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    The document provides instructions for students to create and use a nodal sundial to tell time. It explains that sundials have been used for thousands of years to tell time by the shadow. It then outlines the materials needed to make and use a sundial, including instructions to draw lines on the sundial at each hour to record the shadow's movement and the time. Students are asked to predict how the shadow will move and how the length may change during the day, as well as potential limitations of the sundial design.

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    The document provides instructions for students to create and use a nodal sundial to tell time. It explains that sundials have been used for thousands of years to tell time by the shadow. It then outlines the materials needed to make and use a sundial, including instructions to draw lines on the sundial at each hour to record the shadow's movement and the time. Students are asked to predict how the shadow will move and how the length may change during the day, as well as potential limitations of the sundial design.

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    NODAL SUNDIALS

    Did you know that for thousands of years humans have been using shadows to know what time of day it is?
    Portable sundials can be traced back all the way to 1500BC in ancient Egypt. Sundials are even still used
    today, there is a giant sundial in Cottesloe that is a great spot to check out!

    YOUR TASK
    With your partner, you are tasked to creating a nodal sundial out of the materials provided. Over various
    sessions we will try and visit our sundials on the hour. Using a ruler, you will draw a line on our sundial on
    the genome's shadow and record the time of day to the minute. You and your partner will take turns each
    session by sharing the responsibility of ruling the line and telling the time.

    PREDICTING
    Before you begin discuss with your partner and come up with predictions about what might happen
    1. Which direction will the shadow move across the sundial? Why?
    2. Will the shadows you record be the same length at all times of the day? Why or why not?
    3. When are some times you might not be able to use the sundial? (What are some of its limitations)
    4. Would a sundial work the same in the southern hemisphere as it does in the northern hemisphere? Why or
    why not?

    MATERIALS VERY IMPORTANT


    - FOR MAKING YOUR SUNDIAL
    1x A4 card 1x pencil BEFORE YOU START!
    4x paperweights 1x ruler We will be outside in the full sun
    1x blob of plasticine wear a hat, sun protective
    1x paper straw clothing and sunscreen
    - FOR RECORDING THE TIME OF keep your magnetic compasses
    DAY USING YOUR SUNDIAL away from power lines and
    1x pencil metal
    1x ruler never look directly into the sun
    1x clock
    1x compass

    MAKING YOUR SUNDIAL


    1. Draw a line straight across the middle of your A4 card using a ruler (from the longest side to the longest
    side)
    2. Ensure both you and your partners names are on the top side of the paper
    3. Stick your paper straw in the blob of plasticine and make sure it is secure
    4. At one end of the line you drew, stick the straw onto the paper so that it is pointing directly up

    FOR RECORDING THE TIME OF DAY USING YOUR SUNDIAL


    1. Take your sundial, pencil, ruler, clock, paperweights and compass outside to the designated spot for the
    sundials, it is very important your sundial does NOT move over the course of the experiment!
    2. One person use the compass while the other places the sundial. The long side of the A4 paper that the
    genome (paper straw) is secured on needs to be running from EAST to WEST
    3. Using the ruler and pencil, one group member draw the whole length of the shadow the genome is
    leaving on the sundial.
    4. Clearly label the line you drew with the time of day TO THE MINUTE
    5. Repeat this over several sessions, you and your partner might like to add to it in recess and lunch!

    TIME TO EVALUATE YOUR SUNDIALS!


    Revisit the predictions you made and discuss with your partner whether they were correct after using
    your sundials
    Consider with your partner the following;
    When was the shadow at its shortest?
    When was it at its longest?
    Did you notice a pattern?
    What are some limitations of the nodal sundials?
    Why was the shadow moving across the sundial?

    Observe your classmates sundials, are their readings the same?

    Kayla Cunnold 20164290 Primary Science

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