Mystery Class Update: April 14, 2000 Today's Report Includes: Important Notice Top Secret! Clue Calendar--Just One More Week and Counting... This Week's Sunrise/Sunset Times CLUES From Your Mystery Friends IMPORTANT NOTICE: On Friday April 14, the server that hosts our website must be moved. During that time, it is possible that you will be unable to access the site for several hours. If that happens, please try accessing the site later in the day, or during the weekend. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to you and your students. Top Secret! Your stealthy Mystery Friends have been hard at work designing more new clues for you. But they say they will be running out of clues soon, and wonder if you have figured out where they are yet? Take a look at their latest clues below. Are you any closer to uncovering their top secret locations? Good luck! We're also disclosing this week's Sunrise/Sunset Data, thanks again to the "Special Agents" in Mrs. Berger's class! Remember, these times were recorded on Monday, the same day you recorded your sunrise/sunset times. Clue Calendar--Just One More Week and Counting... Clues will be coming for just one more week. On April 21, we'll send the final set of clues, along with the important instructions on how to place your guesses. (Remember that your GUESSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN APRIL 28, and to be fair to everyone, any guesses sent after that date will not be accepted.) Here are the important dates for the coming weeks: April 21: Last clues given AND important instructions on how to submit your guesses. April 28: Deadline for guesses May 5: Mystery Sites Revealed! May 12: Meet the Mystery Sites This Week's Sunrise/Sunset Times Mrs. Berger's 5th Grade Class Remember, this information was recorded on Monday, the same day you collected your sunrise/sunset data. Here are this week's data: Journey North Mystery Class Sunrise/Sunset Data Data For: Monday, April 10, 2000 MYSTERY CLASS SUNRISE SUNSET #1 07:14 18:36 #2 07:33 21:18 #3 07:27 19:58 #4 06:12 18:18 #5 06:22 20:18 #6 06:38 17:59 #7 06:40 20:07 #8 09:16 16:31 #9 07:01 20:31 #10 06:50 20:42 CLUES From Your Mystery Friends Mystery Class: #1 "If you go approximately 1000 km to the west from our city, you'll find the highest mountain in our country and continent." #2 "Our country has two capitals right now: the old one situated in the south, and the new capital in the north, much closer to our city." #3 "A southwestern state boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The elevation of our town is 2350 meters above the sea level which allows for intense sun during the daylight hours and cool to cold or even freezing evening temperatures." #4 "Our city was the Inca capital and was taken over by the Spanish conqueror, Francisco Pizarro in 1532." Here's a view of our city now #5 "Our city was once a fishing village, then later a market town and now more or less an industrial city." #6 "The state in which we live is the smallest mainland state in terms of area (227,620 sq km) and the second largest in terms of population. The Murray River forms one of our state's borders and is approximately 30kms from our town." #7 "We are located South of a World Heritage Site which is part of one of our National Parks." #8 "Observation Hill is a neat place to hike and get a look out over the city." #9 "Our city is home of a baroque style (XVII th century) Belfry. This stoned tower is 87 metres high. It overlooks the city. It contains, into the top, a 49 bells carillon. Victor Hugo described it as: 'a coffeepot flanked over four smaller teapots'." #10. "We find these on the beach. They are called Japanese Glass Floats (See attached very small picture)." * (Don't worry if you can't view the images above. They are just a little gift from your Mystery friends, and don't contain any crucial clue information) The Next Mystery Class Update Will be Posted: April 21, 2000 Copyright 2000 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form