Sundial Project
In my second semester of the tenth grade, my grade level did a project that required us to construct a sundial. To make the actual sundial my group had to make a gnomon (a projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow), that, when in the sun, would cast a shadow on the hour lines drawn on the dial face that we made with the sundial formula: a=tan^-1(sin b) tan15n). The letter B in the equation represented the local latitude. The letter N means the number of hours before or past noon. The letter A is the angle value that determines where to draw the hour lines. Overall, this project opened my eyes to how complex and beautiful sundials can be! It also made me appreciate math more due to all the work that took place in a span of two weeks. |