Re: Sundials, the internet, and education

[R Wall]

Thanks Len very interesting,

At the bottom of the pdf page is a link to the sundial camera that doesn't 
work, try:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/rao/multimedia

Roderick Wall.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Len Berggren 
  To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de 
  Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 1:48 AM
  Subject: Sundials, the internet, and education


  Dear Fellow-Dialists,
  The Chair of our Physics Department sent me a reference to the following 
site, from the publication Physics in Canada, which might interest you, 
especially those who use dials to motivate school children to learn about the 
sun-earth system. (Interestingly enough, the ancient writer, Geminos, uses 
phenomena seen on sundials, for exactly such didactic purposes.) Anyway, the 
site is: 
  
http://www.cap.ca/en/article/digital-sundials-internet-new-way-using-ancient-technology
  When you get to the site click on the pdf file.
  (We're having great weather for sundials here in Vancouver and I hope you're 
having the same!)
  -Len Berggren
  -- 
  J. L. Berggren
  Professor Emeritus
  Department of Mathematics
  Simon Fraser University
  8888 University Dr.
  Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
  phone: 604-936-2268
  fax: 604-936-2168



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