Inquiring-mind Science: How Big Is the Earth?

We will learn how science works by seeing how to figure out the size of the earth.

Enroll on Outschool, or contact me to set up a course for you, a small group, or your school.

Modern astronomy and knowledge of the solar system depend on knowing how big the earth is. Without this knowledge, we are missing understanding of physics and the solar system. To understand an idea, we need to know where it comes from.

In this class, we will learn how scientists did it and we will do some of their calculations ourselves, and so learn a bit about how to do science ourselves. We will do a combination of lecture, Q&A, and independent work.

Students need some knowledge of geometry: circles, arc measure, parallel lines, transversals. But we will review these concepts in class.

This is a class for everyone — science is all around us! — but especially for those who want to go into science or engineering careers, or study science in school.

Enroll on Outschool, or contact me to set up a course for you, a small group, or your school.