The Noon Observation Project

Thursday, March 18 through Tuesday, March 23, 1999

What is the Noon Observation Project?
The Noon Observation Project is a joint effort among interested schools worldwide in accurately estimating the circumference of the earth.
Introductory message describing the project organization
What can we learn from this Project?
The learning process is enhanced through mathematics, geography, as well as introducing the Internet, and of course, just having fun!
How to compute local noon at your location, so that you know when to schedule your observations.
A form for submitting your Noon Observations (created by Kenneth Cole)
The results of the Noon Observations (created by Kenneth Cole)
An explanation of the formulas for computing the Earth's circumference from the shadow lengths
Eras??? Who???
You know. The ancient Greek!
Who was involved in the 1996 Noon Observation Project?
Who was involved in the 1995 Noon Observation Project?
How do I become involved with the Project?,
A brief summary of the Project and what you need to do to become involved.
A description of the original network-based Noon Project done in 1988, which is part of an article by Levin, Rogers, Waugh & Smith that appeared in The Computing Teacher
Pictures of students from Lindfield Primary School (Sydney, Australia) measuring the noon shadow in 1997.
Faubion Middle School's Spread Sheet Calculations (McKinney, Texas)
Pictures of students from Central High School (Champaign, Illinois) measuring the noon shadow in 1996.
Pictures of students from Walkersville High School (Walkersville, MD) measuring the noon shadow in 1996.
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If you have any suggestions, questions or comments, please send mail to: smithka@knight.cmi.k12.il.us