Journey North Weekly Summary
Elizabeth Donnelly (edonnelly@jriver.jriver.COM)
Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:29:16 -0600
Journey North Weekly Summary
February 18-25, 1995
SEND YOUR OBSERVATIONS NOW!
It's time to report the following migrations
and spring events when they occur in your region!
First Robin- Send to jn_robin@informns.k12.mn.us
First Tulip-Send to pearceww@space.laafb.af.mil
First Leaves-Send to jn_leafout@informns.k12.mn.us
Ice Out-Follow these steps:
1) Adopt a body of water near you that is still frozen.
This can be a lake, pond, river, stream or ocean.
2) Before March 6th send a message that includes:
a) The name of your lake, pond, river or stream.
b) Its location. (Be sure to include the nearest town,
one that's large enough to be found on most maps.
This is important so other students can mark its location.)
c) A promise to report when the ice melts away from that
body of water. We'll define "ice out" as 90% free of ice.
3) Send a message containing a,b,and c to:
jn_iceout@informns.k12.mn.us
4) When the ice finally goes out report again to:
jn_iceout@informns.k12.mn.us
Remember, when sending observations to Journey North, be sure to include:
1) The date of your sighting
2) Your school name
3) Your E-mail address
4) Your City
5) Your State or Province
6) Your Global Address (i.e. your latitude and longitude)
7) Feel free to include comments!
SPECIAL INTERACTIVE PROJECTS
1) Name the Eagle
Choose a name that you think would be fitting for one of the eagles
that we are tracking by satellite.
By March 15th submit your entry to: k12robzj@vaxc.hofstra.edu
2) Walden Pond Internet Ice Out Contest
a) Check Thoreau's historic ice out records in his book, "Walden".
b) Calculate the average date the ice melts off Walden Pond.
c) Compare this year's temperatures to the average temperatures in
Concord, Mass.
d) Guess the exact day, hour and minute the ice will officially
be gone from the pond.
e) Send your guess to us at: jn_walden@informns.k12.mn.us
3) Home Alone
When leatherback hatchlings emerge from their eggs sixty days after their
mothers came ashore to lay them, their moms are long gone, far out to
sea. Predict how far away our leatherbacks mothers will be when their
eggs hatch, and their latitude and longitude at the time.
Send your guess by March 1st to: jn_hatch@informns.k12.mn.us
4) Life on Ice
Send a story from your region about the ways life changes when
water is frozen. Send to: jnorth@informns.k12.mn.us
ASK THE EXPERT
Your students can send their questions any time before March 8th our
Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon experts!
Send them to: jn_expert@informns.k12.mn.us
This Week's CHALLENGE QUESTIONS
BALD EAGLE
1) According to satellite data, our eagle is located at
41.583 N, 74.748 W. Using a good map of New York see if you
can answer this question: What's the name of the body of water
where our eagle is probably fishing this winter?
2) Some important news about U.S. bald eagles was announced on
July 4, 1994. What was the news?
Send your answers to us at: jnorth@informns.k12.mn.us
CARIBOU OF ALASKA
1. Students in Wainwright, Alaska have posed this challenge question
to the whole group: "Based on what you know about the controversy
around the Porcupine caribou herd, do you think that the oil industries
should be allowed to drill and extract oil from the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge?"
They will compile all your responses and send them back to the group!
2. For those who have access to internet and WWW, your challenge, if
you choose to do so, is to find the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service home
page! Happy surfing.
SEND YOUR ANSWERS to Wainwright at: lthorpe@arctic.nsbsd.k12.ak.us
Journey North
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Phone: (612)339-6959