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 Grade Level

9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade

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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