makauri school sundial 12 december 2014
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This Makauri School E-Book has been created to share a record of their schools journey in creating what we believe may be the ‘FIRST’ Analemmatic Sundial in Gisborne city. Helped by Ray Sheldrake who has been promoting the concept of Analemmatic (human) Sundials in Gisborne city - to leverage on the claim ‘FIRST’ to see the sun.TRANSCRIPT
Makauri School Year 5 & 6
...Where time begins...The Analemmatic Sundial makers, creating footprints for our future...
SunDialGisborne’s ‘FIRST’ Analemmatic
Makauri School Year 5 & 6
MollyLucy Ophelia
Cayla
LeighHattie Jennah
CharlotteBrianna Claudia
Kate
Georgia
LeahHazel Honoka
Briar
Libby Sasha
Emily
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Girls’...Where Time Begins... The Analemmatic Sundial makers, creating footprints for our future...
Charlie Kent
Scott
Alex Jack
Zek
KellyBen Nathan
Toby
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BoysMakauri School Year 5 & 6
With help from Room 1 TeacherMr Kirkpatrick & Principal Mrs Nicoll
...Where Time Begins... The Analemmatic Sundial makers, creating footprints for our future...
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Makauri School Year 5 & 6
Beginning modestly with the young ones to seed the vision for the next generation.
By using a Sundial as part of our teaching syllabus we hope to give this and the next generation familiarity with a unique part of our local Gisborne heritage.
Education Human Sundials
Analemmatic Sundial (Human Sundial) & construction
1. Time / Calendar 2. Maths / Geometry3. Solar System / SUN 4. Light / Shadow
Analemmatic Sundial (Human Sundial) & construction
ContentsGirls .......................................................................... 1Boys ......................................................................... 2Contents ................................................................ 3Human sundials .................................................. 3Create ................................................................ 4 - 7Numerals completed ......................................... 8Classroom photos ....................................... 9 -15Site preparation ........................................ 16 - 20Mobile Concrete team ........................... 21 - 32Pasty’s Masonry & Ceramics ................. 33 - 40Completion photos ................................. 41 - 50
...Where Time Begins... The Analemmatic Sundial makers, creating footprints for our future...
Makauri School Year 5 & 6...How to create…Initial Design process involved chalk and the school playground
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Makauri School Year 5 & 6...How to create…Creative fun kept all busy and learning by experience...
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...How to create…Smashing ceramic tiles, towel saves flying debris
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...How to create…Laying up Numeral 1... Fun smashing tiles....
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< CLICK >Logo’s for more informationand Mr Kirkpatrick’s Class
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...How to create…Mask protection while cement mixing...
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...How to create…Kathy Grimson, support staff & pupils begin analemmatic pedestal base...
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...How to create…Numeral 12 takes shape....
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...How to create…Group cementing tiles...
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...How to create…Numeral making continued... more cementing...
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...How to create…Mr Kirkpatrick and pupil checking for loose tiles....
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...How to create…Mr Kirkpatrick helping with tiles layout...
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...Site Preparation... Boxing for the concrete base and pedestal begins...
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...Site Preparation... Analemmatic Sundial - marking - using string and stakes...
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...Site Preparation... Ready for Mobile Concrete team to arrive....
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...Site Preparation... The Analemmatic Sundial pedestal base...
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...Site Preparation... Reading for concrete pour...
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...Where Time Begins... Mobile concrete arrive...
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...Thanks…Adam Keywood and Alan Te Are from Mobile Concrete...
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...Where Time Begins... Adam with the first barrow of concrete...
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...Where Time Begins... Darylle Lawler keeps an eye on the first pour...
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...Where Time Begins... Adam at work...
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...Where Time Begins... Alan & Adam begin trowel work...
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...Where Time Begins... Bothe men applying the finishing touches...
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...Where Time Begins... The Analemmatic Sundial makers, creating footprints for our future...
Makauri School Year 5 & 6...Where Time Begins... Mr Kirkpatrick, Joel and Mrs Nicoll check numeral placement...
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Makauri School Year 5 & 6...Where Time Begins... Mr Kirkpatrick re checking placement of the numerals...
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Makauri School Year 5 & 6...Where Time Begins... Our thanks to Frank Alderton and team from Mobile Concrete....
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...Thanks.. To Adam and Alan for their help...
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...Where Time Begins... Placement of the mosaics begin...
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...Where Time Begins... The mosaics now laid out...
Makauri School Year 5 & 6...thanks...Thanks to Lee Connon and Pasty’s Masonry & Ceramics team...
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...Where Time Begins... Pasty and team ensure evrything is firmly in place and correct...
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...Where Time Begins... Pasty re checking placement...
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...Where Time Begins... The team check and re check all is well...
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...Where Time Begins... Finishing touches...
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...Where Time Begins... The Analemmatic Sundial makers, creating footprints for our future...
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...The Time…Mr Kirkpatrick and pupils check the time on their new Sundial...
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...End of year…The Analemmatic Sundial makers and supporters...
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...Christmas is coming...The Analemmatic Sundial time check - dressed for their Nativity play...
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...Finishing…Final day of trimming grass and tidying the site...
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...thanks…To Wendy Worters and Lisa Ross and all those who helped along the way...
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...thanks…To Corrina Scott and Debbie Traue and all those who helped along the way...
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...Where Time Begins... The Analemmatic Sundial makers, creating footprints for our future...
This Makauri School E-Book has been
created to share a record of their schools
journey in creating what we believe may be the
‘FIRST’ Analemmatic Sundial in Gisborne city.
This E-Book can be found on:
www.gisbornesundials.co.nz
This E-Book was created by SheldrakevisualART.com to also feature on: www.gisbornespecials.co.nz© 10 December 2014
CLICK ^^^ Green TAB to visit the Class Sundial website
Ray Sheldrake has been promoting the concept of Analemmatic (human) Sundials in Gisborne city - to leverage on the claim ‘FIRST’ to see the sun.
SUNDIAL - SCIENCE: The BIG Question/s eg: How has telling the time developed / improved over time * Design / make: simple to complex , small to large. * Explain how they work / move > Rotation - Sun / Solar System - Light * Experiment - Scientific Method. Make and read sundial at a specific time every day / few days / weeks
* Compare - Contrast / problem pose (what if ) Problem Solve - Sun / Clouds / Seasons / effects on telling time
* Read Sundial different times of the day: Discuss Shadow // what about night time?
* Hypothesis ( Scientific Method - to prove or disprove) eg: The speed of the Shadow depends on the length of the gnomon. May lead to more questions. eg: Is the length of shadow determined by seasons? Why or why not? Experiments to prove / disprove
SCIENCE: Technology Where to place Sundials? What to look for. Do Sundials work on: Equator / North - South Poles - Research / Discuss * Questions: Why do gnomons not point straight up? Where do they point? Human Sundials - make / create.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & Technology: (Old Term - Social Studies) * Sundials around the world. Why did people need to tell the time? * Timeline of notable Sundials. Oldest Sundial, biggest sundial, portable sundial etc. * Telling the time at night? * Shapes of Sundials - Cubic 1840 Ring Dial / Cadot 1680 Scape (Rome 100AD)
ENGLISH: Gisborne Advertising / Posters / Slogans * Report writing - factual / accounts * Kids can make Short Video Clip or Power Point Presentation explaination * Describing how Sundial works
ART: * Labelling / Posterising / Designing * Modeling / Materials / T-Shirts Icons
VOCAB: Gnomon = Greek One that knows or examines - A Gnomon is the part of a Sundial that casts the Shadow. Analemmatic = Pedestal of a Sundial.
Education:
© Intro. Brief - Teaching Paper - prepared by Georgette Jenson as an initial ‘Sundial 101’ to
illustrate the potential and educational value of introducing Sundials to our Gisborne District
Primary Schools as a fresh, fun, topic with wide educational benefit.
Georgette Jenson: Won a National Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010.She visits cities throughout NZ to help upskill teachers and believes this Sundial concept
will make for great educational value - especially for Gisborne city: ‘first to see the sun’.
48© www.gisbornesundials.co.nz 2014 presentation: ‘Gisborne, where time begins!’ Gisborne, New Zealand. Sundials concept.
History... ‘...Where Time Begins... ’
Here at Makauri School in Gisborne New Zealand, we have had a wonderful learning experience creating the FIRST Analemmatic Sundial for our city.
The Sundial concept celebrates our ‘FIRST’ city status, profile and geographical blessing through this unique creative HUMAN sundial.
Analemmatic Sundials offer a participatory, educational and fun experience for all ages.
By stepping onto our Analemmatic Sundial - the participant brings the sundial to life, as their shadow reveals the moment in TIME.
We believe this to be a NZ FIRST - as no other city in our nation can hold a genuine claim to being the FIRST City to see the Sun.
In October 1884 in Washington DC, USA, their former President Chester A. Arthur invited 41 delegates from 25 nations to what was called the International Meridian Conference
Those gathered, collectively chose the Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich England, (established by Sir George Airy in 1851) to be the Standard International Measure for TIME.
Thus creating a line that would pass alongside this place in the Southern Hemisphere that would become today’s City of Gisborne, New Zealand.
Creating this historical point of reference allows us to claim another FIRST experience for our city with our Sundial project.
© www.gisbornesundials.co.nz 2014 presentation: ‘Gisborne, where time begins!’ Gisborne, New Zealand. Sundials concept.
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New Zealand
Christchurch
Wellington
Auckland
First City to see the Sun!
^International
Dateline
Gisborne
© www.gisbornesundials.co.nz 2014 presentation: ‘Gisborne, where time begins!’ Gisborne, New Zealand. Sundials concept.
New Zealand
...Where Time Begins...