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Videos

Each day of the field trip, the LEARNZ Team shoot, edit and upload curriculum-rich videos which help students to feel right up close to the action.

For help and more information about LEARNZ videos, go to Help with Videos in the LEARNZ Support section

Tuesday 12 August

1. Open Data (57Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Come inside the EPIC Centre in Christchurch and discover more about what open data is and how it is being used.

1. What is the EPIC Centre?
2. What is open data?
3. Give an example of how open data is being used in Christchurch?

Next step learning: What open data do you use and rely on?

2. Mash Ups and Open Data (42 Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Drive out of Central Christchurch to St Bede’s College to see how they have been using open data in a ‘Mash Up’ competition.

1. What is a Mash Up Competition?
2. What did Tom create?
3. Where did Tom get the data from to make this app?

Next step learning: Find out if there is a Mash Up competition in your local area and get involved.

3. Canterbury schools building footprints (95 Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Drive north to Clarkville School to see how students are capturing building footprints from their computer for a competition for Canterbury Schools.

1. Why are building footprints important?
2. How are the footprints captured?
3. How are points earned for the competition?

Next step learning: Take a look at the competition and if you live in Canterbury get involved - all you need is an internet-connected computer. If you live elsewhere find out how property information is recorded in your area.

4. What is your address? (33 Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Come back into Christchurch and see why having accurate information on properties is important.

1. What is the problem with this unit development?
2. Why is this a problem?
3. What can be done to solve this?

Next step learning: Find out whether there are any properties in your local area that have more than one address.

5. Christchurch - a 3D city (88Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Take a look around the Future Christchurch Showcase in the Re-Start Mall to see how 3D models are helping to visualise the past and future of Christchurch.

1. How is 3D modelling helping with the rebuild?
2. What other tools are being used?
3. What can people see on the liquid galaxy display?

Next step learning: What would you like to see being built in Christchurch? Design your own building, park or feature for central Christchurch.

6. SketchUp (52 Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Use 3D Warehouse and SketchUp to see how Christchurch used to look and make your own changes to these models.

1. What can you do with 3D Warehouse software?
2. What can you do with these models?
3. How might this software be useful for people planning the rebuild?

Next step learning: Try the 3D modelling tools on SketchUp and 3D Warehouse for yourself.

Wednesday 13 August

1. Aerial Imagery (69Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Meet Andrew Ferrel, the Aerial Imagery Manager at Land Information New Zealand, and find out what aerial imagery is and how it is processed.

1. How is aerial imagery taken?
2. From what distance are these photos taken?
3. How are photos corrected to make them easier to use?

Next step learning: List the ways in which you use aerial imagery to help you in everyday life.

2. Capturing Information to Make Maps (84Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Take a closer look at an aerial photo and find out how these photos can be used to take measurements and make maps.

1. What information can be gathered from the aerial imagery?
2. How are maps made from aerial images?
3. How can measurements be captured using GIS software?

Next step learning: Try using the GPS function on your phone to identify co-ordinates of a particular place and then see if you can find out how accurate this is.

3. Using Imagery – A School Project? (79Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Explore some ways in which aerial imagery can be shared as open data.

1. How can information about services such as water and sewer pipes be shared?
2. How does aerial imagery help share this information?
3. What is the LINZ data service and what can it be used for?

Next step learning: Check out the LINZ data service for yourself

4. Changing Landscapes (49Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Come and see an area of Christchurch that has been affected by the earthquakes and find out how else it has changed over time by looking at historic aerial images.

1. How was this area affected by the earthquakes?
2. How has the river changed over time?
3. How is historic aerial imagery like this useful?

Next step learning: Find out more about the history of Christchurch and why some areas were damaged more than others by the earthquakes.

5. Aerial Imagery for Subdivisions (50 Mb mp4) or Watch on Vimeo.
Drive out to Preston’s Subdivision north of Christchurch and see how aerial imagery can help plan new developments like this.

1. Why has this subdivision been developed?
2. How can aerial imagery help plan a subdivision?
3. How can old photos be helpful when planning a subdivision?

Next step learning: Take a look at a new subdivision near you and come up with some reasons as to why this area has been chosen.

Thursday 14 August

1. Place Names and the New Zealand Geographic Board (58Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Drive north of Christchurch to Tuahiwi Marae and meet historian Te Maire Tau and discover more about how places are named

1. What is the role of the New Zealand Geographic Board?
2. What are the alternative official names of the South and North Island?
3. What do these names mean?

Next step learning: Complete some research to find out more about where the place names in your area have come from and what stories they tell.

2. The Origin of Place Names (76Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Come in from the cold into Te Maire’s office and find out more about the origin of place names in New Zealand.

1. Who was Auckland named after?
2. Where did the name New Zealand come from?
3. Where did Māori names come from?

Next step learning: See if you can find some Māori place names that are the same or similar to place names in Polynesia.

3. Settling in Christchurch (48Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.

1. Why did Māori settle in Tuahiwi?
2. What did Māori use Christchurch for?
3. Why did Europeans settle in Christchurch?

Next step learning: Find out more about how Christchurch got its name.

4. Ōtākaro Avon River (82Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Explore two of the tributaries of the Avon River and discover why this river was important to both Māori and Europeans.

1. Why is the name Waimairi confusing?
2. How did the Northern tributary to the Ōtākaro/Avon River get its name?
3. How did Māori and Europeans use Ōtākaro/Avon River?

Next step learning: Find out what the council plans to do to improve the Ōtākaro/Avon River.

5. Field Trip Summary (36Mb mp4 file) or Watch on Vimeo.
Take some time at the end of the field trip to reflect on what you have learnt over the last few days.

1. What has been the most interesting thing that you have learnt during this field trip?
2. What would you like to learn more about and how could you do this?
3. Help your teacher to fill in the online evaluation for this field trip.