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Ciese Collaborative Projects: Noon Day Project Instructional VideoCiese Collaborative Projects: Noon Day Project Instructional Video
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
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9th - 10th
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Ciese Collaborative Projects: Noon Day Project

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The Noon Day Project is a collaborative internet project for students to recreate Eratosthenes first measurement of the Earth's north-south circumference. Participate in the next project session, or review the data presented in the current project.

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circumference, measurement, eratosthenes

Additional Tags

circumference of a circle, circumference of the earth, formula for circumference, measuring, noon day project, earth's circumference, circle, north-south circumference, problem solving

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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