Introduction
You are an early explorer and your ship just
wrecked on the coast of Australia! Unfortunately,
all of your clocks were lost at sea so now you have
no way to tell the time. The captain of the ship has
asked you to create a way that the survivors can
keep track of the time until they are rescued.
Project Specifications
The local indigenous population has welcomed you
and helped you gather resources to build your clock.
You were able to find lots of sticks, stones and
leaves, as well as some material from the sails
washed up on shore. You also have rope (string) and
clay as well as a compass and a pencil and paper.
Time
The captain
anticipates that a
rescue boat will
arrive in 6 weeks and
that they need to be
able to ration the
food, so the clock
needs to be finished
in 4 days (lessons).
Brief
The only way you will be able to keep track of
time is by using the sun. You know the Earth spins
on its axis causing day and night so you will need
to figure out a way of recording shadows to show
the passing of time.
Generating Designs
You have to find the best way to keep
track of time using shadows created by
the sun. The captain tells you to think
about which direction the goes and to also
consider the way that shadows change
when the dun is in different positions.
With all these materials what can you
build that will help you keep tract of time?
Evaluation and Presentation
Project Management Luckily you have an iPad (which
doesn’t tell time) so you’re able to
You’ll need to find a place in the create a presentation which
sun. Then using your resources demonstrates the passing of time over
build your “clock” based on your at least each hour and the way that you
design. Next you will need to test are able to measure it.
your clock by recording each hour
over the course of the day. You can The captain will gather all the crew
take photos to show the passing of and you will be able to show everyone
time. how the clock works so that everyone
can keep track of the time.