I won't make it a practice of forwarding letters such as the attached
one to the sundial list, but this was interesting enough that I thought
you might like to both see it and a few people might like to respond.
It would probably give a thrill, and some education in the process, for
her to receive several messages from around the world with suggestions.
I'll also respond with a short note suggesting Adzema's paper cutout
sundial book.
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Dr. Ross McCluney, Principal Research Scientist
Florida Solar Energy Center, 1679 Clearlake Rd.
Cocoa, FL 32922-5703
Voice: 407-638-1414 Fax: 407-638-1439
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB SITES:
FSEC: http://www.fsec.ucf.edu
SunPath Designs: http://www.sunpath-designs.com
Introduction to Radiometry and Photometry:
http://www.artech-house.com/artprogs/detail_disp?0-89006-678-7
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Hi Ross,
This was on the sunpath mail. I will answer it but I thought you might have
some information -- math wiz to math wiz--- that I don't have.
Susan
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Forwarded message:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark J. Shubert)
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 97-02-24 21:59:13 EST
To Whom It May Concern:
Greetings! I am a senior math education major at Shippensburg
University in Shippensburg, PA. As part of an independent study, I am
giving a series of seminars on using math history in the classroom,
specifically providing activities using ideas from math history. As
part of my next seminar, I will be discussing the development of
trigonometry in the study of astronomy. One activity I would like to
have relating to this concept is the construction of sundials.
Unfortunately, I haven't had much luck in finding information about
this. If possible, could you please send me some information on
constructing a simple sundial using trigonometry, or at least suggest
some good sources? I would appreciate any help. I can be reached at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your time,
Rebecca Shubert
P.S. If you have any other ideas that would relate to your company that
you feel would be useful, interesting, or fun to incorporate into the
teaching of mathematics, let me know. One of my goals as a future
educator is show students the connections between mathematics and
real-life applications from business,industry, and science.
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