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 enthuse them about mathematics. The materials can be downloaded free of charge in the UK by visiting www.bowlandmaths.org.uk Then click on 'Run the Bowland Player online' Then click on 'The case Studies' and find the sundials one - there's LOTS of sundial related material there which was tested in schools and made it through to the final DVD. All mathematics faculties in state schools in the UK received this DVD. However outside the UK there is a charge of £200 for the DVD since the cost of all the work was met by the Bowland Charitable Organisation. Enjoy! Peter Ransom
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:19:19 +0100 > From: martina.addisc...@gmail.com > To: sundial@uni-koeln.de > Subject: Are there any commercially-available 'Teaching Sundials', for > schools ? > > > 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 cover it. > > We had originally intended to mark an interactive "analemmatic" dial on to > the playground - but our local Educational Authority will not give us their > permission for that, because of the 'health and safety' implications (as > basically they feel that such layouts are too dangerous for the children). > > It had also been suggested to us that a large globe-of-the-world might be a > good way to cover the necessary aspects (Latitude/Longitude, daily rotation > of the earth, night/day, annual change of seasons, etc) - but we feel that > there has to be something better and more 'sundial-specific', if only we > can trace suppliers of any suitable item being sold at a reasonable price. > > Len Honey at "Science Replicas" suggested an individual portable dial, for > each pupil - but (apart from the cost), we think that those would soon get > damaged (or simply 'go missing'). Instead, if this is possible, we would > prefer one large 'demonstration' sundial - ideally in wood or plastic (not > metal, as that would be expensive, plus too heavy for a teacher to hold). > > Though Mr Honey offered to have something specially designed/manufactured > for volume sales to schools, it is likely to take some time to implement. > > Hence my plea to this Mailing List - asking if there are any 'commercial > Teaching Sundials' already on the market, and if so, can anyone point me > towards the supplier of them. We have a budget of 500 Pounds, for this. > > Sincerely, > > Martina Addiscott. > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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