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From: Schechner, Sara
To: Astrovisuals ; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:44 PM
Subject: RE: Sundials for teaching
This is very nice, but it appears that it will only work during the summer
half of the year b
the world was described
in my digital add on to one of the NASS magazines.
Roderick Wall.
From: Schechner, Sara
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:44 PM
To: Astrovisuals ; sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: RE: Sundials for teaching
This is very nice, but it appears that it will only work
om: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On
Behalf Of Astrovisuals
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 6:06 PM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Sundials for teaching
I would like to put my "Sun Disc" forward as a universal equatorial adjustable
dial.. with lo
www.mysundial.ca
Get "Hooked on Gnomonics"!
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From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On
Behalf Of Martina Addiscott
Sent: April-26-11 7:02 AM
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Sundials for teaching
In message <4db634d0.5040..
I would like to put my "Sun Disc" forward as a universal equatorial adjustable
dial.. with lots of helpful instructions!
Extra instruction sheets are available to help teaching the concepts behind
sundials.
Haven't reaped many rewards so far, though!
http://www.astrovisuals.com.au/SunDisc.html
In message <4db6c965.7020...@verizon.net>
Brent wrote:
>
> > You are obviously the sort of person who likes to 'investigate' things for
> > yourself (and learn from your own mistakes) - but, unfortunately, that is
> > not how the UK educational system works these days. Britain used to
dial.
Best wishes
Jackie
Jackie Jones
50° 50 09 N.0° 07 40 W.
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From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On
Behalf Of Martina Addiscott
Sent: 26 April 2011 13:02
To: sundial@uni-koeln.de
Subject: Re: Sundials for teaching
In me
My suggestion for a playground sundial would be -
Mount a small mirror (silvered metal, not glass) on a vertical wall, ideally
south-facing. It should be out of reach for children, but accessible to a tall
adult. The mirror could serve as the nodus for a horizontal sundial marked on
the grou
You are obviously the sort of person who likes to 'investigate' things for
yourself (and learn from your own mistakes) - but, unfortunately, that is
not how the UK educational system works these days. Britain used to be a
"nation of inventors" - although that is now long gone, due to 'politics'
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Brent wrote:
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> > Martina Addiscott wrote:
>
> > Whether the children have actually 'learned' anything (or even properly
> > understood the concept), is largely irrelevant - just so long as we can
> > demonstrate (to "OFSTED" inspectors) tha
> Martina Addiscott wrote:
Whether the children have actually 'learned' anything (or even properly
understood the concept), is largely irrelevant - just so long as we can
demonstrate (to "OFSTED" inspectors) that the curriculum is implemented.
No doubt it is this underlying bureaucracy which
In message <4db5c3a7.1040...@lindisun.demon.co.uk>
Tony Moss wrote:
> I'm entirely in agreement with Jack Aubert about analemmatic dials for
> teaching purposes (having made or contributed to four of them myself).
> They are great fun and children love them but I'm not sure that they
Hi all,
I was most grateful to have Martina's constructive feedback on
the strengths and weaknesses of my MultiDial as she sees it from a
teacher's angle. Her point that the dial in the jpeg I provided was for
a fixed latitude is well made and very easily addressed. Two attempts
to
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