HOURGLASS by Christine Wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me is made of wood, glass and has sand in it. Nobody knows where it originated. The glass was either created in 150 BC, or 1300 AD! en-us 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC 2023-10-29 19:34:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png The hourglass was an important technology during the AGE of EXPLORATION because... ms_wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662202 It could keep track of time while in the middle of the sea]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662202 Interesting Facts ms_wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662203 1. It had a special type of glass just for the sand
2. It also could survive small movement without even messing it up
3. The tool had a hard durability and weather couldn't break it, unless it is severe weather. 
]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662203 Diagram ms_wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662205 This is a example of the picture of a hourglass. ]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662205 Photo or Drawing ms_wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662206
]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662206 How was it useful and important to the explorers during the 1400 and 1500s? ms_wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662207 It was pretty valuable for the explorers to tell time while at sea. Also sometimes it could  navigate the boat to a certain point.]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662207 What was it's shortcoming? Why did it need to be improved? ms_wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662209 It needed to be better at staying in the same place on high winds. And For the amount of times that the time could be messed up due to a sudden stop.]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662209 How did it work? ms_wesling https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662210 They flipped it over and the sand would go down.  ]]> 2017-01-31 19:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150662210 Created by: 24waymo https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150870954 Morgan Way and Max Kolbe, Matt Osterman, Gordon Jablonowski, Nico LoPiparo and AJ Schultz.]]> 2017-02-01 15:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150870954 The Hourglass https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150919651 2017-02-01 17:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150919651 Description https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150953356 Hourglass it is a measurement of time it consists of two glass bulbs and sand, the glass was invented in Alexandria in 150 BC]]> 2017-02-01 19:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150953356 Problems with the tool for sailors https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150965266 Sometimes at sea the air is moist from the water and then when the moist air gets to the Hourglass it starts to get hard like if you make a sand castle the sand would get wet]]> 2017-02-01 19:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/150965266 How did the hourglass originate? 24kolbema https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/151178338 No one knows where the hourglass originated, it was discovered in a journal of the creator but was in a different language. ]]> 2017-02-02 15:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ms_wesling/5wop7lqiz7me/wish/151178338