Google Earth Flight Simulator

B1 — Intermediate 

Google’s Flight Simulator is a fun feature in Google Earth. You can fly a virtual plane over cities, mountains, and oceans. It uses real satellite images and 3D maps. The controls are simple, but flying takes practice. It is great for exploring the world from the sky.

Read the article about Google Earth flight simulator.

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2606/260618-google-earth.html

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What is a “flight simulator”? ”To use the flight simulator, you will have to open the Google Earth website and click on the “Explore Earth” button in the top right corner.” Use the term in a sentence. Give a synonym.
  2. What does “high-fidelity“ mean in this context: ”The flight simulator is designed for casual exploration rather than high-fidelity aerodynamic training.” Use the word in a sentence. Give a synonym. 
  3. What is a “drop-down menu”? ”To start flying, you need to click on “Tools” in the menu bar and then select “Flight simulator” from the drop-down menu.” Use the term in a sentence. Give a synonym.

Discussion Questions:

  1. How can this simulator help people learn about the world?
  2. What are other things people can learn from using Google’s Flight Simulator? 
  3. Would you ever use Google’s Flight Simulator? Why or why not? Which country would you like to visit in the simulator?
  4. Is it better to explore places online or in real life? Why?
  5. Do you like games or apps that let you explore places?
  6. If you could fly anywhere, where would you go first?
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2 replies on “Google Earth Flight Simulator”

Vocabulary:
1. Its google program thats used for visualize the earth in a web browser.
2. You can see the earth almost as it is.
3. It’s a menu at the bottom that can be hidden if you are not using it.
Discussion questions:

1. This programm can help the people to learn about other countrys and zones.
2. The people can learn about the citys, size, density, heigth.

3. I use when was a program. I never use in the browsers. The country i like to visit is EEUU.
4. Of course in real life. you really feel the experience.
5. Yes, i love historical games.
6. To the mount everest.

Welcome to the PE Blog. Good job starting with your writing practice.

Take a look at how to write the following sentences properly:

This programm can help the people to learn about other countrys and zones.

-> This program can help people learn about other countries and different areas.

The people can learn about the citys, size, density, heigth.
-> People can learn about their cities, its size, density, and elevation.

I use when was a program. I never use in the browsers. The country i like to visit is EEUU.
-> I used it when it was still a program, but I have never tried it using the browser. I would like to visit all the European countries.


To the mount everest.
-> If I could fly anywhere, the first place I would go to is Mount Everest.

Try to be as consistent as you can in practicing to see more progress in the future. Until your next post!

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