Being a math teacher, I could not help but think of a Geometry lesson using maps. I have done activities similar to this, but using the customizable Google Maps allows for some more flexibility.
My initial idea would be for the students find the perimeter and area of the footprint of the Gerald R. Ford Airport Terminal, since our school in on the property of the Airport. Students could use the scale on the map to calculate the perimeter and area of the main terminal. This would be an activity integrated into a lesson about composite shapes, since students would have to break up the terminal building into a bunch of different shapes, find the area of each, and add all the areas together.
As a challenge, I would have them approximate the area of our school's property, as I have already outlined. Since there are many curves to the property, students would have to come up with strategies of approximation. Additionally, I would give extra credit for students who decide to approximate the footprint of our building. This would be far more challenging, since the images on Google Maps are not up to date. Our newest addition was finished in August, and you can see that addition being built in satellite view when zoomed in. When zoomed out, there is no indication that we have even started to build!
View Areas of the Airport in a larger map
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