Sun Dials

We finally were able to test out our sundials! After learning why a sun dial is constructed the way they are, including the gnomon being slanted at a particular angle, we built them earlier this week. Yesterday we got to see how accurate our construction was, as so much depended upon a 39 degree angle for the gnomon, each hour a certain amount of degrees from the noon line and having the nail being right over the noon line. Having to adjust our "clocks" for daylight savings time, most sundials were fairly accurate to the correct time.