Students from all continents join together to reproduce one of the science's 10 most beautiful experiments of all time: Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth's circumference.

• Materias: Astronomía , Física , Geografía , Historia de las culturas , Materias de Primaria
• Idiomas: EN
• Edad de los alumnos: 3 - 20
• Herramientas a utilizar: Audio conferencia, Chat, email, Entorno de Aprendizaje Virtual (comunidades, clases virtuales, ...), Foro, MP3, Otro software (Powerpoint, video, fotos y dibujos), Publicación Web, Video conferencia
• Objetivos: This project is a continuation of the previous Eratosthenes projects "measuring the circumference of the Earth" . It is based... más informaciónThis project is a continuation of the previous Eratosthenes projects "measuring the circumference of the Earth" . It is based on the experience of Eratosthenes, curator of the library of Alexandria, that 2200 years ago, calculated in a simple way, the circumference of the Earth by comparing two shadows. ocultar
• Proceso de trabajo: The pupils learn how to observe the shadows and the motion of the Sun in the sky and they build... más informaciónThe pupils learn how to observe the shadows and the motion of the Sun in the sky and they build their own measuring instruments. They agree on a date with another school, to achieve simultaneously the experiment. By measuring the shadow of a vertical stick at noon local solar time and by exchanging their results , they are able to compute the Earth's size.They exchange also photographs and videos of their place of measurement and their environment in general. ocultar
• Resultados esperados: Measurements and observations will be written on the website and informations and results will be exchanged on the Twinspace and... más informaciónMeasurements and observations will be written on the website and informations and results will be exchanged on the Twinspace and viconferences. ocultar

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