See the CSIRAC computer, the fourth computer in the world. CSIRAC (pronounced 'sigh-rack') was designed and built in Australia. It made its first successful test run in November 1949. CSIRAC is the only intact first-generation computer surviving anywhere in the world and is located at the Melbourne Museum.<br>
<a href="http://museumvictoria.com.au/csirac/">http://museumvictoria.com.au/csirac/</a><br><br>Here are some pictures I took. (I helped with the classroom worksheets that you can freely download)<br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/tags/csirac/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/tags/csirac/</a><br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 03/03/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mahdavi, Sash S</b> <<a href="mailto:mahdavi.sash.s@edumail.vic.gov.au">mahdavi.sash.s@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br> <br> great project, thanks roland<br> <br> I was thinking of some preliminary activities to introduce greek maths /<br> science to start with including some nocturnal activities<br>
<br> eg. holding a ruler at arms length to measure the diameter of the moon,<br> then<br> using similar triangles to estimate the ratio b/w the moons diameter and<br> distance of the moon from the earth (or using a coin if you have a<br>
partner<br> to help)<br> <br> which also happens to be the same as the ratio b/w the suns diameter and<br> the<br> distance of the sun from the earth (since the sun is exactly covered by<br> the<br> moon during an eclipse)<br>
<br> more info here:<br> <a href="http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/gkastr1.html">http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/gkastr1.html</a><br> <br> <br> --<br> Bill Kerr<br> <a href="http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/">http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/</a><br>
<br> <br> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Roland Gesthuizen<br> <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>><br> wrote:<br> <br> > [image: Eratosthenes science week image]<br> ><br> > RMIT University is coordinating a national schools project inviting<br>
> teachers and students from Years 10, 11 and 12 to re-enact<br> Eratosthenes'<br> > famous experiment in measuring the angle of the Sun at local noon to<br> > determine the radius of the Earth from 16 to 24 August 2008.<br>
><br> > It is a fun online activity that your students might enjoy doing at<br> > outdoors at lunchtime.<br> ><br> > We had some fun doing this last year whilst we collected numbers and a<br> > splash of vitamin D. Maths might be tricky for younger students but<br>
fun to<br> > try.<br> ><br> > Full details, study guide and student resources at:<br> > <a href="http://www.rmit.edu.au/scienceweek/eratosthenes">http://www.rmit.edu.au/scienceweek/eratosthenes</a><br> ><br>
><br> > Regards Roland<br> ><br> > --<br> > Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br> > <a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br> ><br>
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