Measuring the Circumference of the Earth

URL: http://www.k12science.org/noonday/index.html

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This on-line project is part of the Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) program which has developed internet activities for the elementary, middle, and high school level student. In the course of the project, students learn about Eratosthenes and his experiment, do a similar experiment by collaborating with other schools, and analyze and reflect on the collected data to determine the accuracy of their measurements and what they learned. The project provides instructions, activities, reference materials, on-line help, and a teacher area.

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Subject keyword(s)	Circumference, Geometry, Mathematics, Measurement, Plane geometry, Real world applications, Trigonometry
Grade level	Middle School, High School, Informal Education
Intended audience	Learner
Resource type	Instructional Material
Resource format	text, text/html
Rights	Copyright 1999, 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education, All Rights Reserved. The Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology, Copyright Owner, provides the information on this server to anyone, but retains copyright on all text and graphic images.

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Invitationto project! Week 1 - ProjectKickoff Weeks 2-3: Time for measuring View Fall 2008 participants It's time for the Noon day Project! GMT TheGoal of the Noon Day Project  is to have students measurethecircumference of the earth using a method that was first used byEratosthenes over 2000 years ago.  Students at various sitesaround the world will measure shadowscast by a meter stick and comparetheir results. From this data students will be able to calculate thecircumference of the earth. Visit the Library at Alexandria: http://perbosc.eratosnoon.free.fr/spip.php?article205&lang=en   Copyright© 2001-2008 StevensInstitute ofTechnology, Center forInnovation in Engineeringand Science Education (CIESE) All Rights Reserved.