Eratosthenes Experiment Report

From: <tinamg_at_leeschools.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:05:44 -0700 (PDT)
Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/

School Name:     Pine Island Elementary
School Location: 5360 Ridgewood Drive Bokeelia, FL 33922

Email Address:   tinamg_at_leeschools.net
Experimenter:    Mrs. Garris' 5th grade class

Latitude         26d36m58s
Longitude:       82d6m51s
Distance to Equator: 1828 miles

Measured shadow angle in degrees: 25.5
Calculated Earth circumference:   25807 miles

Comments:
It was fun and cool to do this experiment.
Received on Thu Sep 24 2009 - 11:05:46 PDT

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