Hi Thomas: How about teaching them how to make a simple cheap inexpensive painted wall sundial on the barns at their farms? All they need is a little paint, a metal rod and a basic design.
When I went on the bus tour at one of the BSS meetings in England, we saw several large simple ones on barns. They were so plain and simple that they probably didn't cost anything to make- just had white hour lines and numerals. They could use Shadows Pro to calculate the hour lines. You could teach them how to use it in about five minutes. Tell them to use Google Earth for the wall declination. This is probably the easiest way to do it for beginners. Just one thought of many... John -----Original Message----- From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of Thomas Steiner Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:38 AM To: Sundial Mailing List Subject: pupil project Hi, I will hold a half-day project with students next Monday. The first 60min we will try to understand what sundials are and how they work. After that we have two and a half hour to create sundials on our own. My proposal is to make something like this here: http://picasaweb.google.com/finbref/Sonnenuhren#5310855902443813522 These ten guys are 15 years old and have some experience with manual working (most of them are farmer's children). If you have ever done something like that or if you have other ideas or proposals I'd be very happy to hear from you! Thomas --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
