Today's Report Includes:
- This
Week's Sunrise/Sunset Data
- Journal
Question: Sunrise after Sunset at MC #3?
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Explore!
Is Something More than Day Length Changing?
- Get
Ready! Prepare
for Longitude Clues
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This Week's Mystery Class Resources
Take a look at the mysterious (but correct) sunrise/sunset times for Mystery Class #3. What in the world is going on there? Think it through, write your thoughts in a journal, and then come together to discuss in groups.
What are you able to learn about this location from its unique times? Do you think next week's data from this site will be unusual again?
| As
you notice day length changing on your graphs, stop and think about
how the food chain is changing too. The Sun is at the base of the
food chain. |
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Sunlight
makes plants grow, animals eat these plants, and predators prey
on these animals, and so on. The animal movements and the signs
of spring that you track or observe will be related to daylight
in one way or another. |
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a look! |
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Watch
the Connection! >>
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come back and try this "enlightening" activity
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Can
you think of all the changes that happen when the seasons and
the amount of sunlight change? Seeing the Light >> |
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Travel the globe using the slideshow/booklet and the grid-based game below, to help get you comfortable with the concepts of latitude and longitude.
Did you know that all ten mystery sites have global addresses that everyone can understand, no matter what language they speak, or how remote the location is?
Learn about this fascinating global address system:
See the slideshow and printable booklet >>
Try this grid-based game and devise clues with your classmates to develop
your global location skills.
You'll soon see the value of using latitude and longitude.
Read
on>>
Grid Game
Advice from Teachers below
The Next Mystery Classs Update Will Be Posted on February 23, 2007.
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