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Portable Sundial
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PostedWednesday, April 11, 2018 at 3:32 PM

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.)

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.)

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  • Jennifer Love, Northeastern University
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    Posted Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 9:24 PM
    Sundials & Engineering Design at Northeastern University
    I used this Portable Sundial lesson from TeachEngineering for an Engineering Design course that I was teaching at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. After making a shadow plot and studying the daily movement of the sun, my first-year engineering students designed various types of portable sundials that they made from laser-cut or 3D printed components. Dr. Sara Schechner, current Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University, and William Andrewes, former Curator at Harvard, graciously advised me on this semester-long project. Dick Koolish from Read More
    I used this Portable Sundial lesson from TeachEngineering for an Engineering Design course that I was teaching at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. After making a shadow plot and studying the daily movement of the sun, my first-year engineering students designed various types of portable sundials that they made from laser-cut or 3D printed components. Dr. Sara Schechner, current Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University, and William Andrewes, former Curator at Harvard, graciously advised me on this semester-long project. Dick Koolish from Massachusetts was another one of my expert mentors. Dr. Schechner and Dick Koolish are members of the North American Sundial Society while Will Andrewes is a member of the British Sundial Society. They inspired me to design a sundial scavenger hunt for my students in Boston (attached).
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