Name: Bianca Eve Cuevas

Grade and Section: 11-ABM 2

LABORATORY WORK 1
Making a Sundial

Materials:

Paper plate
Pencil
Printable clock-face template
Scissors
Compass/google map

Procedure:

1. Cut out the clock face and glue it on the back of the plate.
2. Cut a hole in the center.
3. Stick a pencil through the hole
4. Expose the sundial under the sun.
5. Using a compass or google map, position the sundial with the “12” pointing north.
6. Read the time in sundial through identifying where the shadow of the pencil pointing at and record your observation
in the table below.

Observations
Trial Time in Watch Approximate time in Sundial
1 7:04 am 7:04 am
2 3:26 pm 3:26pm
3 4:22 pm 4:22 pm

Post-lab questions:
1.What does this sundial trying to make us realized in the motion of Earth and Sun?

The object that is rotating or moving in a particular direction is our earth! We are moving, not the sun. A "solar day" is the
length of time it takes the Earth to complete one rotation on its axis with respect to the sun. The earth spins on its axis, creating
a solar day. This rotation gives the impression that the sun moves through the sky according to the hour of the day.The same
phenomena was observed about the sun by ancient Egyptian astronomers, who built a system that could follow the sun's
"movement" to precisely tell time. This thing is called a sundial

2. How useful is the sundial in our ancestors?

 Our ancestors were able to define a "hours" system and start the first-ever counting of daylight hours by making lines in the
earth. It made it possible for our predecessors to follow the sun's path more precisely. Sundials were the primary timekeeping
device used up to the early 19th century. Sundials can be used to precisely tell time down to the minute if they are positioned
appropriately.

DOCUMENTATION:

https://youtu.be/Gxo8orZ1X7g