Sundials and French education

•Infant school•Primary school•Secondary school•College•University

Infant school (2-6)

I draw mewith my shadow

Infant school (2-6)Decoration of sundials

Primary school (7 –11)

Why is there night and day?

Primary school (7 –11)

Secondary school (12-15)

“Voyages of discoveries”•Physics and mathematics•French•History and geography•Technology•Fine arts

•Languages: English …

College (16-18)Measurement of timeSeasonsPeriodical phenomena

University (19-22)

Option* History of science* Computer studies

ZsinDcostanZcos

DcosZsinZcostanDsinZsinBtan

Some illustrations of our work• DVD on the seasons

• An internet sitehttp://www.ens-lyon.fr/RELIE/Cadrans

• A data base