Sundial
by Wendy Mehl
This is a high-school level hands-on project that allows students to build their own working sundial, make predictions and assess their accuracy. This lesson ties in with the study of Kepler's Laws.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G_ag_5TjOE90JHsLxbkzG5ABbjNqv5w9/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Earth and Space Science E2: Earth & the Universe Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering Mathematics Algebra (A) Reasoning with Trigonometry (RT)
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