From: shannon.turner3278_at_gmail.com
Date: Mon Sep 29 2008 - 03:44:59 PDT
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/ School Name: Lale Youth International School School Location: Hulhumale, Maldives Email Address: shannon.turner3278_at_gmail.com Experimenter: Shannon Latitude 4-13-07 Longitude: 73-32-38 Distance to Equator: 468.9km Measured shadow angle in degrees: 5 Calculated Earth circumference: 33780 Comments: Being so close to the equator we didn't have too much room to move when we calculated the angle, the shadow was just so short. But the kids loved it,even though it was in the middle of the hottest day during Ramadan.