42° 11' 00" N
71° 07' 44" W
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The EarthView team is excited to be visiting Lieutenant Peter M Hansen Elementary School in Canton today! This is our first ever visit to the town of Canton!
Since this is our first trip to Canton, here are some fun facts about the town:
-Canton was originally part of the neighboring town Stoughton
-Canton became incorporated as a town in 1797
-Paul Revere built the first Copper Rolling Mill here in 1801
-Today, Canton is home to the headquarters of Reebok and Dunkin Donuts
An interesting thing to note is how Canton got its name...a prominent Canton citizen, Elijah Dunbar, suggested that the town be named Canton because he believed that Canton, China was it's antipode, meaning that he believed Canton, China was directly opposite them on Earth. Today we know that this is untrue as the antipode of an area cannot be in the same hemisphere as the one that you are in. The true antipode of Canton, Massachusetts is somewhere off of the southwestern coast of Australia. We discovered a fun interactive website where you can find your location on the map and it will show you your antipode!
To look up your locations antipode, visit this website here!
There are a lot more fun facts on the town of Canton that can be found by visiting the Canton Citizen's website or by going here.
We hope that the students of Lt. Peter M. Hansen Elementary School enjoy their visit with EarthView today and we hope to be back again soon!
42º 37' 48" N
71º 18' 08" W
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We're back! On Friday November 13th we are back visiting John W. Wynn Middle School in Tewksbury!
Last week was quite the adventure for us EarthView wranglers...we got lost on the way to the school! Which was quite hilarious actually since there were 3 geographers in the van and another geography knowledgeable student. Our GPS devices failed us as we had to use 4 of them before we were finally directed to the school.
The first GPS brought us to Griffin Street in Lowell, while the next GPS device brought us to Griffin Road in Tewksbury. The map of the school location a the top of this post is wrong as John W. Wynn Middle School is actually located on Griffin Way not Griffin Road. No wonder there was such confusion!
Luckily Griffin Road is right down the street from Griffin Way and we were able to make it to the school. For this week we have certainly learned our lesson and will remember to pack a paper map! We can't rely on technology for everything because they are not always right!
We hope the students at John W. Wynn Middle School enjoy their visit with EarthView today!
Update: This EarthView visit to Wynn Middle made national news!
42º 37' 48" N
71º 18' 08" W
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The EarthView team is happy to be visiting Wynn Middle School in Tewksbury! This is our second year visiting the school and we will be there both this Friday November 6th and next Friday November 13th.
Our last visits took place in March and the blog post for those visits can be found here.
We hope that the seventh grade students at Wynn Middle enjoy their visit inside of EarthView!
