| Sun Clock |
| By Author Unknown |
| Description: |
Children-Friendly Activity (Science, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Goal: The shadow of the pencil will point to the time of day.
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| Ingredients: |
| Glue, paper plate, pencil for marking, ruler, wooden spool, and a long pencil.
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| Directions: |
1. Glue the spool to the middle of the paper plate. Then stand the pencil in the hole in the spool, with the point up. Draw a small arrow on the edge of the plate.
2. Find a window, or a spot outdoors, where there is sunlight for a long time--all day, if possible. Put the paper plate there. Make sure the arrow points south.
Next, look at the time early in the morning. Use the ruler to draw a line down the shadow the pencil makes on the paper plate. Write the hour next to the line you traced. Do the same thing every hour. When you have a line for each hour of sunlight, your shadow clock is finished, 1 ... 12.
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| Prep Time: 10 minutes |
Cook Time: 15 minutes |
| Category:
Other
| Servings: 1 |
| (Print) |
