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Portable Sundial
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students investigate the accuracy of sundials and the discrepancy that lies between "real time" and "clock time." They track the position of the sun during the course of a relatively short period of time as they make a shadow plot, a horizontal sundial, and a diptych sundial. Students investigate the accuracy of sundials and the discrepancy that lies between "real time" and "clock time." They track the position of the sun during the course of a relatively short period of time as they make a shadow plot, a horizontal sundial, and a diptych sundial. (The activity may be abridged to include only one or two of the different sundials, instead of all three.) |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Sundial Time Keeping |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT1H30M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |
