Eratosthenes Experiment Report: Alex Hope

From: terrychen866_at_msn.com
Date: Wed Mar 22 2006 - 11:52:38 PST

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

School Name:     Alex Hope
School Location: 21150  85 Ave
Langley B.C
V1M 2M4

Email Address:   terrychen866_at_msn.com
Experimenter:    Terry Chen

Latitude         49.15
Longitude:       122.63
Distance to Equator: 3399.21

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 50
Calculated Earth circumference:   24474.312 miles

Comments:
This project was really fun. We measured the angle and calculated the circumference with the formula. I did this project to all the grade 7's in our school (including some grade 6's). It was a great experience!!!!!

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