Google Earth is a very versatile program that educators often associate only with social studies. Google Earth can actually be used in literature, mathematics, and science lessons too. On November 2, 2012 Jerome Burg and Thomas Petra will host a
Google+ Hangout all about using Google Earth in educatio:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cogiss5nl2ip1p902g93afvi9o4
Jerome Burg is the creator of the excellent Google Lit Trips site: http://googlelittrips.org/
and Thomas Petra is the creator of the fantastic Real World Math site: http://www.realworldmath.org/