Mystery Class Reminder: April 5, 2002 Today's Report Includes: More Clever Clues Sun Time Slippage? Challenge Question #4 Find Anything "Eggciting"? Challenge Question #5 Clues Calendar This Week's Sunrise/Sunset Times CLUES From Your Mystery Friends More Clever Clues Your Mystery friends are getting clever now! Along with the latest set of the sunrise/sunset data, you'll also find the latest clues of the season in this week's report. We'll provide clues for the next two weeks from your Mystery Friends, and the clues will continue to get more specific each time. Sun Time Slippage? Something's happened to the sunrise/sunset times for Mystery Classes #6 and #8. No April fooling, these are their actual times. Which makes us ask you: Challenge Question #4: "What do you notice in this week's sunrise/sunset times for Mystery Classes #6 and #8 below? What do you think happened? Why doesn't this change the photoperiod trend lines on your graph for these Mystery Classes?" (To respond to this question, please follow the instructions below.) Find Anything "Eggciting"? Time's Up! Your egg balancing testing should be complete. But what have you concluded from your testing? Review your test results and then let us know: Challenge Question #5: "Is there some sort of cosmic 'balance' that makes eggs stand on their own on the Equinoxes, but not on other days? Describe the results of your egg balance tests. How many eggs balanced during each test week? From these results, can you draw any conclusion about whether eggs balance any better on the Equinox than during the other four weeks of testing? Any worse? About the same?" (To respond to this question, please follow the instructions below.) Clues Calendar We'll provide new clues from the Mystery Classes for the next two weeks, and then your answers will be due by the April 26 deadline. Here are some important Mystery Class dates for the coming weeks: April 12 & 19: New clues from the Mystery Sites given each week April 26: Deadline for Your Answers! (No late entries accepted) May 3: Mystery Sites Revealed! May 10: Meet Your Mystery Friends! This Week's Sunrise/Sunset Times Remember, the secret Mystery sites recorded their times last Monday, the same day you collected your own local sunrise/sunset data. Journey North Mystery Class Sunrise/Sunset Data Data For: Monday, April 1, 2002 MYSTERY CLASS SUNRISE SUNSET #1 06:32 19:50 #2 00:00* 00:00* #3 06:19 18:38 #4 06:13 18:11 #5 06:17 18:33 #6 07:11 19:53 #7 05:49 18:15 #8 06:45 20:14 #9 05:51 18:09 #10 07:04 19:07 * Journey North Mystery Class #2 reported 00:00 for their times, and left this message for you: "Things are dark and quiet." Note: Military time is usually expressed without any punctuation. We have used a ":" between the hours and minutes for clarity.) CLUES From Your Mystery Friends Mystery Class: MC #1: "We live by a bay whose tides are said to be the second largest in the world." MC #2: "It is dark six months out of the year here. The temperature never gets above freezing. But to the north, two recent ice shelf breakup events are in the news, reminding us that perhaps global warming is heating up." MC #3 "Our country started out as a discovery, turned into a colony, was then handed over as a prize, and is now a commonwealth or colony again. Though our origins are different from those of the 'original 13 colonies' we still spend and save the same money." MC #4: In the shade of a big lupuna tree in one of our country's rainforest areas. MC #4: "Along with our neighbor country, we have a river which carries the greatest volume of water in the world. Here is a photo of Mystery Class #4's teacher and her daughter in the shade of a big lupuna tree during a field trip to one of their country's rainforest areas" MC #5: It never snows here. We have two seasons; Tempon Uchan and Tempon Somnak. We get over eight feet of rain in most years." MC #6: "On New Years in our country there is a special cake called Vasilopita. In the cake, a coin is placed. The person who receives the piece with the coin is blessed with good fortune for the year." MC #7: Here is a photo of a temple in my country MC #7: "My country follows our own calendar system. The main religions in my country are Hindu and Buddhism. Here is a photo of a temple in my country." MC #8: "Our country is a kingdom. Our currency is called 'kroner'" MC #9: "Our national animal is the Tapir (Local name Mountain cow)" MC #10: "The English word Safari means "Journey" in the official language of my country." How to Respond to Today's Challenge Questions IMPORTANT: Answer only ONE question in each e-mail message. 1. Address an E-mail message to: jn-challenge-mclass@learner.org 2. In the Subject Line of the message write: Challenge Question #4 (OR #5) 3. In the body of the message, answer the question above. The Next Mystery Class Update Will be Posted on April 12, 2002 Copyright 2002 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form