Research On Geography Curriculum Resources Based On Google Earth Image

The gradual implementation of new curriculum reforms,new curriculum standards and new requirements,and the rapid development of GIS have accelerated the pace of Google Earth's entry into geography teaching.This study aims at the current situation that current geography curriculum resources are not rich,teachers and students are unfamiliar to Google Earth and it's image,using the methods of literature analysis,case analysis,questionnaire and so on,after analyzing the advantages of the new curriculum standard,basic teaching theory,and taking Google Earth images as geographical curriculum resources,developed 189 Google Earth image resources that can be used in high school humanities geography teaching,and designed 4 teaching cases as the main curriculum resources,then analyzed and evaluated the effectiveness of Google Earth images as geography curriculum resources in the form of questionnaires.The analysis shows:(1)It is feasible to use the Google Earth software system to develop methods that can be used to assist high school humanities geography teaching.I have developed a total of 189 Google Earth images which involve 49 personal geography knowledge points,but there are still geographic knowledge points that Google Earth images can not explain,such as “Elective II-5.10,explaining the measures that should be taken to protect traditional culture and landscape features” etc.(2)The development results were consulted with the opinions of 23 middle school geography teachers.The teachers believed that the Google Earth images developed according to the new curriculum standard was available;the developed Google Earth image had a better expression effect.Some teachers proposed improvements and amendments to the development results.(3)The 189 Google Earth images developed highlight the following advantages and disadvantages:(1)The unique,intuitive,clear,simple,multi-dimensional,and other advantages of Google Earth image development make it highly useful for assisting high school humanistic geography teaching.It has a greater supporting role in cultivating students' geographic core qualities;(2)Using Google Earth to develop images,enumerating examples,and teaching cases is more conducive to students' mastery of geography knowledge,and can cultivate their habit of combining theory with practice.(3)Google Earth images make geography teaching more visible,combined with abundant online resources on the Internet,can better show the spatial and regional characteristics of geography disciplines,and can break through the conventional and new pedagogical model for geography teaching;(4)Parts of the secondarydevelopment Google Earth imagery because the color contrast is low and the legend is not obvious,the expression effect is poor and needs further improvement.