2nd meeting- Sitia-Crete-Greece
19th - 24th March 2016
Video- Anne Julina
Day 1 : Saturday, 19 March 2016,
Arrival Day- Meeting at the airport
Day 2 : Sunday, 20 March 2016,
09.30-11.00, Visit at Archeological Museum Of Sitia - Minoan Civilisation
11.00-12.30, Visit at the ’’First analog computer of Minoan Civilisation’’, which is exposed at Sitia
- History of the Calculator
- Principle of the calculation of Solar and Lunar Eclipses in 18 years and 11 hours
12.30-14.30, Lunch at Sitia Harbour -Icebreaking
15.00-17.30 Group Workshop with Students
17.30-19.00 Project Meeting
- etwinning,
- planning the meeting activities
Day 3: Monday, 21 March 2016
09.30 Departure by bus to School Of Palekastro
09.30-10.30 Welcome meeting with pupils and teachers
Astronomy tools exhibition (sextant, astrolabe …)
10.30-13.00
Construction of a vertical Sundial on a wall.
Latitude of Palekastro: 35.5°N
11.30-14.00
Implementation of Eratosthenes Experiment on the spring equinox day
Skype videoconference with the School of Didymotichon (Long. 26°29 E )
Result : 31851 km; Actual commonly admitted polar circumference: 40 007,864 km Error: 20%
14.00-15.00, Lunch at Palekastro
15.00-17.00, Visit to Vai (palm trees forest), return to Sitia
Day 4: Tuesday, 22 March 2016
09.00- 10.00 Construction of right angle ( the reverse to the Pythagorean Theorem)
10 30 Departure by bus to the ruins of the Minoan Palace Of Kato Zakros
12.30 Arriving at Xerokampos Bay (Geological Specificities of the Aluminous Beach)
13.00-14.30 Lunch at local tavern
15.30-17.00 Project meeting
19.00, Dinner at the hotel
22.00 Skynight Observation
- Ursa Major
- Usra Minor
- Localisation of the Polar Star
- Aldebaran (red giant star)
- Estimation of the distance Moon-Earth by the intercept theorem (Thales)
Day 5: Wednesday, 23 March 2016
09.00, Departure by bus to School Of Palekastro
9.30 -10.30 Competition: constellation heroes
10.30-11.30 Taking part in the activities of Planetarium
11.30 -13.00 Project Meeting
- Students work presentation
- Sweden : parallax
- Italy : Eratosthenes with ITC tools
- Poland : Northern Constellations (video)
- France (Reunion) : mini app dictionary (10 words about Maths within Sundials)
- Evaluation of the Meeting
- Planning the Swedish Meeting
13.00-15.00 Lunch at Palekastro
16.00-19.00, Visit to Toplou Monastery
19.30, Dinner at the hotel
Day 6: Thursday, 24 March 2016
Groupwork shop (Portugal, Poland and Greece) : Sundial experiment (twinspace report)
Day 7 : Friday, 25 March 2016
End of the Meeting- Final Departures
