Today's Report Includes:
- Final:
Sunrise/Sunset Data & Clues
- Advice
from Teachers: Defending Your Case for a
Place
- Preparing
to: Enter the Contest
- New Answer Form Coming Next Week
- How Do I Prepare?
- How
Do I Submit?
- Remember:
Winning Isn't Everything!
Can you feel the excitement that's building all around the World? YOU
want to find the ten secret mystery sites and THEY want to be found!
Would it help you to have one last bit of crucial information to solve this mystery and close the case?
You're
in luck, because today your mystery informants have slipped us the final
set of times and clues.
Are your
students ready for closing arguments?
Read how two veteran teachers have their students give presentations in
class to defend the locations they believe are the secret Mystery Classes.
This is an excellent opportunity for further student assessment:
Your Case for a Place >> |
Presentation Chart >> |
| Assessment Strategies and Tools >> | |
Here's what you need to know:
1) How do I prepare?
You now have the final times and clues, so you can begin preparing your answers.
Here's the core information you'll need to have ready to submit for all ten secret Mystery Classes:
- the name
of the city/town/borough
- the name of the country
- the approximate latitude and longitude
In our next report, you'll be able to use a NEW answer form on the Web to enter the Mystery Class contest and submit your answers. (Sorry, the answer form is not quite ready for prime time yet)
Questions? >>
| Sometimes we focus too much on winning. So it's important to remember that first and foremost Mystery Class is about learning. The contest portion is secondary. Watch and discuss this uplifting message from veteran teacher Cathie Plaehn. |