Ancestral SeafarersYesterday and today

So canoe traditions do not only explain origins. They also express authority and identity, and define tribal boundaries and relationships. They merge poetry and politics, history and myth, fact and legend.

http://teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-traditions/1

List the navigational tools used by the first migrants to New Zealand

Rāwiri Taonui. 'Canoe navigation - Waka – canoes', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 4-Mar-09 URL: http://teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-navigation/1 http://teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-navigation/2 http://teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-navigation/3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia Move down the page until you see the heading Polynesian Navigation

Research what is available in high tech navigational equipment. http://

www.waypoints.com/navigation.html

http://www.celestaire.com/

Why was the shape of the Waka so important?

http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/canoe-navigation/1

http://www.uisgebeatha.org/waka_3248.jpg

Discuss this saying, what does it mean? How can you relate this to your own design? So canoe traditions

do not only explain origins. They also express authority and identity, and define tribal boundaries and relationships. They merge poetry and politics, history and myth, fact and legend.

http://teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-traditions/1

Google SketchupThere are several ways you could use Google

Sketchup Make your own model from scratch (look at the

tutorials on the next slide) Or download a boat model and technological

gadgets from the 3D warehouse,(File – 3D Warehouse) make adjustments and improvements to make it your own

This file will show you how to make a canoe shape

Look for the ‘Boat tutorial’file in the samefolder as thisPowerPoint.

If you are going to use Google Sketchup, then here are some tutorials you might like to tryThis one shows you how to make a car but you can use a lot of

what you learn in this tutorial to make a boat http://www.sketchucation.com/the-basics-of-car-modeling-in-google-sketchup/

These are the basic steps http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html

Google Sketchup for Dummies http://www.aidanchopra.com/tableofcontents