"Make a Sundial"
70 pages including 4 pages of photographs. A4 spiral bound
ISBN 0 9518404 0 1
Make A Sundial was preparted by the Education Group and is published by the British Sundial Society
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Make a Sundial contains background activites on the use of shadows for charting the passage of time,
together with construction projects for making sundials in the classroom from readily available
materials such as matchboxes, plastic bottles, paper and card. The
requirements of the UK National Curriculum are more than adequately
covered.
Further activites deal with converting sundial time to clock time, and with "dial hunting" for a day
out of school. A full table of contents is given at the end of this page.
More advanced topics include the construction of a playground dial, and an equatorial
"bicycle wheel and broomstick" dial which would meet the requirements for a UK
GCSE project for 14/15-year olds.
The book can also be thoroughly recommended as a good way for newcomers to dialling who
want to get a good understanding of basic principles before they start on their first
major project.
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If you would like a copy of Make A Sundial , please print the attached form on your
printer, and send it with a cheque to:
BSS Education Group,
Dial House, Old School Lane,
West Lydford, Somerton,
Somerset TA11 7JP, England
Tel: (+44) 1963 240 421
Please send a cheque in pounds sterling (GBP) drawn on a bank in the UK, and
made payable to "British Sundial Society". Your cheque should be for:
£7.00 including UK postage and packing
£8.00 including postage and packing to Europe
£9.50 including postage and packing outside Europe
You can also obtain
Sundials in Paris at the same time. This costs
£2.50 if included with an order for "Make a Sundial"; otherwise please
add £0.50 for post and packing to Europe, or £1.50 for post and packing outside
Europe.
"Sundials in Paris"
Payment may be made in
foreign currency, but please do not send cheques drawn on non-sterling
banks as the cost of conversion is always greater than the value of the cheque.
Please note that the British Sundial Society does not at
present have an E-mail address.
Table of contents
| Backround activities |
| 1 - Shadows |
| 2 - Make a Shadow Stick |
| 3 - Moving Shadows |
| 4 - Keeping Track of the Sun |
| 5 - A dial to colour |
| Construction projects |
| 1 - A horizontal dial |
| 2 - A horizontal dial from a matchbox |
| 3 - An equatorial dial |
| 4 - An equatorial dial from a plastic bottle |
| 5 - A polar dial from a matchbox |
| 6 - A polar dial made from wood or card |
| 7 - A sundial time conversion calculator |
| Further activities |
| 1 - Sundial Time and Clock Time |
| 2 - Dial hunting |
| Group project |
| 1 - A bicycle wheel and broomstick dial |
| 2 - An analemmatic dial (suitable for school playgrounds) |
| General notes for teachers |
| Notes on activities |
| Notes on projects |
| Finding south |
| Tables for simple dials |
| Glossary |
| Booklist |
| British Sundial Society addresses |
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