Clocks: a kidcyber weblink page

Recently kidcyber has been asked about the invention of the clock and how clocks work. We think you should try these sites.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/clock-roundup.htm

How a digital clock works http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-clock.htm

How a pendulum clock works
http://howstuffworks.lycoszone.com/clock.htm

Here are some timelines of clocks from the earliest Egyptian sundial

http://www.which-clocks.com/history.html

http://www.howardmilleronline.com/clocks/historyofclocks/

http://www.time-for-time.com/timeline.htm

This one is a link to a time museum with pictures of some unusual clocks. Get an adult to help you if the text is a bit difficult.
http://www.timemuseum.com/ttmop/prhtml.htm

About sundials

http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sundial.htm

http://www.squidoo.com/sundial

Make a sundial http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/summer_activities/make_sundial.shtml

http://www.sciencekidsathome.com/science_experiments/sundial-1.html

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