Hi Frank, I'm glad that you enjoyed that link about the children being taught about their shadows. I was excited to see that lesson plan, because Scholastic is one of the biggest companies selling things to schools over here - my children have been to countless book fairs put on by them and their products are in most households in the USA. One can only hope, in light of recent postings about analemmatic sundials in school yards and the institutional obstacles that they face, that the educators and administrators will notice that children are actually interested in learning about such things. A more permissive gnomonic environment may only be a few short steps away!
Best, Jim Tallman www.spectrasundial.com www.artisanindustrials.com jtall...@artisanindustrials.com -----Original Message----- From: Frank King [mailto:frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 6:42 AM To: J. Tallman Cc: Sundial Mailing List; frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk Subject: Re: Interactive Science: The Human Sundial | Scholastic.com Dear Jim, This is a good read... http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2012/10/interactive-science- hum an-sundial I note that the first instruction includes: ...pinpoint a good, cloud-free day in advance. Has the writer ever been to the U.K.? Over here I simulate a cloud-free day via a 500W lamp which I take into the classroom! Frank King Cambridge, U.K. --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
