During the field trip panorama photos are taken which help students orientate themselves to the field trip environment. Panoramas will appear here during the field trip and may include 'Interactive' panoramas as well as 'still image' panoramas. Questions from the captions are best answered after watching videos, reading a diary, or listening to an audioconference.
Monday 12 May
Looking across the harbour to Wellington City. How do you think a city can have green spaces when there is so much traffic and so many high-rise buildings?
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Tuesday 13 May
A view from the eastern end of the trench. This part is not yet covered and the concrete walls are still to be poured. What is the correct term for the “moulds” that are set up to pour concrete into for the walls?
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Piles of steel bars lie on the ground ready to be used for more reinforcement in the walls. How does steel reinforcement make the concrete stronger?
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A view from the western end of the trench. Here you can see some of the concrete walls and tunnel roof have been poured. The first roof span to be poured is 14.5 metres wide, 10 metres long and 0.8 metres deep. Can you work out what the total volume of this roof span is in cubic metres?
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Wednesday 14 May
Looking at the tunnel from the eastern end. What safety features can you see on the construction site?
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The Home of Compassion Crèche is nearly ready to be moved. Can you see where the next two parts of the move will be?
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Inside the Memorial Park Alliance Information Centre. What sort of information might you find out about in here?
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Thursday 15 May
A look inside at some of the Memorial Park Alliance office space. Try to imagine what some of these people are thinking regarding their work and the construction project. What sort of conversations might be taking place?
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A view of the construction site from the steps of the National War Memorial. Try to imagine what this view will be like on the next Memorial Park field trip in November.
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