SPOILER!!: Professor!
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Nordic Witch 
He changed his footing and spoke to the whole class "As the majority of you have argued, the sun dial can still be of us to us in the modern wizarding or muggle world. Even though the sundial is impractical and might be less accurate on rainy/cloudy days people can still use them if they want as to check their clocks against or as a backup if modern technology fails."
"We should not forget where the idea of clock originated from and if you maintain it properly then sundials don’t need to be only used a pretty garden decoration. As some of you have said in certain situations where technology may not work or is unavailable a sun dial can prove to be essential."
Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. "Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"
Elise nodded, taking more notes before looking up to see what it was that Professor Roslund was showing the class. A night-time instrument thingy. Noct... Noct-something. Nocturnal.
"It's a Nocturnal, professor. It's used to determine time, much like a sundial, but only at night. It uses the North Star as a reference point and is a navigational instrument too."
Lowering her hand, Elise sketched the instrument and labeled it on her spare parchment. She'd need that sketch for her notes later.