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  Measurement from the Bottom of the World to the Middle School Classroom

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Lee Anne Coester

April 2004, Volume 9, Issue 8, Page 407

Abstract:
A classroom activity analyzes the mathematics found in Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World, the true story of Ernest Shackleton and the 27-man crew who all survived a shipwreck at the South Pole.

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History
 Measurement

Additional Keywords:
History, Measurement

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