Thursday, August 26, 2010

Eratosthenes


Why was Eratosthenes such a genius?
How did he figure out the earth was round?
I want to see some serious thinking in your resonses! :)

6 comments:

  1. what do you think of the new school year? Como estas el gato en el bonio!

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  2. Darren, I am enjoying the new school year very much!! How about you? Can you answer the question about Eratosthenes?

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  3. He figured out that the earth was roung by sticking a pole in the ground and there was a shadow he went down a few miles at the the same time of day he stuck another pole in the ground and there was no shadow and if the earth was flat there would have been the same shadow that the first one had. I think... right?

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  4. Eratosthenes Figured out the world was round by sticking two poles in the ground a few miles a part. If the world was flat the shadow would have been the same. But the shadows were not the same.
    Megan Valliere 524 5R

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  5. eratosthenes was really smart because he asked alot of questions he also payed really good attention to school and tried his hardest and never gave up
    Cierra Koons 517 5R

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