Journey North Mystery Class Spring 2004

Mystery Class Update: March 19, 2004

Today's Report Includes:

"Get a Clue!" or How about Ten!
Now Playing: A Clue about the Clues
Who Wanted to be a Millionaire--The Longitude Contest
Speaking of the Equinox--Seeing Anything Out of the Eggstraordinary?
Myth or "Mythstaken"?
This Week's Sunrise/Sunset Times
CLUES from Your Mystery Friends
Clues Calendar: Plan Ahead and Mark your Calendars

"Get a Clue!" or How About Ten!
Special thanks to the 10 top secret Mystery Sites around the world for sending in this season's first clues from the sites themselves. They all worked very hard preparing their clues for you below.

We've sorted through all the clues carefully, getting them ready to come your way. Watch the Journey North staff reviewing the clues:

A Clue About the Clues

(Tips for Viewing)

Over the next four weeks, we'll provide more clues every week. Now that you've estimated approximate Longitude with GMT, all you need to know is the Latitude of each place and you're there! Good luck to you all!

Did you find the GMT calculations last week challenging? Imagine what it must have been like for the man who solved the "Longitude Problem" for the very first time! Read the fascinating TRUE story of how one man, an English clockmaker, solved this million dollar mystery back in the 1700's:

Who Wanted to be a Millionaire--The Longitude Contest

Speaking of the Equinox--Seeing Anything Out of the Eggstraordinary?

Isn't this "Eggciting"?!

Have you been conducting your egg balancing tests? Did the eggs balance on the Equinox? How about in your tests in the previous few weeks? How are things "standing" (or not) at this point? Keep up your testing for the next two weeks. We'll ask you to send in your comments very soon. People always wonder about this eggsistential experiment--just look at this question we received previously:

Myth or "Mythstaken"?
"Hi Journey North staff, Perhaps you can help. I have a colleague at school who firmly believes that an egg can only be balanced on its end at the Equinox. She was out today at 2:17 EST and managed to balance an egg on its end. I do not believe she tries to do this at any other time of the year. I have suggested that she needs to try this just as hard at other times of the year to establish that it is not just at the Equinox that the balancing act can be achieved. She *believes* that it can only happen at the exact Equinox. I know of no reason why this should be so. I realize this is out of your ordinary field of expertise, but has anyone there heard of this myth, or is it me that is 'mythstaken'?"

Keep testing and stay tuned.

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.

Link to This Week's Sunrise/Sunset Data

CLUES from Your Mystery Friends
Here is the first set of interdisciplinary clues from the Mystery Sites themselves.

Link to This Week's Clues from Your Mystery Friends

Note to Teachers: Plan Ahead and Mark Your Clues Calendar
Here's the 2004 Mystery Class Schedule so you know what to expect from Journey North. Please be sure to plan ahead.

February 6- April 16:	Each Friday, Sunrise/Sunset Times are posted for the ten Mystery Sites.
March 12:	The "Longitude Clue" is posted.
March 19, 26, April 2, 9 & 16:	Interdisciplinary clues from the Mystery Sites are posted each week. (Please Note--out of fairness to all participants, we will only post the clues on their scheduled dates.)
April 23: Deadline for Your Answers!	No late entries will be accepted (out of fairness to all participants, no exceptions.)
April 30:	Mystery Sites Revealed!
May 7:	Meet Your Mystery Friends!

The Next Mystery Class Update Will Be Posted on March 26, 2004