Pedagogical Unit

Pedagogical Unit : PDF (1.70Mo)

Virtual partner
If no other class has made a measure on the same day as you did, you may still continue your calculation, thanks to a "virtual partner", which you can choose between the tropic of Cancer, the equator and the tropic of Capricorn. Click here to use this software, which automatically gives you the angle and its direction on the day you choose.

Help for the calculations 
Here are a few softwares to help your student with their calculations:
- Calculate the angle of the sun with the height of the gnomon and the length of the shadow. Here
- Conversions  decimal degrees <=> deg/min/sec . Here
- Ephemerides for Beloeil, Caluire, Chitré, Cluj-Napoca, Lafrançaise, Meerut, Pujato, Xewkija, the tropics and the equator. Here
- Calculate the distance between the parallels of two cities. Here
- Calculate the angle of the sun, the length of the shadows and solar noon for a specific date and location. Here