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Mrs. Goyette - 6th Grade Math Classes (Set 2), Bedford Middle School,
Westport, CT
As this was an extra credit project for my students, some locations were
done by more than one set of students.
Challenge Question #6 - Where in the world do you think our 10 Mystery
Sites are located?
Location #1
Derby Line, VT, U.S.A.
longitude 72° 06' W
latitude 45° 0' N
Location #2
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
longitude 157° 55' W
latitude 21° 20' N
Location #3
Antananarivo, Madagascar
longitude 47° 31' E
latitude 18° 55' S
Location #4
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
longitude 72° 20' W
latitude 18° 32' N
Location #5
Groningen, Netherlands
longitude 6° 34' E
latitude 53° 13' N
Location #6
Banjul, Gambia
longitude 16° 39' W
latitude 13° 28' N
Location #7
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica
longitude 0° 00'
latitude 90° 00' S
Location #8
Libreville, Gabon
longitude 9° 27' E
latitude 0° 23' N
Location #9
Arras, France
longitude 2° 47' E
latitude 50° 17' N
Location #10
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
longitude 83° 30' W
latitude 8° 33' N
My students used their class out of time to find the mystery classes as an
extra credit project. The students were very interested in finding their
locations. It was great to watch the students find websites that put them
right at their location. This was especially true for the South Pole
Station, since one of my students found a picture almost identical to the
entrance into the South Pole dome. Even better, it was from an
individual's personal webpage that included other travels and even family
birthdays! Yet, this one site was the clincher for those students. Thank
you for a wonderful project and I look forward to doing it again with my
class next year!
--Mrs. Kate Goyette
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