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Note: If you want to use true North instead of North on your compass you can…but it doesn’t really matter which you use because sundials aren’t precision tools. And I would assume you don’t have the tools to calculate true north in a survival situation, so that’s why I went with the easier method which is using your compass. If you wanted the exact time down to the minute or second you would also have to account for the wobble of the Earth, the size of your shadow, etc. You’d need a lot of different information and if you had that information and the tools needed to calculate it, you probably wouldn’t be in a survival situation. So at the end of the day, this is just an estimate but it’s a pretty good one that should get you wi Diy Sundial, Survival Items, Challenges Activities, Preschool Resources, Sundials, Precision Tools, Emergency Prepping, True North, Homeschool Preschool

DIY sundial with a paper plate Note: If you want to use true North instead of North on your compass you can…but it doesn’t really matter which you use because sundials aren’t precision tools. And I...

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Keep track of time in your own backyard! Created by Tracy Gordon, RHA Educator Level: Any age Lesson Duration: Dawn to Dusk Setting: Outside Background Information: Before clocks and watches were invented, people used sundials to tell time. The earliest known sundials were made by ancient Egyptians in about 3500 B.C. They would simply use

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