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Answers to challenge question #6
from Louise Dillman's North Star Class at the Drinking Gourd Elementary School in Eugene, Oregon.
Mystery site #1
Derby Line, Vermont USA
72 degrees West --Longitude
45 degrees North --Latitude
Mystery site #2
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
157.75 degrees West --Longitude
21.22 degrees North --Latitude
Mystery site #3
Tananarive, Madagascar
47.50 degrees East --Longitude
19.00 degrees South --Latitude
Mystery site #4
Port-au-prince, Haiti
72.25 degrees West --Longitude
18.5 degrees North --Latitude
Mystery site #5
Groningen, Netherlands
6.5 degrees East --Longitude
53.25 degrees North --Latitude
Mystery site #6
Banjul, Gambia
16.75 degrees West --Longitude
13.45 degrees North --Latitude
Mystery site #7
Amundsen-scott station, south pole, Antarctica
178.5 degrees East --Longitude
90.00 degrees South --Latitude
Mystery site #8
Libreville, Gabon
9.5 degrees East --Longitude
0.5 degrees North --Latitude
Mystery site #9
Arras, France
2.75 degrees East --Longitude
50.25 degrees North --Latitude
Mystery site #10
Parque Nacional Corcovado, Costa Rica
83.5 degrees West --Longitude
8.3 degrees North --Latitude
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"Quotable Quotes"
- Mystery class has offered my students an opportunity to learn all about the world in a way that is both engaging and challenging. With only 12 students in the class, mystery class became a full time job every Friday (and many days between). 4 groups of three children (grades 3-5) worked collaboratively to come up with solutions for 2 or 3 sites.
An interesting note, many of my students (8) missed the first interdisciplinary clue due to the fact that they were in COSTA RICA for 2 weeks. The thought that one of the mystery sites could be in Costa Rica has given us endless excitement.
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