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Eratosthenes' teachings with a globe in a school yard

Mirjana Božić1 and Martial Ducloy2

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A globe, in a school or university yard, which simulates the Earth's orientation in space, could be a very useful and helpful device for teaching physics, geometry, astronomy and the history of science. It would be very useful for science education to utilize the forthcoming International Year of the Planet Earth 2008 and the International Year of Astronomy 2009 by installing globes in many school and university courtyards.


PACS

01.40.gb Teaching methods and strategies

01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus

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Education and communication

Dates

Issue 2 (March 2008)

Received 11 April 2007, in final form 17 December 2007



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