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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Sun Clock

For Students 6th - 8th
The mathematics resource discusses the sun clock. Students review the concept using the provided notes and then answer questions to check for comprehension of the topic.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Making a Sun Clock

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn how to use the sun to tell time. This simple activity reinforces the concepts of light and shadow, night and day, time, and geographical north vs. magnetic north.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Sundial (Sun Clock)

For Students 9th - 10th
Aristarchus of Samos invented this type of sundial. It is in the form of a concave bowl, but is not like the usual sundial because it is hemispherical in shape, rather than circular.