Seismometers in NZ Schools

On Wednesday May 23 Pinehurst joined the Rū network.

The network, named for the Maori god (Rūaumoko) of earthquakes and volcanoes consists of 30 New Zealand schools who have set up a seismometer to measure seismic energy.

Geophysicists Dr Mila Adam and James Clarke from Auckland University workshopped with our Year 13 Geographers. They built a seismometer from scratch and learned how to read seismic waves on the digital seismograph that the seismometer generates.

The seismometer is located at Pinehurst reception where everyone can see it and are encouraged to use it in a wide variety of cross-curricular applications.