Mystery
Class Update: March 10, 2006
Today's
Report Includes:
Most
Recent Sunrise/Sunset Data
The sixth set of Sunrise/Sunset data has now arrived:
The
Longitude Clues Are Here!
The Mystery
Classes are as eager to be discovered as you are to be discovering them.
And today's Longitude Clues can take you a long way in that direction, because
they help you estimate the longitude of all the Mystery Classes.
Using them
is one of the most exciting and revealing steps in the quest, and more
clues are still to come in the following weeks.
Everything
that you need to use the Longitude Clues is in today's report below. So
have fun and good luck!
Note
to Teachers with Younger Students
For teachers with younger students, please don't be discouraged by this
set of challenging clues--the clues will be easier after this, and at
the end of the Mystery Class activity, we will group the answers by grade
level, so all participants are grouped with others near their same grade
level.
Let's
Get Started! Instructions
to Approximate Longitude
IMPORTANT:
Be
sure to read and follow ALL the instructions very carefully.
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1)
Print 10 copies of the GMT Worksheet (one for each
secret Mystery site) and follow the step-by-step instructions
on the Worksheet to estimate the approximate Longitude of each
Mystery Class:
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2)
In order to use the GMT Worksheet, you will also need to print
out the:
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3)
To help get you started, we've already calculated the approximate
Longitude for two of this year's Mystery Class sites, using
the GMT Worksheet (two freebies!).
Be
sure to review the two examples below:
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Converging
or Diverging? Discussion of Challenge Questions #3 & #4
The
photoperiod graph lines reveal more each week, and this week is no exception.
Your answers to Challenge Question #3 let us compare current weather and
climate changes at two locations, while your answers to Challenge Question
#4 give a prediction of the future.
What's
Next? Check the Calendar
February
3- April 14: |
Each
Friday, Sunrise/Sunset Times are posted for the ten Mystery Sites.
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Feb
17, 24, Mar.3:
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Getting
Ready for the Longitude Clues |
March
10: |
The
"Longitude Clues" are posted. |
March
17, 24 & 31, April 7 & 14 |
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
21: Deadline for Your Answers! |
No
late entries will be accepted (out of fairness to all participants,
no exceptions.)
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April
28: |
Mystery
Sites Revealed! |
May
5: |
Meet
Your Mystery Friends! |
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The Next
Mystery Class Update Will Be Posted on March
17, 2006
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