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1. Four Simple Sundials for You to Make

   Step-by-step instructions for creating your own equatorial, horizontal, and diptych sundials.

   http://www.sundials.co.uk/projects.htm

   
   

2. Making a Horizontal Sundial

   Learn a lot about these timepieces and find out how to make different kinds depending on which hemisphere you're in. Some can even be worn as necklaces or carried as keychains!

   http://solar.physics.montana.edu/YPOP/Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/

   
   

3. Sunbeams & Sundials

   Discover planet facts, why we have seasons, and how a sundial works. You can also try experiments and quizzes or make your own sundial.

   http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/sun/

   
   

4. Telling Time by the Sun

   Brief explanation about using a sundial and converting its solar time to the standard time of a clock.

   http://www.rosenet.org/metc/suntime.htm

   
   

5. The Sun: Man's Friend & Foe - Time

   Learn ancient methods used to tell time, ranging from the Egyptian pyramids to sundials.

   http://library.thinkquest.org/15215/Friend/time.html

   
   

6. Time and the History of its Measurement

   Read this interesting article and check out the diagrams to learn about shadow sticks, Egyptian T-sticks, water clocks, sundials, and more.

   http://www.zetnet.co.uk/sea.jnp/earth.4/time.htm

   
   

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