Pisa
10.]Parthenon Greece

My Google maps was not working for the distance and the adress so I could not figure that out there for I will be coming in early to ask for help

daisy duck

11/4/2014 11:46:25 am

@mr hong my google maps is not working it has some kind of problem and can i have the animoto code please.

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 12:22:05 pm

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Oracle

11/4/2014 11:56:27 am

Starting Location: Hillcrest Elementary School

1) Rome Coleseum - Rome, Italy

2) White House - Washington, D.C.

3) Google Buildings - California, Mountain View

4) Big Ben Clock Tower - London, U.K.

5) Mauna Loa Volcano - Big Island, Hawaii

6) C.N. Tower - Toronto, Ontario

7) Mount Rushmore - South Dakota, U.S.

8) Great Wall of China - Japan, China

9) Grand Canyon - Arizona, U.S.

10) Antartica

I'm going to try and re-post my post along with the hotlink and the distances travelled after I find out how to add more destinations since it won't let me.

Puffle

11/4/2014 12:24:45 pm

Staring Point: Hillcrest Elementary School

Destinations that I would like to go to:

1) Alcatraz- San Fransico
2) Empire state building - New York
3) Tenerife - Spain
4) Anne Frank house - Amsterdam
5) Grand Canal - Venice, Italy
6) Temple of Hephaestus- Greece
7) Dubai Fountain - Dubai
8) Manukan island
9) Pink Lake - West Australia

Total Distance Traveled: 30,663.72 km

I'm having trouble trying to copy and paste the link so I can't really post the link now but I'll try getting it to work.

Mr.Potato

11/4/2014 12:26:42 pm

1) The Great Pyramid - Giza, Egypt
2)Taj Mahal - Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
3)Stonehenge - Amesbury, United Kingdom
4)Great Wall of China - China
5)Colosseum - Piazza del Colosseo,100184 Roma, Italy
6)Statue of Liberty - Liberty Island, New York, United States

TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED: 34,768.4 km
SHARED LINK TO MAP:
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Statue+of+Liberty+National+Monument/@40.689249,-74.0445,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25090129c363d:0x40c6a5770d25022b

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 01:34:19 pm

@ Mr. Potato - It looks like you read the assignment carefully. Good work! However, you were asked to include the simplified/short url. See if you can edit/revise your post.

Mr.Potato

11/4/2014 12:47:19 pm

hey, does anyone have the questions for math i forgot them at school???

Rainbow Unicorn

11/4/2014 12:56:33 pm

1.hillcrest elementary-surrey BC Canada

2.Tokyo tower-Japan Asia

3.national library of the Philippines-Manila Phillipines

4.Saskatoon airport-Saskatchewan Canada North America

5 Seattle space needle-Washington DC USA North America

6.Mount Rushmore- USA North America

7.Golden Gate Bridge-San Francisco USA North America

total distance:24,510Km

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 01:36:19 pm

@ Rainbow Unicorn - Good work. But, what happened to the link to your map?

Yogi Bear

11/4/2014 01:04:22 pm

1.) Hillcrest Elementary School, Surrey, BC, Canada

2.) Calgary Zoo, AB, Canada

3.) Seattle, USA

4.) Mexico

5.) Las Vegas, NV, USA

6.) New Orleans, LA, USA

TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED: 10,907
SHARED LINK TO MAP: https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Hillcrest+Elementary+School,+18599+65+Ave,+Surrey,+BC+V3S+8T2/Calgary+Zoo,+1300+Zoo+Rd+NE,+Calgary,+AB+T2E+7V6/Seattle,+WA,+USA/Mexico/Las+Vegas,+NV,+USA/New+Orleans,+LA,+USA/@37.139881

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 01:35:47 pm

@ Yogi Bear - Did you use the new Google Maps? If so, you're ahead of the entire class. We will be working with it tomorrow. :-) Good work! Keep it up!

ONE SUGGESTION: include a short url not the entire one.

SnappingTurtle

11/4/2014 01:04:53 pm

Mexico, Yucatan Chichen Itza Myan Ruin
Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy
Eiffel Tower, Avenue Anatole France, Paris, France
Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom
Buddhapadipa Temple Thailand
Great Wall of China
Distence is :18928km

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 01:36:54 pm

@ Snapping Turtle - Good work! You ended up in China! What happened to your link?

Xbox man

11/4/2014 01:09:22 pm

https://goo.gl/maps/TKIJN

1) Disneyland, Anaheim, California, U.S.A
2) Statue of Liberty, New York City, New York U.S.A
3) 9-11 Tribute Center, New York City, New York, U.S.A
4) American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A
5) Tower of London, London, U.K
6) Giants Causeway, Ireland, U.K
TOTAL DISTANCE.... 11,838.12KM

Ariel

11/4/2014 01:20:02 pm

1.) Hillcrest Elementary School, 18599 65 Ave, Surrey, BC V3S 8T2.
2.) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128, United States.
3.)West Edmonton Mall, 8882 170 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5T 4J2.
4.)CN Tower, 301 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2T6.
5.)British Columbia Parliament Buildings, 501 Belleville St, Victoria, BC V8V 2L8.
6.)Empire State Building, 350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118, United States.
7.)MTS Centre, 300 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3C 5S4.
8.)Canadian Museum of History, 100 Rue Laurier, Gatineau, Québec K1A 0M8.
9.)Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States.
10.)Banff National Park, Banff, AB.
TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED: 33,421 km

SHARED LINK TO MAP: https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/Hillcrest+Elementary+School/Solomon+R.+Guggenheim+Museum/West+Edmonton+Mall/CN+Tower/British+Columbia+Parliament+Buildings/Empire+State+Building/MTS+Centre/Canadian+Museum+of+History/Walt+Disney+Concert+Hall/Banff+National+Park,+Banff,+AB/@43.4414105,-108.1498868,5z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m60!4m59!1m5!1m1!1s0x5485d0409ba205f7:0x1a7c9c3cf4be988c!2m2!1d-122.706098!2d49.120702!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c258a29a5e9e99:0x4a01c8df6fb3cb8!2m2!1d-73.958971!2d40.78298!1m5!1m1!1s0x53a020573a8614db:0x8546a29e09b26fcb!2m2!1d-113.624191!2d53.522515!1m5!1m1!1s0x882b34d68bf33a9b:0x15edd8c4de1c7581!2m2!1d-79.387057!2d43.642566!1m5!1m1!1s0x548f74848b6dc281:0xa8b8a32c37be6e1d!2m2!1d-123.37077!2d48.419419!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c259a9b3117469:0xd134e199a405a163!2m2!1d-73.985664!2d40.74844!1m5!1m1!1s0x52ea7159a364808f:0xe45a75348e3b2f30!2m2!1d-97.143734!2d49.892594!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cce04f12010ed2f:0xaa68c9d48979fcc4!2m2!1d-75.709201!2d45.430158!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c2c64d9fbb11d3:0xb3728c2c3bff31b0!2m2!1d-118.249845!2d34.055345!1m3!2m2!1d-115.5707694!2d51.1783629!3e0

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 01:38:21 pm

@ Ariel - Good work following the assignment criteria! Did you use the new Google Maps?

ONE SUGGESTION: Use a short link

Teddy bear

11/4/2014 01:21:04 pm

1 )Hillcrest Elementary School - Surrey, BC, Canada
2) Universal Studios - Osaka, Japan
3) Great Wall Of China - China
4) Thailand Cultural MRT Station - Din Daeng Thailand
5) Victoria Memorial Hall - Kolkata, West Bengal, India
6) The Great Pyramid - Giza, Egypt
7) Eiffel Tower - France,Paris

Total distance: 21,944.19 km

Source https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Eiffel+Tower/@48.85837,2.294481,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47e66e2964e34e2d:0x8ddca9ee380ef7e0?hl=en

Mr. Hong link

11/4/2014 01:39:06 pm

@ Teddy Bear - Your vacation looks like it will be interesting! Please include a short link next time. :-)

Tacosaur Revised

11/4/2014 01:54:46 pm

Hilcrest elementry school surrey

1) Disney land, Anaheim, California,U.S.A
2061 km

2) Chichen Itza, Yucitan, Mexico
4335 Km

3) Diamond Head, Hawaii, U.S.A
~6000 Km

4) Confederation Bridge, PEI, Canada
~5000 Km

5) Vatican, Rome, Italy, Europe
~4000 km

6) Great Wall Of China, China
6534 Km

this is my journey from school as follows in that order the amount of km is 27.930 Km in total

cookielover

11/4/2014 11:13:34 pm

1. Hillcrest Elementary School, Surrey, B.C, Canada
2. Mauna Loa Observatory, Volcano, HI, United States
3. Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia
4. Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, United Kingdom
5. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH, United States
6. leaning tower of pisa, Italy
7. Tokyo Tower, 4-2-８ Shibakōen, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to, Japan
8. St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia, Moscow, Krasnaya ploshad
9. CN Tower, Front Street West, Toronto, ON
10. The Great Wall of China in china
Total distance traveled: 77.913.61km
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Great+Wall+of+China/@40.431908,116.570375,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x35f121d7687f2ccf:0xd040259b950522df

Hero of ages

11/5/2014 12:44:44 am

1] Hillcrest elementry school

2] West Edmiton Mall

3] Empire state building

4] Leaning tower of pisa

5] Maiami Beach

6] Ettfle tower

Total distance 33,514.07 Km

http://goo.gl/maps/hDQVr

Hero of ages

11/5/2014 11:14:03 am

Staring Point: Hillcrest Elementary School
Destinations that I would like to go to:
1) West edminton mall
2) Empire state building - New York
3] Victoria musium
4) Anne Frank house - Amsterdam
5) Grand Canal - Venice, Italy
6) Grand canyon
7) central park New York
8) Leaning tower of Pisa
9) Pink Lake - West Australia

Total Distance Traveled: 30,663.72 km

I'm having trouble trying to copy and paste the link so I can't really post the link now but I'll try getting it to work.

Hero of ages

11/5/2014 11:15:06 am

Sorry i did not see my old post I restarted

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