Today we spent the morning poring over topographical
maps. We learned how to read the
key to look for different information such as mountains, trig points, native
forest, gravel roads, cliffs, sandbanks and lots more! We also learned about contour lines and
how they show how steep the land is (when they are close together the land is
steep). We even discovered that
some of the different maps we had joined up!
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These two found the longest mountain name in New Zealand: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitenatahu |
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Finding maps that join together. |
We then spent time working on a logo to go with our company
name ‘GeoReady’ and our mission statement ‘When the earth goes crazy we are the
experts’. There was a creative
buzz in the classroom as we worked on these and next week we will use our logos
to make ID cards for our drama work.
Here are some of the logo designs that were created.
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Some of our logo designs. |
Then we had a visit from Sara Page who works at GeoNet. It was a great visit. She gave us a lot of information,
showed us some real equipment, answered all our questions, and even brought us
all GeoNet magnets and pens to take home!
She also gave us a quiz and five children won prizes, which were very
cool little torchlights! We found
out that Sophia’s grandad is one of the managers at GeoNet. Here is what some of us wrote about her
visit:
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Sara talking to us |
Leon:
On Friday 17th of May Sara came to visit us. She works for GeoNet, which is part of
GNS. She’s a public information
specialist. She gave all of room 7 a GeoNet magnet and GeoNet pen. She let us have a turn shaking and feeling
an old seismometer. A seismometer
measures how big an earthquake was.
Inside a seismometer there is a rotating drum and this penlike
thing. When there’s an earthquake
the pen wobbles and draws lines on the drum. Although the seismometer is small it is very heavy. There were 303 earthquakes in
Wellington last month!!!!
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Holding a seismometer |
Sophia:
Sara works for GNS, she works in GeoNet. My Grandpa John knows Sara very
well. GeoNet studies tsunami,
earthquakes, landslides, and volcanos.
Sara told us about some instruments like a seismometer.
Finn:
She told us that in April 2013 there were 303 earthquakes
isn’t that amazing, and it was only in Wellington.
Sam B:
I held a real seismometer. A Seismometer connects to their computers and tells them how
big the earthquake was. It felt
about 10kg.
They hire divers to drill a hole underwater and place a
sensory guage to connect with the computers for Tsunmai information.
Maz:
We got to hold a seismometer it was quite heavy.
Alana:
Today Sara from GeoNet came to talk about the earth. We were very lucky to have her. She gave prizes for questions if we got
them right, the prize was a torch.
She answered all our questions.
She gave us pens and magnets and she told us how many days it takes to
get to Raoul Island, it takes 3 days.
At GeoNet her job is to tell the public about the earth [and the work
they do with geological hazards] and she gets to go around New Zealand every 2
months. She told us that
there were 303 earthquakes last month in Wellington. Most people only thought there were only 2 or 3 and last
year in Wellington there was 3232.
She brought in an old seismometer and she let us hold it and shake
it. Shaking it was fun! The seismometer is a thing that
measures every movement of the earth.
When the earth has an earthquake it will make a funny sound and it is
made out a magnet and wire and stuff like that.
Molly:
Sara told us that once people at GeoNet put up a whole lot
of equipment near Mt Tongariro then it erupted and destroyed it. [...] We received a GeoNet pen and a GeoNet
magnet. There was small quiz for
the class of five questions and if you got the right answer you won a small
torch.
Lachlan:
They have monitors for landslides, earthquakes, tsunami, and
volcanos.
Erin:
She first talked about some of the people at her work and
there were jobs. The jobs were
technicians, systems development, websites, earthquake specialists, public
information specialists, scientists, volcano specialists and managers.
Esme:
I might want to work for GeoNet.
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Sara gave us lots of interesting information incluidng posters, maps, and booklets - Thanks Sara! |
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