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Make a Sundial

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore space science by conducting a sun experiment in class. In this time telling lesson, students discuss how the sun sits in our sky at exact times each day and how astronomy is based on our perspective of the solar system....
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SCHOOLYARD SUNDIAL

For Teachers K - 8th
Students study the apparent motion of the Sun in the sky over the course of a day and a year, and analyze what causes seasons on Earth. They participate in a project that has both a science as well as an art component.
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Making a Sundial

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a sundial and explain how to use it. They describe the movement of Earth and the moon and the apparent movement of other bodies through the sky. They predict what happens when they put their sundials in the sun.
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Sundials

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate the different types of sundials and their history.  In this shadows and time of day lesson students build their own sundials. 
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Sundials: Keeping Time Like Native Americans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore the use of sundials. They observe the shadows cast by the sun and record the times at various points throughout the day. They create sundials and record the location of the shadows and the time of day. They view a...
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Sundials and Shadows - What Can They Teach Us About Seasons?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners collect and analyze data relating to seasonal changes. They view a video, research web sites and build a sundial to collect their data.
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Individual Horizontal Sundial 2: Cloud/Rain Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a sundial to measure local apparent time as it relates to the position of the sun in the sky. In this sundial lesson plan, students cut and glue gnomon to a sheet of thin cardboard.  Students then set the sundial in an...
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Sundials: Observing and Using Shadows

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars build sundials and observe changes in shadows over the course of one or more days. They identify patterns in the shadows and discuss how shadows may be used to tell time.
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The Sundial of Space Exploration

For Students 9th - 12th
In this science worksheet, students engage in the process of using a sundial to tell the time in various places. The sundial is meant to be cut out.
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Portable Sundial

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work together to identify the accuracy of sundials. They track the position of the sun and create a shadow plot. They discover the difference between real time and clock time.
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Making a Sundial

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create their own sundial and explore how to read it.
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Building and a sundial

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a sundial. In this sundial lesson, students examine the history and use of sundials. Students create a sundial and test their sundial.
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Time

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students make a sundial. In this time lesson, students determine the time of the day by creating a sundial. They check the time on the sundial, hourly, for one week. Afterward, they explore what happened to the shadows in reference to...
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This Is a Stick Up

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create a sundial and track the movement of the sun throughout the day. Modifications to the instructional activity are provided for both lower and upper elementary students.
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Shadow Interlude

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore light and shadow and discover that the sun is the primary source of light. they explore the aspects of light and that the size and shape of a shadow depends on the proximity of the light source and create a sundial.
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The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the sundial, its design and use.
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Lesson 1 Activity 1: Tools of the Ancients

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how Christopher Columbus determined his latitude.
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Make a Shadow Clock

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a shadow clock. In this time instructional activity, students make their own shadow clock or sundial from tag board. They place it on the ground and check it every hour to mark where the shadow lies.
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Toilet Plunger Sundial

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students build a sundial to measure the local noon time. In this third grade science lesson, students build a sundial out of common materials and align to measure the local noon. This lesson is a hands-on tracking of the sun, and allows...
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Time for All Ages

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover time keeping by analyzing technological advances in history.  In this time lesson, 4th graders create and complete a KWL chart based on their research of a famous timekeeping invention, such as a sundial....
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Science Trail

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the solar system by conducting Earth science experiments. For this Sun lesson, students identify the different seasons on Earth and discuss their purpose and cause. Students create a sundial and observe the changes to...
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Timekeeping by the Sun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students measure shadows to learn about the Sun-Earth relationship. In this astronomy lesson, students create a shadow stick of a Pokemon character and record measurements of its shadow in a data chart. Follow-up discussions guide...
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The Sundial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students receive an introduction to the sundial, its design and use.
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Make a Shadow Clock

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners make shadow clocks. In this earth science lesson, students follow the provided steps to make shadow clocks out of the provided pattern and tagboard. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.

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