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Mystery
Class Update: March 14, 2008 |
Today's
Report Includes:
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This
Week's: Data, Questions and Journal |
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Journaling:
Do You Notice Anything Unusual? |
Today
you received the seventh week of data.
Are you watching the sunrise/sunset times closely?
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Do
you notice anything different since last week?
How
about in the photoperiods? |
Seeing
Clues: The Longitude Clues Have Arrived |
The
Longitude Clues are here. What do you think they will reveal?
Photo:
Sunrise at Greenwich on the Spring Equinox |
The
Longitude Clues: Instructions
and Worksheets
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IMPORTANT:
Be
sure to read and follow ALL the instructions very carefully. |
As
you work on the Longitude Clues with your worksheets,
it may be helpful to view this image of the rotating Earth. Click
image to enlarge.
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1)
Print ten copies of the Longitude Clues Worksheet
(one for each Mystery Class) and follow the step-by-step
instructions on this worksheet:
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Longitude Clues Worksheet >>
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2)
In order to use the Longitude Clues Worksheet, you will also need
to print the:
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3)
To
help get you started, we've already completed worksheets for two
of this year's Mystery Class sites (two freebies!).
Be
sure to review the two examples below:
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4)
Note
to 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, answers will be grouped for judging with others
near their same grade level.
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Eggsperiment!
Is there Cosmic Balance on the Equinox? |
Recently,
you've been conducting your pre-equinox eggsperiments. Can you make a
prediction what will happen to your egg when you try to balance it on
the equinox, next Thursday March 20?
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Links:
This Week's Mystery Class Resources |
More
About the Longitude Clues:
- A
Clue About the Longitude Clues: Why They Only Work on the Equinox
- Teachers
Guide >>
- Slideshow
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- Advice
from Mystery Class Teachers: Longitude Place Marker >>
Materials
and More:
- How to
Participate, Data
Sheets and Graphs >>
- Quick
links to weekly updates, data, tips and resources >>
Mystery
Class Deadlines:
- Know What
to Expect and When -- Mark your Calendars >>
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The Next Mystery Classs Update Will Be Posted on March 21, 2008.
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