Great Globe Project

The Great Globe Project is a very large scale earth model construction designed to  have 10 to 12 yr old children study and assemble over 10.5 million 3D tiles.  Students participate in teams of 9 to research whatever they can find about their assigned portion of a tile.  The students also assemble the tile supports that attach to a panel which holds 81 tiles.  Each panel contains over 1,000 parts which will also be assembled by the students.

Tile representing 7 kilometers on a side.

81-tile Panel - D7615

 Statistics of the Great Globe

No of Tiles:                                  10,500,000
No. of Panels (81 tiles each)             129,000
No. of Sectors (9 panels each)             14,000
Seating in Auditorium under globe        8,000
 Number of students participants per tile:      9         
 Number of facts each student will  contribute 9
Base number used in the Great Globe   9
Diameter of the Great Globe : 420 ft. (128 meters) equivalent to a 42 story building
 Weight of the Great Globe suspended from its base:  3.5 million pounds.
Volume of the Great Globe:  greater than the Empire State Building



This is a fully functioning model of the Great Globe manufactured and assembled during the past several months at the EVIT Great Globe Project facility.

At nearly 8 ft tall and 6.5 ft wide, it is a scale model of the Great Globe to be built south of Casa Grande, Arizona.  Some facts about the model:

1)  The entire globe rotates on its axis from the south pole turning once every 20 minutes.

   

2)  The globe is cantilevered just as the Great Globe will be and turns on bearings much like the real Globe. (actual globe will rotate every 90 minutes - equal to one orbit by the Space Shuttle).
 
3) There is a functioning monorail which simulates the monorail that will take visitors to the Globe from the parking area several miles away.

 4) Robotic cranes will put the 81-tile panels onto the Globe surface over 220 ft in the air.  There are a total of 129,000 panels with 81 tiles each    ( 10.5 million tiles)





 








5) There is a 8,000 seat amphitheater below the globe 

 6)  The moveable observation ring simulates the observation ring on the Great Globe.

7) A full scale panel robot simulation for docking panels on the revolving Globe 

This model is an accurate representation of nearly every feature of the Great Globe. 

 If you would like to see the model and the Great Globe Project facility on the EVIT campus, it is available 6 days a week.  

To arrange a visit, Call Keith Thompson 480 760-5280 or Bryan Beaulieu at 480 522-7555.