Is anyone aware of a commercially-available large 'Teaching Sundial', which
would be suitable for fulfilling that part of the UK National Curriculum ?
As many of you no doubt know, sundials are included in the Science section
of that curriculum, but each school decides for themselves how to
Hi Martina,
An analemmatic sundial may just be painted onto the pavement of the
schoolyard, which should - after drying - take away any safety risks.
Otherwise you might have a look at:
- the Sun Disk from Astrovisuals,
http://www.astrovisuals.com.au/SunDisc.html
- the Sundial Science
On 22/04/2011 12:19, Martina Addiscott wrote:
Is anyone aware of a commercially-available large 'Teaching Sundial', which
would be suitable for fulfilling that part of the UK National Curriculum ?
As many of you no doubt know, sundials are included in the Science section
of that curriculum, but
Harriet James
Sunnydials
35 Bradley Road
Warminster
BA12 8BN
www.sunnydials.co.uk
Tel: 01985 216311
On Fri 22/04/11 12:19 PM , Martina Addiscott martina.addisc...@gmail.com sent:
Is anyone aware of a commercially-available large 'Teaching Sundial',
whichwould be suitable for fulfilling that
Harriet James
Sunnydials
35 Bradley Road
Warminster
BA12 8BN
www.sunnydials.co.uk
Tel: 01985 216311
On Fri 22/04/11 12:19 PM , Martina Addiscott martina.addisc...@gmail.com sent:
Is anyone aware of a commercially-available large 'Teaching Sundial',
whichwould be suitable for fulfilling that
If I ever find a child who shows any interest in sundials, I give them a
copy of Sundials and Timedials from Tarquin publications.
See:
http://www.tarquingroup.com/product.php?SKU_Code=438
Only £5.95 a copy and there are loads of paper dials to make of all
different types.
Mike Shaw
53º 22'N
Hi Martina:
I'm most curious.
How in the world did your local Education Authority reach the absurd
conclusion that interactive human analemmatics are dangerous for children.
Do they outlaw hopscotch too?
John Carmichael
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From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de
Martina
I suggest you try again with a walk-on dial. Just show some photos of
them in use to the School Board. I have a walk-on dial program for
schools and have had questions from school heads about the danger of '
falling on the pointed thing' to questions about the religious bias of
Dear John
You write...
How in the world did your local Education
Authority reach the absurd conclusion
that interactive human analemmatics are
dangerous for children.
Have you never heard of the expression about
being afraid of your own shadow?
This is a well-known phobia which has to be
The British Sundial Society has an excellent book 'Make a Sundial' most
recently updated by Jane Walker, originally brought out in response to
the National Curriculum's inclusion of sundials. All sorts of ideas in it.
Painted analemmatic sundials present NO HAZARD to children. If the
Education
The only conceivable problem that I could suggest is related to the complaints
(were they also from the UK?) of outdoor dials being an attractive nuisance.
I can see a flock of unruly kids pushing and shoving to each have a go at the
dial. Eventually someone would get hurt, and the local
Hello Martina,
Setting aside the matter of Educational Authorities who cannot think (!), I
also agree that you might like to give this another go in order to allow the
Authority to think again.
There is another type of dial you might try on them – one that can also be
painted on the ground
Hello Martina,
Setting aside the matter of Educational Authorities who cannot think (!), I
also agree that you might like to give this another go in order to allow the
Authority to think again.
There is another type of dial you might try on them – one that can also be
painted on the ground
Hi Matina and friends,
A couple of years ago I had the good fortune to be responsible for the sundials
case study on the Bowland DVD that was sent to all state schools in the UK.
This DVD contains 21 case studies for 11-14 year olds to use in mathematics
lessons, the objective being to
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David Bell db...@thebells.net wrote:
The only conceivable problem that I could suggest is related to the
complaints (were they also from the UK?) of outdoor dials being an
attractive nuisance. I can see a flock of unruly
And I thought we had a near monopoly on stupidity in bureaucracy and
litigation phobia in the US! Very, very sad...
Dave
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From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On
Behalf Of Martina Addiscott
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 4:27 PM
To:
Me too. So much so, as an American I had to share Martina's and Dave's last
post with my British wife who thinks the Americans are just sue happy
Hard to believe that there was a day when people sued far more often in the
States than now. And more importantly how such concerns too often
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