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Sunlight and the Seasons
Telling Time with Sundials

These shadow clocks are called sundials. Curious to see how they work? You can purchase one or choose a make-your-own sundial project. See the links below.

You can purchase this type of sundial from garden centers. Click here to see how students at Glendale Elementary School in Calgary, Canada used schoolyard shadows to tell time.

Schoolyard Sundial Resources

Telling Time with Shadow Sticks (Journey North slideshow + guidelines for setting up an outdoor "time piece.")

Schoolyard Sundial (A K-8 lesson and guidelines for making a sundial using a tall outdoor object.)

Sundials: Observing and Using Shadows (A lesson for grades 1-3 and guidelines for making a sundial using a paper plate and straw.)

How Sundials Work (From NASA, simple background information, a template for making a paper sundial, and questions to ponder.)


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Sunlight and the Seasons Telling Time with Sundials
These shadow clocks are called sundials. Curious to see how they work? You can purchase one or choose a make-your-own sundial project. See the links below.

You can purchase this type of sundial from garden centers.	Click here to see how students at Glendale Elementary School in Calgary, Canada used schoolyard shadows to tell time.
Schoolyard Sundial Resources Telling Time with Shadow Sticks (Journey North slideshow + guidelines for setting up an outdoor "time piece.") Schoolyard Sundial (A K-8 lesson and guidelines for making a sundial using a tall outdoor object.) Sundials: Observing and Using Shadows (A lesson for grades 1-3 and guidelines for making a sundial using a paper plate and straw.) How Sundials Work (From NASA, simple background information, a template for making a paper sundial, and questions to ponder.)