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Moon Phases 01
By: Richard Hinkle
Design is 15 rows, 16 cells.
Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.
Introductory drawing note:
We have written the directions in two vertical columns. The first column uses cells one through ten. The second column uses cells eleven through sixteen.
Each vertical column contains four phases of the moon’s cycle. All eight phases of the moon fit on one page, but you may want to draw them on two separate pages; or, you may want to draw each moon phase on a separate flash card.
Begin design:
Full Moon is in the first column, spaces to cell ten to finish that column; then New Moon is in the second column.
Row 1: space 1 time, WAS [356], WITH [23456], OF [12356], HIS [236], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, IN [35], dot 4, A [1], EN [26].
Row 2: dots 456, full cell 4 times, L [123], space 4 times to cell ten; dots 46, space 4 times, K [13].
Row 3: space 1 time, D [145], ER [12456], Q [12345], F [124], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, E [15], dot 6, dot 3, I [24].
Row 4: Leave this row blank.
Waxing Gibbous Moon is in the first column, spaces to cell ten to finish this column; then Waning Crescent Moon is in the second column.
Row 5: space 1 time, IN [35], dots 46, OF [12356], HIS [236], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, WAS [356], T [2345], A [1], EN [26].
Row 6: dots 46, space 1 time, full cell 3 times, L [123], space 4 times to cell ten; dots 456, full cell 1 time, space 3 times, K [13].
Row 7: space 1 time, E [15], dots 46, Q [12345], F [124], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, D [145], OU [1256], dot 3, I [24].
Row 8: Leave this row blank.
First Quarter moon is in the first column, spaces to cell ten to finish this column; then Third Quarter Moon is in the second column.
Row 9: space 1 time, IN [35], dot 4, OF [12356], HIS [236], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, WAS [356], WITH [23456], A [1], EN [26].
Row 10: dots 46, space 2 times, full cell 2 times, L [123], space 4 times to cell ten; dots 456, full cell 2 times, space 2 times, K [13].
Row 11: space 1 time, E [15], dot 6, Q [12345], F [124], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, D [145], ER [12456], dot 3, I [24].
Row 12: Leave this row blank.
Waxing Crescent Moon is in the first column, spaces to cell ten; then Waning Gibbous Moon is in the second column.
Row 13: space 1 time, IN [35], dot 4, OU [1256], HIS [236], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, WAS [356], WITH [23456], K [13], EN [26].
Row 14: dots 46, space 3 times, full cell, L [123], space 4 times to cell ten; dots 456, full cell 3 times, space 1 time, K [13].
Row 15: space 1 time, E [15], dot 6, T [2345], F [124], space 5 times to cell ten; space 1 time, D [145], ER [12456], K [13], I [24],
End design.
Drawing Notes:
Each Moon is 3 rows by 6 cells. If you start the second moon at cell eleven as if it is your first cell, they are easy to draw individually and will fit on an index card.
Moon Phases 02
By: Richard Hinkle
Design is 13 rows, 30 cells.
Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.
Begin design:
Row 1: space 11 times, IN [35], dot 4, OF [12356], HIS [236].
Row 2: space 10 times, dots 46, space 2 times, full cell 2 times, L [123].
Row 3: space 4 times, IN [35], dots 46, OF [12356], HIS [236], space 3 times, E [15], dot 6, Q [12345], F [124], space 3 times, IN [35], dot 4, H [1256], HIS [236].
Row 4: space 3 times, dots 46, space 1 time, full cell 3 times, L [123], space 8 times, dots 46, space 3 times, full cell, L [123].
Row 5: space 4 times, E [15], dots 46, Q [12345], F [124], space 4 times, dot 6, dot 3, space 4 times, E [15], dot 6, T [2345], F [124].
Row 6: space 1 time, WAS [356], WITH [23456], OF [12356], HIS [236], space 5 times, IN [35], space 4 times, EN [26], space 5 times, IN [35], dot 4, A [1], EN [26].
Row 7: dots 456, full cell 4 times, L [123], space 4 times, K [13], space 1 time, E [15], space 2 times, dots 46, space 4 times, dots 46, space 4 times, K [13], space 1 time, S [234], U [136], N [1345].
Row 8: space 1 time, D [145], ER [12456], Q [12345], F [124], space 5 times, E [15], space 4 times, I [24], space 5 times, E [15], dot 6, dot 3, I [24].
Row 9: space 4 times, D [145], ER [12456], K [13], EN [26], space 4 times, dot 4, A [1], space 4 times, WAS [356], T [2345], A [1], EN [26].
Row 10: space 3 times, dots 456, full cell 3 times, space 1 time, K [13], space 8 times, dots 456, full cell 1 time, space 3 times, K [13].
Row 11: space 4 times, D [145], ER [12456], K [13], I [24], space 3 times, WAS [356], WITH [23456], A [1], EN [26], space 3 times, D [145], OU [1256], dot 3, I [24].
Row 12: space 10 times, dots 456, full cell 2 times, space 2 times, K [13].
Row 13: space 11 times, D [145], ER [12456], dot 3, I [24].
End design.
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Drawing Notes:
The single dot portion of each circle is not seen, it is only provided to allow you to gather perspective on which portion of the moon you would see.
The earth is the circle in the center with the E in the middle.
The moon at 12:00 is called the 1st. Quarter moon.
The moon at 1:30 is a Waxing Crescent moon.
The moon at 3:00 is a New moon, you would not see anything.
The moon at 4:30 is a Waning Crescent moon.
The moon at 6:00 is the 3rd. Quarter moon.
The moon a 7:30 is a Waning Gibbous moon.
The moon at 9:00 is the Full moon, you see a full circle in the sky.
The moon at 10:30 is a Waxing Gibbous moon.
Ask your science or astronomy teacher to explain the why of the moon’s phases and how they affect the oceans’ tides.
Ocean Waves
By: Richard Hinkle
Design is 15 rows, 30 cells.
Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.
Begin design:
Row 1: E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, E [15], dot 3.
(The three-cell pattern of E [15], dot 3, space 1 time, is repeated 10 times to fill the row.)
Row 2: S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23, S [234], dot 4, dots 23.
(The three-cell pattern of S [234], dot 4, dots 23, is repeated 10 times to fill the row.)
Row 3: Leave this row blank.
Row 4: space 3 times, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 4 times, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 4 times, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26].
Row 5: space 3 times, S [234], WH [156], S [234], WH [156], S [234], WH [156], space 3 times, S [234], WH [156], S [234], WH [156], S [234], WH [156], space 3 times, S [234], WH [156], S [234], WH [156], S [234], WH [156].
Row 6: Leave this row blank.
Row 7: EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 4 times, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 5 times, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26], space 4 times, EN [26], space 1 time, EN [26].
Row 8: I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], space 3 times, I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], space 4 times, I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], space 3 times, I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15].
Row 9: space 2 times, dot 6, space 1 time, dot 6, space 1 time, dot 6, space 5 times, dot 6, space 1 time, dot 6, space 1 time, dot 6, space 5 times, dot 6, space 1 time, dot 6, space 1 time, dot 6.
Row 10: space 2 times, I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], space 4 times, I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], space 4 times, I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15].
Row 11: Leave this row blank.
Row 12: AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26], AR [345], EN [26].
(The two-cell pattern of AR [345], EN [26], is repeated 15 times to fill the row.)
Row 13: Leave this row blank.
Row 15: I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15]. (The two-cell pattern of I [24], E [15], is repeated 15 times to fill the row.)
End design.
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Drawing Note:
The waves are larger farther out in the ocean and get progressively smaller as they reach the beach at your toes. Ask your science teacher to explain why this happens.
Ship Anchor
By: Richard Hinkle
Design is 13 rows, 18 cells.
Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.
Begin design:
Row 1: space 7 times, dot 6, GG [2356] two times, dot 3.
Row 2: space 7 times, full cell, L [123], dots 456, full cell.
Row 3: space 7 times, dot 4, full cell 2 times, A [1].
Row 4: space 4 times, dot 6, GG [2356], hyphen [36] two times, full cell 2 times, hyphen [36] two times, GG [2356], dot 3.
Row 5: space 4 times, dot 4, G [1245], C [14] two times, full cell 2 times, C [14] two times, G [1245], A [1].
Row 6: space 8 times, full cell 2 times.
Row 7: space 8 times, full cell 2 times.
Row 8: space 1 time, dots 3456, HIS [236], space 5 times, full cell 2 times, space 5 times, WAS [356], V [1236].
Row 9: J [245], full cell 2 times, H [125], space 4 times, full cell 2 times, space 4 times, J [245], full cell 2 times, H [125].
Row 10: space 1 time, D [145], full cell, OF [12356], hyphen [36], space 2 times, WAS [356], full cell 2 times, HIS [236], space 2 times, hyphen [36], WITH [23456], full cell, F [124].
Row 11: space 2 times, dot 4, G [1245], full cell 10 times, G [1245], A [1].
Row 12: space 5 times, C [14], G [1245], full cell 4 times, G [1245], C [14].
Row 13: space 8 times, D [145], F [124].
End design.
Drawing Notes:
Starting at the top, the ring or shackle is for attaching the rope or chain. The main center part is known as the central shank. The next two arms are known as the stock, these are mounted at ninety degrees to the bottom arms.
The bottom of the anchor has two arms to hold the pointed ends. These ends are known as the flukes and can be a moveable point on some anchors.
Wishing Well 01
By: Richard Hinkle
Design is 18 rows, 27 cells.
Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.
Begin design:
Row 1: space 3 times, full cell, G [1245], full cell, space 12 times, full cell, G [1245], full cell.
Row 2: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, G [1245] seven times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell.
Row 3: space 1 time, full cell, X [1346] two times, space 1 time, X [1346] four times, space 7 times, X [1346] four times, space 1 time, X [1346] two times, full cell.
Row 4: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, GG [2356] seven times, full cell, space 2 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, hyphen [36] two times, GG [2356].
Row 5: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 5 times, hyphen [36], full cell, hyphen [36], space 5 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 1 time, C [14] three times, G [1245].
Row 6: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 4 times, WITH [23456], F [124], C [14], D [145], OF [12356], space 4 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell.
Row 7: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, G [1245] five times, full cell, space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell.
Row 8: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 3 times, dots 456, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, L [123].
Row 9: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 4 times, full cell 5 times, space 4 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell.
Row 10: space 3 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell, space 13 times, full cell, space 1 time, full cell.
Row 11: full cell, G [1245] twenty-three times, full cell.
Row 12: full cell, space 23 times, full cell.
Row 13: full cell, space 23 times, full cell.
Row 14: full cell, space 23 times, full cell.
Row 15: full cell, space 5 times, W [2456], I [24], S [234], H [125], I [24], N [1345], G [1245], space 2 times, W [2456], E [15], L [123] two times, space 5 times, full cell.
Row 16: full cell, space 23 times, full cell.
Row 17: full cell, space 23 times, full cell.
Row 18: full cell, GG [2356] twenty-three times, full cell.
End design.
Drawing Notes:
Our wishing well has a crank on the right side of the drawing which is connected to the bucket. At the bottom is the pool of water.
Fun Facts:
The wishing well comes from European folklore. People spoke wishes into these wells believing that the water gods would work their magic.
In the United States, people throw coins into these wells and make their wishes.
In Italy, they do the same thing except that the coin has to be thrown over the shoulder.
Wishing Well 02
By: Richard Hinkle
Design is 18 rows, 28 cells.
Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.
Begin design:
Row 1: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 13 times, full cell 3 times.
Row 2: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 2 times, full cell 9 times, space 2 times, full cell 3 times.
Row 3: space 2 times, full cell 23 times.
Row 4: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 2 times, full cell 9 times, space 2 times, full cell 3 times, space 1 time, full cell, hyphen [36] two times, GG [2356].
Row 5: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 5 times, hyphen [36], full cell, hyphen [36], space 5 times, full cell 3 times, space 1 time, C [14] three times, G [1245].
Row 6: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 4 times, WITH [23456], F [124], C [14], D [145], OF [12356], space 4 times, full cell 3 times.
Row 7: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 3 times, full cell 7 times, space 3 times, full cell 3 times.
Row 8: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 3 times, dots 456, full cell 5 times, L [123], space 3 times, full cell 3 times.
Row 9: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 4 times, full cell 5 times, space 4 times, full cell 3 times.
Row 10: space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 13 times, full cell 3 times.
Row 11: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
Row 12: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
Row 13: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
Row 14: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
Row 15: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
Row 16: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
Row 17: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
Row 18: space 1 time, full cell 25 times.
End design.
Drawing Notes:
The wishing well is made up of thick, heavy solid oak timbers represented by the full cells in the drawing. Drawing these 313 full cells will be a good hand and finger strengthening exercise.
Fun Facts:
In Guatamala, children write their wishes on the tails of colorful kites and set them free.
In Japan, children write their wishes on notes and tie them with colorful bows and hang them on bamboo plants.
Tower Bridge
By: Rene Holzhauer
Design is 23 rows, 30 cells.
Note: Full size picture is the last full page of this document.
Begin design:
Row 1: space 7 times, GG [2356], space 13 times, GG [2356].
Row 2: space 6 times, OF [12356], full cell, WITH [23456], space 11 times, OF [12356], full cell, WITH [23456].
Row 3: space 6 times, full cell 3 times, GG [2356] five times, full cell, GG [2356] five times, full cell 3 times.
Row 4: space 4 times, dot 6, I [24], full cell 3 times, space 11 times, full cell 3 times, E [15], dot 3.
Row 5: space 2 times, dot 6, I [24], space 2 times, full cell 3 times, space 11 times, full cell 3 times, space 2 times, E [15], dot 3.
Row 6: dot 6, I [24], space 4 times, full cell 3 times, space 11 times, full cell 3 times, space 4 times, E [15], dot 3.
Row 7: colon [25] five times, dots 235, G [1245] three times, dots 256, GG [2356] two times, dots 235, colon [25] three times, dots 256, GG [2356] two times, dots 235, G [1245] three times, dots 256, colon [25] five times.
Row 8: space 5 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456, space 9 times, L [123], space 3 times, dots 456.
Row 9: I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24], E [15], I [24].
End design.
Drawing Notes:
This drawing represents the London Tower Bridge. The two spans from the shores are suspension bridges, held by the various wires indicated in the drawing. The roadway in the center is a “bascule” or double span that lifts upward from the center using counter weights and strong engines. This is why the center section is thinner. The high level walkways near the top are cantilever style. These walkways are 143 feet (44 m) above the river and have two glass bottom areas to look straight downward.
The full cell in the center of the walkway represents the bronze plaque that commemorates the centenary of the bridge’s construction in 1994.
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