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Thematic Mapping Engine - thematicmapping.org
Thematic Mapping Engine (TME) enables you to visualise global statistics on Google Earth. The primary data source is UNdata.
The engine returns a KMZ file that you can open in Google Earth or download to your computer.
Unfortunately it is limited to the pre set of statistics (all be it from a wide range of sources) you can't create your own 3D charts using your own data -
How to Teach With Google Earth
A large article offering lots of links to resources for educators from Primary Teachers to University Lecturers
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Google Earth Lessons
A site with a lot of great lesson ideas both teacher and student directed.
It also holds a number of how-to videos - Great for learning the basics of Google Earth (although these are a little old now the concepts are still the worth understanding) -
http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com
Google Placemark tours of locations in Novels, stories and plays.
ranging from K - 12
Mostly American books, but is a great resources to download some and understand how you/students can create one of their own.
