Mystery
Class Update: April 28, 2006 |
Today's
Report Includes:
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Congratulations
from Journey North
We're sending you a virtual "high five" for completing
the Mystery Class activity this year! (Well almost, read below for
what's coming next week.)
Whether you entered the contest or not, you ALL learned SO much,
and you did an awesome job--congratulations! |
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Don't
Forget! Meet and Greet Next Week
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Come
back next week to get to know all of the friends you've been
investigating for so long.
They'll present their Introductions, photos and more. What
a great chance to get acquainted--at last!
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"Where
in the World do you think our 10 Mystery Classes are located?" |
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on map for larger view |
The
10 Mystery Classes for 2006 Are:
Introducing
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Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Mystery
Class #1 |
Pristina,
Serbia and Montenegro |
42.650
N |
21.167
E |
Mystery Class
#2 |
Dushanbe,
Tajikistan |
38.583
N |
68.800
E |
Mystery Class
#3 |
Kapaau,
USA |
20.233
N |
155.800
W |
Mystery Class
#4 |
Asuncion,
Paraguay |
25.267
S |
57.667
W |
Mystery Class
#5 |
Wiesbaden,
Germany |
50.083
N |
8.250
E |
Mystery Class
#6 |
South
Pole Station, Antarctica |
90.000
S |
172.63
E |
Mystery Class
#7 |
Muscat,
Oman |
23.617
N |
58.600
E |
Mystery Class
#8 |
Doha,
Qatar |
25.283
N |
51.533
E |
Mystery Class
#9 |
Curitiba,
Brazil |
25.417
S |
49.267
W |
Mystery Class
#10 |
Ismayilli,
Azerbaijan |
40.783
N |
48.150
E |
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Important:
How Contest Entries Were Ranked |
We
ranked the contest entries by grade level, so our first
step was to separate the entries according to their grade
levels. If the entry came from a mixed-grade classroom,
we ranked the class according to the highest grade in
the class.
After
that, we carefully reviewed each entry to see how many
correct answers there were. To be a correct answer, the
answer needed to provide BOTH:
1)
The correct CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE
AND
2) The correct COUNTRY.
Questions?
Review your entry again, making
sure that you ask yourself this question--"did all
of my answers give BOTH the correct city and the correct
country?" Also, take a look at these Special Notes
below about how we judged the answers for specific Mystery
Classes.
Special
Notes:
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For MC #1,
the correct country name is Serbia and Montenegro. But,
in addition to that country name, we also accepted as
correct the country names of Yugoslavia, Serbia, or Kosovo.
Here's why: over the last several years, the country of
Yugoslavia has broken apart, with former provinces becoming
independent republics or nations separate from Yugoslavia,
and the remaining provinces taking on the identity of
Yugoslavia, only to later adopt the new country name of
Serbia and Montenegro. Meanwhile the province of Kosovo
( where the city of Pristina is located), has been under
semi-autonomous rule by the United Nations, thus giving
it country-like status too, (even though
it is still physically located within the borders of Serbia
and Montenegro).
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For
MC #3 (and all locations), this may sound obvious,
but in order to be correct the answer needs to give BOTH
the correct city (Kapaau), and
country too. This means that for
MC #3, a correct city answer also needs to give the United
States, or U.S., as the country in order to be
correct.
Example: It's like giving the city, Munich,
as an answer without giving the country Germany, or giving
the city, Christchurch, without giving the country New
Zealand--both would be incorrect answers because they
don't name the country.
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MC #8, in addition to the city name of Doha, we also
accepted as correct the city name of Ad Dawhah.
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MC #10, for the correct city we did accept many different
spellings for the city of Ismayilli (e.g. Ismaily, Ismayylly,
Ismayilli, Ismanilli, Ismailly, Ismoylly, Ismailly). However,
other city answers referencing the city of "Imishli"
or "Imisli" were not accepted as correct because
that is an
entirely different city located in a different province and different
region of the country, and the clues did focus on Ismayilli.
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Announcing
the Mystery Class Contest Results! |
Congratulations
to ALL Contestants
You did a great job!
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Hear
Ye! Hear Ye! A Call for Mystery Sites 2007 |
Do
you know anyone in far and distant places that can keep a secret?
We're
looking for classrooms OUTSIDE of North America that would like
to be one of the 10 secret Mystery Classes in 2007!
WRITE
TO US! |
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On May 5th, What Will You Discover? |
Now
that you know WHERE they are, find out WHO
they are. They've worked hard all season just like you, and they're
really looking forward to "meeting" you.
Will
you discover: |
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Which site is called the "land of fire" because
flames come from earth?
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Which site is near the largest "lake" on Earth?
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Which site does not have electricity or water 24 hours a
day?
* Which site has been surrounded by civil war for years?
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Which site has world famous
-now frozen- cookies?
(click on the picture, can you see why?
Fortunately, they will give you the recipe so these cookies
can melt in your mouth-yum!)
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See
you next week for Meet, Greet (& Eat!) |
The
FINAL Mystery Class Update Will Be Posted on May 5, 2006 |
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