[Fiona Bourke]

Creating a sundial.
I would introduce this lesson with Time in Maths.
We would look the history of sundials, clocks watches etc and watch clips from museums to introduce these.
Geography-Weather patterns, climate, wind direction, cloud formation and directions. Introduce the compass.
Who first invented sundial?
What are some interesting facts about sundials?
Why are there 13 lines on a sundial?
What does a sundial symbolize?
Class would be divided into groups
Materials would be distributed
Paper or paper plates
Pencil
Marker
Clock
Ruler
Blue tack
Sticky glue
Sunny day
Put the plate in a sunny spot away from shadows.
With a marker draw the shadow of the pencil and write the number of the hour. Repeat until end of day
Repeat next day to see if shadows fall on the correct time.
Ask questions like…
Were all the shadows the same length?
What makes the shadows?
What makes a sundial work?

We will conclude with recording our activity on google slides

[Fiona Bourke]

I remember doing this activity when I was in school. My Mum who was my teacher did this with junior classes and they really enjoyed it.

Lovely activity for all ages.

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