Mystery
Class Update: May 5, 2006 |
Today's
Report Includes:
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Can
you imagine what it's been like to be one of the secret Mystery
locations? What amazing patience they showed, waiting 12 long weeks
or longer for this day to come. And during that time, they kept
their identity a secret!
Introducing
The 10 Mystery Classes for 2006:
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Click
on yellow map dots or
on the location name below for each Introduction
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Introducing
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Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Mystery
Class #1 |
Pristina,
Serbia and Montenegro |
42.650
N |
21.167
E |
Mystery
Class #2 |
Dushanbe,
Tajikistan |
38.583
N |
68.800
E |
Mystery
Class #3 |
Kapaau,
USA |
20.233
N |
155.800
W |
Mystery
Class #4 |
Asuncion,
Paraguay |
25.267
S |
57.667
W |
Mystery
Class #5 |
Wiesbaden,
Germany |
50.083
N |
8.250
E |
Mystery
Class #6 |
South
Pole Station, Antarctica |
90.000
S |
172.63
E |
Mystery
Class #7 |
Muscat,
Oman |
23.617
N |
58.600
E |
Mystery
Class #8 |
Doha,
Qatar |
25.283
N |
51.533
E |
Mystery
Class #9 |
Curitiba,
Brazil |
25.417
S |
49.267
W |
Mystery
Class #10 |
Ismayilli,
Azerbaijan |
40.783
N |
48.150
E |
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On
behalf of the hundreds of classrooms that participated in the search
for the formerly secret sites this year, we send our sincere thanks
and global gratitude to all ten Mystery Classes!
With
your help, students and teachers from all around the planet have
joined together in an educational exchange of science, math, geography,
culture, language and more, learning so much along the way. Take
a bow, our ten new friends, and be proud as you look at the many
ways your participation has enhanced the learning of students, teachers
and schools.
Mrs. Quaglin's, fifth grade class
from Monmouth Junction School in New Jersey
summed it up this way:
"We
learned a lot of different things - not just things connected
with science or figuring out where in the world these classes
were, such as:
It
was cool to figure out the longitude based on Greenwich Mean
Time.
To realize other countries must use daylight savings.
There are some incredible animals in the world that we have
never seen.
How strange to think of April as fall and June as winter!
Our learning about symbols on a country's flag.
Hawaii had a king and a queen.
There are different athletic games other than the Olympics.
Making sure we used ALL the clues for the puzzle.
Why do the people in Brazil go through a tube to get on a
bus?
And does it really snow in Hawaii?
We thought the egg would only stand on the equinox. Guess
we were wrong.
It was neat being able to eliminate places for our guess knowing
how their photo period compared to ours and that they had
more or less light than us.
We totally enjoyed it. Awesome science." |
Now that
you've read a little bit of what others thought of Mystery Class,
tell us what you think at the end of today's report in our Year-End
Evaluation. We'd love to hear from you.
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Assessment
Opportunities for Mystery Class |
Watching
the wave of spring sweep northward is at the heart of Journey North.
All seasonal change is driven by one underlying factor: the change
in available sunlight. This includes:
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The
amount of time sunlight is available (called daylength
or photoperiod)
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The sun's intensity (due to the angle at which
it strikes the Earth).
Mystery
Class challenged students to find the locations of 10 Mystery
Classes, using sunrise and sunset data as their primary clues.
Here are assessment opportunities to help you document student
understanding of key concepts:
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Searching
for Secret Sites for 2007 |
We're
looking for classrooms OUTSIDE of North America that would
like to be one of the 10 secret Mystery Classes in 2007!
PLEASE
WRITE TO US! |
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Year-End
Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts! |
Please
take a few minutes to share your suggestions and comments in our Year-End
Evaluation. The information you provide is critical for planning new
initiatives and for improving Journey North. Also, as a free program
supported by a generous grant from Annenberg Media, we want to be
able to document Journey North's reach, impact and value. THANK YOU!
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The
is the FINAL Mystery Class Update. We hope you enjoyed the mystery.
Have a great summer, and we'll see you next year! |
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