Experiment Report for the Eratosthenes Project on http://youth.net/
School Name: Rye High School
School Location: Rye Colorado
Email Address: ekirby_at_district70.org
Experimenter: Mrs. Kirby's Environmental Science Class
Latitude 37.55
Longitude: -104
Distance to Equator: 5775
Measured shadow angle in degrees: 50
Calculated Earth circumference: 41580
Comments:
We measured the sun's angle at approximately 20 past our solar noon, which may account for error in our calculation. This was an awesome way to learn about circumference, latitude, longitude, proportions, in addition to a little history lesson!
Received on Sun Sep 26 2010 - 17:05:47 PDT