Hi Marcelo and all, I use to teach a sundial short course here in Melbourne Australia. The students made a horizontal sundial using a slate floor tile. We used a sundial ruler to mark the hour lines etc. Using a sundial ruler means they didn’t have to know maths. There was one lady who had trouble because she couldn’t use a ruler. Going back 80 or more years not everyone went to school. But it was lovely to see all the other ladies helping her. She went home with her garden sundial. Another lady was going to make sundials to sell. After many years teaching, I also learnt something in that class.
Your comment “Where are the women”. Out of all the times I ran this class there was only ever one man. I bet there would also be men who wouldn’t be able to use a ruler, but they weren't there. Advertise a short course: “Make your own sundial for your garden” and see who rolls up. My sundial short course was a 1 x 4 hour class that they paid for. The NASS also published my article that uses the sundial ruler as a digital extra. Maybe using sundial rulers would be good to introduce students to sundials. Regard, Roderick Wall. From: Marcelo Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 10:12 AM To: Sundial List Subject: Where are the women? I've just noticed that, as long as I remember, there is no female participation in this mailing list. As I study in the Astronomical and Geophysical Institute at the University of Sao Paulo, where we lack not of the gracious presence of women - there are more men here, but women are expressive too - I strange their absence from our astronomical inquiries and conversations. Maybe there is some truth in that old cliché of men being more prone to math and abstration than them? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1497/3497 - Release Date: 03/10/11
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