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You might take a look at the Top Hat "Solar Locator" site, at
http://topweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/antarctica_imagegal/solar_project.html.  It was
a similar project, and the added twist was that the raw data from the
different student locations was to be put on the web and all of the
different sites were to analyze the data in an attempt to pinpoint the
locations of the other schools/sites--the actual locations of the
participating schools were to be kept secret until everyone had made their
determinations.  



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Schmitt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 12:34 PM
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> Subject: Help needed from someone in the Southern Hemisphere for
> observing shadows at the December Solstice
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> We are doing a project in the USA involving students in 
> Grades 4 to 8 to
> observe shadows during the December 2004 Solstice.  We are involving
> students in Ohio and Arizona.  These groups are separated by 
> about 7 degrees
> longitude and 29 degrees longitude.    Essentially we are 
> measuring the
> length of Sun shadows cast by a 1-meter stick at local noon 
> (Suns transit)
> on December 21 and also measuring Moon shadows cast by a 
> 1-meter stick at
> the full Moon on Dec 26th at midnight (Moons transit).   We 
> will use the
> shadows to calculate the altitude of the Sun or Moon and 
> serve as a baseline
> for future observations.  The data collected will be posted 
> and used to make
> comparisons and predictions as we make more observations next 
> year at the
> Vernal Equinox and June Solstice.
> 
> Any chance we can get some volunteer participation 
> (especially by students -
> teachers/staff are also welcome) from Australia, New Zealand, 
> or ??  If you
> are interested please contact me directly and I will send 
> more information.
> 
> Bill Schmitt, Executive Director & Science Partner
> The Science Center of Inquiry (480) 816-6094
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> "Creating opportunities for discovery and understanding."
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