Making a Sundial
Today I built a very ancient item, the item I built was a Sundial
A sundial is a device that is used to tell time by the positioning of the sun. This happens when the sun is shining and is hitting the sundial which casts a shadow and the shadow will indicate the time it is by pointing to the number.
Sundial
Materials
Card
Pencil
Blue tack
String
Scissors
Tape
Ruler
Video
Today’s experiment was really easy to make but has a very interesting background. I really enjoyed making today's experiment and it turned out great.
Hi Richie,
ReplyDeleteGreat experiment video, your shapes look perfect! Did you take it outside to try in the sunshine?
Nanogirl
Hey Richie,
ReplyDeleteGreat work on the sundial activity, I’ve really enjoyed seeing what you and the other students have made this summer, this sundial is a really interesting piece of technology that is really simple in design but clever in its use.
It’s really interesting to learn about how people in the past did things and how their lives differed from ours.
Make sure to put it somewhere around the house that gets lots of direct sunlight without other sources of light around it to confuse the shadows. Then use the clocks you’ve already got and spin it round till it’s telling the correct time.
Nice work Richie,
See you later in the comments,
Daniel