Students explore the evolution of time measurement, and explain the relationship of sunrise/sunset to length of daylight. They collect data and calculations to determine length of daylight during a given day.

Exactly what do groundhogs know about weather? Not as much as your science students will after completing these lessons and activities that cover everything from the earth's rotation and the creation of shadows, to cloud...

In this world history worksheet, students study the government of Athens, read surviving court cases, and try making a water clock. They read about Atlantis and design a plate showing the festivals of ancient Greece which they paint...

Students observe the daily motions of the sun and relate them to the functions of a sundial. They determine the locations of sunrises and sunsets and determine how the elevation of the sun effects temperature.

Students are introduced to the apparent motion of the Sun across the sky and the way it changes in summer and winter.

Does it ever seem like time is slipping through your fingers? Model the passing of time with an hourglass activity in which individuals determine whether hourglasses are the most efficient way to measure time.

Second graders observe and demonstrate how to tell and write time. They discuss different ways and things that tell time, then listen to a teacher-led lecture about the hands on a clock. Students complete a worksheet along with the...

Sixth graders understand the patterns of change observable on Earth as a result of the movement of the different bodies in the solar system. They identify the physical characteristics of the different components of the solar system.

Students recognize the daily motion of the Sun across the sky, defining the main directions of east, west, south and north. They see how the first calendars were based on changes in the Sun's noontime elevation, and on locations of...

Students demonstrate that the movement of the sun causes shadows which were used as the first indicators of telling time.

In these critical reading worksheets, students read the short story about clocks. Students then answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.

Make a sundial and learn how to use it.

A website with directions on how to build a sundial for the Northern Hemisphere and information on how a sundial works. Includes three skill levels of construction.

Students are taught how to make a sundial. The relationship between angles and the sides of a right triangle are explored. Great lesson plan ideas with plenty of background information. The instructional activity is adapted for grade...

In this activity students will investigate the accuracy of sundials and the discrepancy that lies between "real time" and "clock time". They will track the position of the sun over the course of a relatively short period of time as they...

This resource provides all the directions and worksheets necessary to make a sundial and record data with it.

This resource provides all the directions and worksheets necessary to make a sundial and record data with it.

Learn how to use the sun to tell time. This simple activity reinforces the concepts of light and shadow, night and day, time, and geographical north vs. magnetic north.

Very simple directions for making a sundial and a question and answer section that explains why and how a sun clock works.

Very simple directions for making a sundial and a question and answer section that explains why and how a sun clock works.