From: sharon.jupp_at_bigpond.com
Date: Tue Oct 14 2008 - 20:28:24 PDT
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/ School Name: Magnetic Island State School Science Club School Location: Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia Email Address: sharon.jupp_at_bigpond.com Experimenter: Science Club Latitude 19 deg 8 m Longitude: 146 deg 50 m Distance to Equator: 2126 km Measured shadow angle in degrees: 19.2 Calculated Earth circumference: 39864.1 Comments: It is quite tricky to get the stick level, but great fun. Sorry we are late with our results - computer problems and holidays!