| January 2011 minor revisions to finding true north |
| COURSE: abbreviated course #41 _____________________________ MATERIAL: OPTIONAL abbreviated course PPT (12mb) in ZIP REQUIRED (Course book & spreadsheets) This ZIP file (simpleShadows.zip) or, separate files below simpleShadows.xls or .ods or .wks and SIMPLE SHADOWS pdf book April 13 handouts hDial based on EQU graph pdf page Apr 28 alt and azi comparison pdf page Apr 10 the sun, earth, and Durer pdf page Apr 20 INSTRUCTOR: Simon Wheaton-Smith SHEPHERD: Doug Dexter DATES: WNMU WILL Spring 2010 Tuesdays Apr 6 to May 4, 2:30 to 4:00 pm board room, 2ND FLOOR, Global Resource Center _____________________________ day 1 April 6 lesson 1 the universe and how the stars revolve lesson 2 the solar system and how the Earth and sun interact lesson 3 the planet Earth and its tilted axis and the seasons, solar declination lesson 4 the evolution of the sundial day 2 APRIL 13 lesson 5 the equation of time or EOT, orbits and the tilted axis lesson 6 methods of finding north lesson 7 geometry and math for sundials lesson 8 general interest about sundials day 3 APRIL 20 lesson 9 the basic hour angle dials, equatorial, armillary, and case study day 4 APRIL 27 lesson 12 the horizontal dial lesson 28 buying dials, and then making them work correctly [optional] lesson 30 available software [optional] draft a dial using different methods and for different locations. Longitude correction methods. day 5 MAY 4 field trip The Socratic method is used as a default, the guided discussion is the next level down, and the lecture method is rarely used. |
| Please download this ZIP file and extract it. Then print simpleShadows.pdf which is in it, and select the spreadsheet cubicShadows for Excel, Open Office or MS Works that best works for you. It is in that same ZIP file. If you can't unzip, try the PDF and Excel or MS Works links separately. Sorry, Open Office needs the ZIP file. You can try using the Excel version in Open Office, however, some formula (IF, and also ranges) are not compatible. |
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