Journey North Mystery Class

Mystery Class

FINAL Mystery Class Update: May 9, 2008

Today's Report Includes:

Spotlight: Introducing the (Mystery) Class of 2008

Revisit: Cyclone Hits a former Mystery Site

Assessment: Documenting Student Understanding

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! A Call for Mystery Sites 2009

Year-end Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts!

Spotlight: Introducing the (Mystery) Class of 2008!

At long last you finally get to meet and greet the Mystery Classes.

We're proud to introduce the Class of 2008:

Meeting your new "bff" -- it's as easy as 1, 2, 3:

1. Click on globe; then

2. click on each mystery site in that hemisphere to meet them;

3. and continue to "turn globe" to find and meet the other sites.

Introducing	Location	Latitude	Longitude
Mystery Class #1	Sapporo, Japan	43.033 N	141.21 E
Mystery Class #2	Johannesburg, South Africa	26.117 S	28.017 E
Mystery Class #3	Pigeon, United States	43.833 N	83.283 W
Mystery Class #4	Campina Grande, Brazil	7.217 S	35.883 W
Mystery Class #5	Ny-Alesund, Norway	78.917 N	11.933 E
Mystery Class #6	Kuwait City, Kuwait	29.350 N	47.983 E
Mystery Class #7	Rothera R. S., Antarctica	67.567 S	68.133 W
Mystery Class #8	Bonn, Germany	50.700 N	7.167 E
Mystery Class #9	Chengdu, China	30.617 N	104.117 E
Mystery Class #10	Lima, Peru	12.100 S	77.067 W

Revisit: Cyclone Hits a former Mystery Site

As you may have heard, this week a cyclone hit the nation of Myanmar, causing widespread devastation.

But did you know Yangon, Myanmar
(16.783 N, 96.150 E)
was one of our Mystery Classes
last year?

Please keep Myanmar in your thoughts.

Here is what we learned about our Myanmar friends last year >>

Assessment: Documenting Student Understanding

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:

The amount of time sunlight is available (daylength or photoperiod)

The sun's intensity (due to the angle at which it strikes the Earth).

Mystery Class challenged students to find the secret locations of 10 Mystery sites, using sunrise and sunset data as their primary clues. Here are assessment opportunities to help you document student understanding of key concepts, and plan for next year:

Reasons for Seasons assessment tool >>

Also, see these additional assessment opportunities if you haven't already done so >>

Teaching Standards for Mystery Class >>

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! A Call for Mystery Sites 2009

Do you know anyone in far and distant places that can keep a secret?

We're looking for classrooms preferably OUTSIDE of North America that would like to be
one of the ten secret
Mystery Classes in 2009!

WRITE TO US!

Year-end Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts! >>

Will you take a few minutes to complete our Year-end Evaluation?

Only with your help can we document Journey North's reach, impact and value. The information you provide is critical for planning new initiatives and for improving Journey North. Thank you!

Year-end
Evaluation >>

More Mystery Class Lessons and Teaching Ideas!

This is the FINAL Mystery Class Update. This is the FINAL Mystery Class Update. Thank you for your participation. We hope you travel the globe with us again next year. Have a great summer!