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Note: These Challenge Questions coincide with the Spring 2006 Reports
Challenge Question #3
Date: Tue Mar 14 2006 - 09:35:36 EST
"Robins migrate at a speed of about 50 kilometers per hour. On the first
day of spring, when night is exactly as long as day everywhere on the
planet, how far might a robin go on its night flight? Look on a map and
see if you can guess what town or city or your first robin of spring
might have departed from the night before."
Assuming that robins are migrating all night long - although we thought
that they typically migrated during the day - a robin arriving in our
town on the first day of spring would have travelled 600 kilometers. A
town that is about 600 kilometers south of Ferrisburgh would be around
Dover, Delaware.
Sixth Grade Students
Ferrisburgh, Vermont
Megan and Lillian
Received on Tue Mar 14 09:35:44 2006
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