Caleb thinks there is a way!

After discussing Eratosthenes's method with Caleb on Monday, February 28, 2011, he was inspired to meet the challenge of calculating the circumference of the Earth on a non-solstice day from LaFayette, NY.   Following some critical thinking, drawing, and globe-pondering, Caleb decided that this challenge is indeed possible!  Most critical, he noted, is that we gather simultaneous data from a distant place along our same longitude.  While looking at a map of the United States at our school, he noticed that Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, is located nearly exactly along the same longitude as LaFayette.  After some internet research, we saw that there is a school located in what is perhaps the most ideal spot on the island.  How exciting!  Let's try and make the necessary connections so that we can conduct this experiment.