Sundial books for children
Hello, I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly liked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to know some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is the best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? Regards, Dan Uza --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Show them sundials that can be explained to them. I think that people will like something better, enjoy it more, if they know how it works. As much as I like the Analemmatic Dial, I prefer (at least at first) showing people sundials that they'd be willing to listen to an explanation of. ...or dials whose explanation is brief. So, that would rule-out the Analemmatic, and declining flat dials, and altitude dials. The Horizontal Dial, closely derived from the Equatorial Dial, has a brief and intuitive explanation. Likewise the South Vertical Dial, the Polar Dial, and any north or south Reclining Dial. (They're like Horizontal Dials for different latitudes). (They could be summarized as any dial whose plate's normal is in the plane of the meridian). Of course the Equatorial Dials are the most obvious and natural of all, not really requiring explanation. (By "Equatorial", I mean any dial that directly shows a shadow's or lightspot's movement around the equatorial plane by uniformly-spaced marks around a circle in that plane) My favorite for a south windowsill is the Circumference-Aperture Cylinder-Equatorial, but I'd want to include, with it, at least a *description* of the geometric demonstration of its principle. (My girlfriend doesn't care for geometry or math, but she's going to hear about the geometry of a Circumference-Aperture Cylindrical-Equatorial.) Declining flat dials, altitude dials, the Analemmatic Dial, and the Circumference-Aperture Cylinder-Equatorial are good ways of inspiring interest in, and demonstrating, some geometry or astronomical mathematics. Emphasize to the person, that those subjects are relevant and interesting, and useful. It seems to me that those dials would be especially a good idea for school math classes, or for when someone's child is taking such courses. Michael Ossipoff On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Dan-George Uza wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly > liked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to > know some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is > the best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? > > Regards, > > Dan Uza > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Hello Dan, I have good experiences with children of 8 years. After a class lesson where the children could ask any question we went to the playground together. There they signed an analematic sundial with chalk. In advance I had prepared the indications for that. They were especially fiery before other children about "their sundial" and what they knew much more about than the other children of the school. The management of the school subsequently gave the assignment to paint the sundial. Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 5-nov-2017, om 16:46 heeft Dan-George Uza het volgende geschreven: > Hello, > > I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly liked > Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to know some > of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is the best > approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? > > Regards, > > Dan Uza > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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In message Michael Ossipoff wrote: > Show them sundials that can be explained to them. I think that people will > like something better, enjoy it more, if they know how it works. > > As much as I like the Analemmatic Dial, I prefer (at least at first) > showing people sundials that they'd be willing to listen to an explanation > of. ...or dials whose explanation is brief. > > So, that would rule-out the Analemmatic, and declining flat dials, and > altitude dials. > > The Horizontal Dial, closely derived from the Equatorial Dial, has a brief > and intuitive explanation. Likewise the South Vertical Dial, the Polar > Dial, and any north or south Reclining Dial. (They're like Horizontal Dials > for different latitudes). (They could be summarized as any dial whose > plate's normal is in the plane of the meridian). > > Of course the Equatorial Dials are the most obvious and natural of all, not > really requiring explanation. (By "Equatorial", I mean any dial that > directly shows a shadow's or lightspot's movement around the equatorial > plane by uniformly-spaced marks around a circle in that plane) > > My favorite for a south windowsill is the Circumference-Aperture > Cylinder-Equatorial, but I'd want to include, with it, at least a > *description* of the geometric demonstration of its principle. (My > girlfriend doesn't care for geometry or math, but she's going to hear about > the geometry of a Circumference-Aperture Cylindrical-Equatorial.) > > Declining flat dials, altitude dials, the Analemmatic Dial, and the > Circumference-Aperture Cylinder-Equatorial are good ways of inspiring > interest in, and demonstrating, some geometry or astronomical mathematics. > Emphasize to the person, that those subjects are relevant and interesting, > and useful. > > It seems to me that those dials would be especially a good idea for school > math classes, or for when someone's child is taking such courses. > > Michael Ossipoff > Although I am not aware of Sundial books written SPECIFICALLY for children, several (mainly Analemmatics due to their 'interactive' nature) are certainly featured within some School-books - and you could view examples at website: www.sunclocks.com/data/school.htm If you want to interest children in the subject of Sundials - then I suggest that you visit some Schools and give a 'presentation' to them - as in the attached photograph, showing Slaven Licina giving such a talk. You can visit his own website at: www.suncanisat.com Regards, Paul Ratto. > > > On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Dan-George Uza > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly > > liked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to > > know some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is > > the best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? > > > > Regards, > > > > Dan Uza > > > > --- > > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > > > -- --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Children's tale of Mr. Stemwinder Finds the Time Childrens' book written by Stephen Y. Bready, illustrated by Antoinette Delaney.- around 1979 Mr Stemwinder collected clocks... loved to hear them chime on the hour and noon and midnight But one autumn day he got lost walking in the woods He could not return home in time to wind all his time pieces. So they all stopped, He could no longer set his clocks, because he didn't know the time. Distressed that his house was silent of tick-tocks and chimes, He went out into his garden to be sad. Among the piles of leaves, he sat on what he thought was a bench. He sat on a sundial! He brushed aside the leaves and let the sun tell him the time. That's how Mr Stemwinder found the time. Story archived at Microsoft at ftp://ftp.umh.es/utiles/RESOURCE-KIT/RESKIT-W98/APPS/NETSHOW/gallery/stemwndr/default.htm ftp://ftp.umh.es/utiles/RESOURCE-KIT/RESKIT-W98/APPS/NETSHOW/gallery/name.htm Used to showcase early rich media technology using voice synced with images Lots more text and drawings aimed at youngsters Out of print - will see if I can find it. On 11/5/2017 7:46 AM, Dan-George Uza wrote: Hello, I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly liked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to know some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is the best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? Regards, Dan Uza --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Always teach children from the beginning that they should stand on the centerline of 'the calendar' of an analemmatic sundial and not on the month like most of the images on this website! Willy LeendersHasselt in Flanders (Belgium)Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be analemmatique-sundials Description: Binary data Op 5-nov-2017, om 18:01 heeft Paul Ratto het volgende geschreven:In message <CAOKDY5BEuyemogJFtQo7whmUOEJ+NtimX7mgwRJ5MpW1tjAP=w...@mail.gmail.com> Michael Ossipoff <email9648...@gmail.com> wrote:Show them sundials that can be explained to them. I think that people willlike something better, enjoy it more, if they know how it works.As much as I like the Analemmatic Dial, I prefer (at least at first)showing people sundials that they'd be willing to listen to an explanationof. ...or dials whose explanation is brief.So, that would rule-out the Analemmatic, and declining flat dials, andaltitude dials.The Horizontal Dial, closely derived from the Equatorial Dial, has a briefand intuitive explanation. Likewise the South Vertical Dial, the PolarDial, and any north or south Reclining Dial. (They're like Horizontal Dialsfor different latitudes). (They could be summarized as any dial whoseplate's normal is in the plane of the meridian).Of course the Equatorial Dials are the most obvious and natural of all, notreally requiring explanation. (By "Equatorial", I mean any dial thatdirectly shows a shadow's or lightspot's movement around the equatorialplane by uniformly-spaced marks around a circle in that plane)My favorite for a south windowsill is the Circumference-ApertureCylinder-Equatorial, but I'd want to include, with it, at least a*description* of the geometric demonstration of its principle. (Mygirlfriend doesn't care for geometry or math, but she's going to hear aboutthe geometry of a Circumference-Aperture Cylindrical-Equatorial.)Declining flat dials, altitude dials, the Analemmatic Dial, and theCircumference-Aperture Cylinder-Equatorial are good ways of inspiringinterest in, and demonstrating, some geometry or astronomical mathematics.Emphasize to the person, that those subjects are relevant and interesting,and useful.It seems to me that those dials would be especially a good idea for schoolmath classes, or for when someone's child is taking such courses.Michael OssipoffAlthough I am not aware of Sundial books written SPECIFICALLY forchildren, several (mainly Analemmatics due to their 'interactive'nature) are certainly featured within some School-books - and youcould view examples at website: www.sunclocks.com/data/school.htmIf you want to interest children in the subject of Sundials - thenI suggest that you visit some Schools and give a 'presentation' tothem - as in the attached photograph, showing Slaven Licina givingsuch a talk. You can visit his own website at: www.suncanisat.comRegards,Paul Ratto.On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Dan-George Uza <cerculdest...@gmail.com>wrote:Hello,I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularlyliked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like toknow some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think isthe best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials?Regards,Dan Uza---https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial-- ---https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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I think the best way to teach 10 year olds. Is not by a book but by active doing and seeing. Part of active seeing could be to have a sundial and use a torch as being the sun. Describe the torch as being the sun, and watch the shadows show the time. Describe that in the morning the sun comes up in the east. Then show noon time. Then show the afternoon times until sunset. That makes the connection as to how the shadows shows the time. Some 10 year olds are active learning and are sand pit learners. Not symbolic learners from a book or black board. Regards, Roderick Wall. - Reply message - From: "Willy Leenders" To: Subject: Sundial books for children Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 5:26 AM Always teach children from the beginning that they should stand on the centerline of 'the calendar' of an analemmatic sundial and not on the month like most of the images on this website! Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 5-nov-2017, om 18:01 heeft Paul Ratto het volgende geschreven: > In message > > Michael Ossipoff wrote: > >> Show them sundials that can be explained to them. I think that people will >> like something better, enjoy it more, if they know how it works. >> >> As much as I like the Analemmatic Dial, I prefer (at least at first) >> showing people sundials that they'd be willing to listen to an explanation >> of. ...or dials whose explanation is brief. >> >> So, that would rule-out the Analemmatic, and declining flat dials, and >> altitude dials. >> >> The Horizontal Dial, closely derived from the Equatorial Dial, has a brief >> and intuitive explanation. Likewise the South Vertical Dial, the Polar >> Dial, and any north or south Reclining Dial. (They're like Horizontal Dials >> for different latitudes). (They could be summarized as any dial whose >> plate's normal is in the plane of the meridian). >> >> Of course the Equatorial Dials are the most obvious and natural of all, not >> really requiring explanation. (By "Equatorial", I mean any dial that >> directly shows a shadow's or lightspot's movement around the equatorial >> plane by uniformly-spaced marks around a circle in that plane) >> >> My favorite for a south windowsill is the Circumference-Aperture >> Cylinder-Equatorial, but I'd want to include, with it, at least a >> *description* of the geometric demonstration of its principle. (My >> girlfriend doesn't care for geometry or math, but she's going to hear about >> the geometry of a Circumference-Aperture Cylindrical-Equatorial.) >> >> Declining flat dials, altitude dials, the Analemmatic Dial, and the >> Circumference-Aperture Cylinder-Equatorial are good ways of inspiring >> interest in, and demonstrating, some geometry or astronomical mathematics. >> Emphasize to the person, that those subjects are relevant and interesting, >> and useful. >> >> It seems to me that those dials would be especially a good idea for school >> math classes, or for when someone's child is taking such courses. >> >> Michael Ossipoff >> > > > Although I am not aware of Sundial books written SPECIFICALLY for > children, several (mainly Analemmatics due to their 'interactive' > nature) are certainly featured within some School-books - and you > could view examples at website: www.sunclocks.com/data/school.htm > > If you want to interest children in the subject of Sundials - then > I suggest that you visit some Schools and give a 'presentation' to > them - as in the attached photograph, showing Slaven Licina giving > such a talk. You can visit his own website at: www.suncanisat.com > > Regards, > > Paul Ratto. > > >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Dan-George Uza >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly >>> liked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to >>> know some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is >>> the best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dan Uza >>> >>> --- >>> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Hi Dan, A good book is _Make a Sundial_ prepared by the Education Group of the British Sundial Society in 1991. It appears to be available still, on line, from the BSS: http://www.sundials.co.uk/bssbooks.htm best wishes, Peter Mayer On 6/11/2017 2:16, Dan-George Uza wrote: Hello, I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly liked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to know some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is the best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? Regards, Dan Uza --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -- Peter Mayer Department of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) School of Social Sciences http://www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/polis/ The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 5609 Fax : +61 8 8313 3443 e-mail: peter.ma...@adelaide.edu.au CRICOS Provider Number 00123M --- This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply email and immediately delete this email. Use, disclosure or reproduction of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. No representation is made that this email or any attachment are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. -- --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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Always teach children from the beginning that they should stand on the centerline of 'the calendar' of an analemmatic sundial and not on the month like most of the images on this website! Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be Op 5-nov-2017, om 18:01 heeft Paul Ratto het volgende geschreven: > In message > > Michael Ossipoff wrote: > >> Show them sundials that can be explained to them. I think that people will >> like something better, enjoy it more, if they know how it works. >> >> As much as I like the Analemmatic Dial, I prefer (at least at first) >> showing people sundials that they'd be willing to listen to an explanation >> of. ...or dials whose explanation is brief. >> >> So, that would rule-out the Analemmatic, and declining flat dials, and >> altitude dials. >> >> The Horizontal Dial, closely derived from the Equatorial Dial, has a brief >> and intuitive explanation. Likewise the South Vertical Dial, the Polar >> Dial, and any north or south Reclining Dial. (They're like Horizontal Dials >> for different latitudes). (They could be summarized as any dial whose >> plate's normal is in the plane of the meridian). >> >> Of course the Equatorial Dials are the most obvious and natural of all, not >> really requiring explanation. (By "Equatorial", I mean any dial that >> directly shows a shadow's or lightspot's movement around the equatorial >> plane by uniformly-spaced marks around a circle in that plane) >> >> My favorite for a south windowsill is the Circumference-Aperture >> Cylinder-Equatorial, but I'd want to include, with it, at least a >> *description* of the geometric demonstration of its principle. (My >> girlfriend doesn't care for geometry or math, but she's going to hear about >> the geometry of a Circumference-Aperture Cylindrical-Equatorial.) >> >> Declining flat dials, altitude dials, the Analemmatic Dial, and the >> Circumference-Aperture Cylinder-Equatorial are good ways of inspiring >> interest in, and demonstrating, some geometry or astronomical mathematics. >> Emphasize to the person, that those subjects are relevant and interesting, >> and useful. >> >> It seems to me that those dials would be especially a good idea for school >> math classes, or for when someone's child is taking such courses. >> >> Michael Ossipoff >> > > > Although I am not aware of Sundial books written SPECIFICALLY for > children, several (mainly Analemmatics due to their 'interactive' > nature) are certainly featured within some School-books - and you > could view examples at website: www.sunclocks.com/data/school.htm > > If you want to interest children in the subject of Sundials - then > I suggest that you visit some Schools and give a 'presentation' to > them - as in the attached photograph, showing Slaven Licina giving > such a talk. You can visit his own website at: www.suncanisat.com > > Regards, > > Paul Ratto. > > >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Dan-George Uza >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am looking for titles of sundial books for children. I particularly >>> liked Annos sundial pop-up book by Mitsumasa Anno. Also, I would like to >>> know some of your experiences in working with kids. What do you think is >>> the best approach to teach 10 year olds about sundials? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dan Uza >>> >>> --- >>> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > > --- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial