Eratosthenes Experiment Report: Marblehead High School

From: jessiehoman_at_yahoo.com
Date: Wed Mar 30 2005 - 08:55:13 PST


Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Marblehead High School
School Location: Marblehead, MA

Email Address:   jessiehoman_at_yahoo.com
Experimenter:    Jessie Homan

Latitude         42 30' 14.7"
Longitude:       70 50' 49.6"
Distance to Equator: 2932.5 miles

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 41
Calculated Earth circumference:   6364.9 km

Comments:
We should do more expermients outside, they're more engaging. 
Also, we should connect with students ouside the state more often. 


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