Mystery Class Update: May 2, 2003
Today's Report Includes:
Where
In The "World" Are They?
Here's the answer you've been waiting for!
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The 10 Mystery Classes for 2003 Are:
Introducing
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Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Mystery
Class # 1 |
Derby
Line, Vermont, USA |
45.000N,
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72.118
W |
Mystery
Class # 2 |
Honolulu,
Hawaii, USA |
21.308
N |
157.817
W |
Mystery
Class # 3 |
Antananarivo,
Madagascar |
18.917
S |
47.500
E |
Mystery
Class # 4 |
Port-au-Prince,
Haiti |
18.533
N |
72.333
W |
Mystery
Class # 5 |
Groningen,
Netherlands |
53.217
N |
6.550
E |
Mystery
Class # 6 |
Banjul,
Gambia |
13.467
N |
16.650
W |
Mystery
Class # 7 |
South
Pole, Antarctica |
90.000
S |
172.633
E* |
Mystery
Class # 8 |
Libreville,
Gabon |
0.383
N |
9.450
E |
Mystery
Class # 9 |
Arras,
France |
50.283
N |
2.783
E |
Mystery
Class # 10 |
Corcovado
National Park, Costa Rica |
8.700
N |
83.483
W |
* Longitude for MC #7 is "your choice"
since all longitude lines converge at the pole. The given 172.633 E is
borrowed from New Zealand because logistics operations for the Pole come
through Christchurch.
A Special Note From Journey
North
Congratulations from everyone at Journey North to all of you who participated
in the Mystery Class learning Activity this year!
We know that you all worked very hard on Mystery Class whether you participated
in the Contest portion or not. And no matter how many Mystery Sites you
correctly identified, you should be very proud of yourselves--this is
a very challenging activity! Especially in a year like this, when once
again we received such an overwhelming number of entries! With the larger
number of entries came a larger number of correct answers.
So give yourself a high five! What an accomplishment for all of you to
go from graphing sunrise and sunset data beginning 11 weeks ago, to figuring
out approximate longitude, to determining a real location somewhere in
the world. You ALL did a fantastic job!
Coming Next Week:
Meet Your New Friends
Be sure to come back next week when you'll finally be able to "meet"
your new (and not so secret anymore) Mystery Friends! Just like you, they
all worked very hard for this activity.
They studied and prepared their clues and pictures carefully, and had
to keep a secret for all this time! So they'll be really happy to finally
meet you next week. They'll send their personal greetings, more information
about their location, and photos too. Oh, and we almost forgot, there's
still ONE MORE SECRET to come next week--don't miss one site's world famous,
mouth-watering, treat--it's one people fly across the World to get!
- May 9: Come back and Meet the 10 Mystery Sites!
Hear
Ye! Hear Ye!
A Call For Mystery Sites in 2004! |
Help!
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 2004!
PLEASE CONTACT:
our feedback form |
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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 with both the correct CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE and the correct COUNTRY.
Special Notes:
- For MC #1, Derby Line, Vermont, USA, it was required
that the full name of "Derby Line" be given for the city;
this is because there is a location in Vermont called "Derby",
which is a separate and distinct city that would not have been a correct
answer.
- For MC #2, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, we also accepted
"Manoa, Hawaii" as a correct city, as one of the clues related
to a building in this suburb.
- For MC #3, the full city name is Antananaviro, but
we also accepted as correct an alternative city name of "Tananarive".
- For MC #7, South Pole Antarctica, we also accepted
answers indicating "South Pole Station" or "Amundsen
Scott Station".
- For MC #10, we did require your answer to identify
the location as Corcovado National Park, because the clues specifically
indicated that the location "is not actually a city, but instead
is a National Park."
CONGRATULATIONS
To All Contestants--You Did a Great Job! |
Announcing the 2003 Mystery Class
Contest Results!
(Hey, did you skip the beginning of this report and peek already? Well,
once you read the results below, be sure to go back up to the beginning
of this report for important messages!)
Now at long last, here are the entries with the highest number of correct
answers, listed by Grade Level:
GRADE
2 (1 classroom entry, and all 10 answers were correct) |
- Ms.
Mary Beth Forrest's Room 8, Herbert Hoover Elementary School.
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GRADE
3
(10 classroom entries) |
A
Three-way Tie with 10 correct answers each: |
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Miss Allison Bailey's class, Citrus Elementary, Vero Beach, FL.
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Ms. Saundra McDonald's class, McGillis School, Salt Lake City,
UT.
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Mrs. Parsons' class, Otter Lake Elementary,White Bear Lake, MN.
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GRADE
4
(48 classroom entries) |
The
Fourth Graders Went Wild! 15 Classrooms Got All 10 Answers Correct! |
- Ms.
Megan Clark's Class, Cider Mill School, Wilton, CT.
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Ms. Virginia DeNucci's Lakeaires Elem.School, White Bear Lake,
MN.
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Ms. Virginia DeNucci's Lincoln Elem. School, White Bear Lake,
MN.
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Ms. Virginia DeNucci's ParkviewCenterpoint Elem. White Bear Lake,
MN.
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Ms. Louise Dillman's Class, Drinking Gourd Elem., Eugene,OR.
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Mrs.Hoffman & vol. Ms. Petermann's Class, Douglas Elem.,Raleigh,
NC.
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Ms. Priscilla Keeney's Class, Chilhowee Inter. School, Knoxville,
TN.
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Mr. Kust's Class, Breck School, Minneapolis, MN.
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Mrs. Charlotte Layne's Class, Cider Mill School, Wilton, CT.
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Ms. Michele Messina's Class, Cider Mill School, Wilton, CT.
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Ms. Julie McCoy's Class, Lexington, OK.
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Ms Monroe's(Brooke, Jonathon & Taylor), Citrus Elem.,Vero
Beach, FL.
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Ms. Karen Pape's Class, Breck School, Minneapolis, MN.
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Mrs. Marie Schwager's Class, Highland Park Elementary, Pueblo,
CO.
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Ms. Ann Young's Class, Cider Mill School, Wilton, CT.
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GRADE
5
(40 classroom entries) |
Fantastic
Grade Five Was Really Alive! This grade had 10 classrooms answering
all 10 questions correctly! |
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Ms. Virginia DeNucci's Class, Lincoln Elem., White Bear Lake,
MN.
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Mrs. Gatto's Class, Bibich Elementary School,Dyer, IN.
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Ms. Alison Hall's Class, Tom Longboat Jr. P.S., Scarborough, Ontario,
Canada.
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Mr. David London's 4/5 Class, Brightview Elem., Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada.
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Mrs. Phillips's Class, Jefferson Elementary School, Pella, IA.
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Miss Snow's Class, Bibich Elementary School, Dyer, IN.
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Mr. Van Roekel's Class, Jefferson Elementary School, Pella, IA.
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Mrs.Voelker's Class, Pymatuning Valley Middle School, Andover,
OH.
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Mrs. Westerkamp's Class, Jefferson Elementary School, Pella, IA.
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Ms. Kate Whelan's 4/5 Reach Class, Birch Lake Elementary, White
Bear Lake, MN.
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GRADE
6
(52 classroom entries) |
Super
Grade Six had the most submissions of all grades, and 11 classes
had all 10 answers correct! |
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Mrs. Arm's Class, Levy-Lakeside School, Merrick, NY.
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Ms. Martha Butler's Class, Oak Lane Day School, Blue Bell PA.
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Mrs. Goyette's Math Class(Set 2), Bedford Middle School,Westport,
CT.
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Mrs. Goyette's Math Class, Bedford Middle School, Westport, CT.
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Ms. Margaret Morton's 5/6 Class, So. Bristol School, ME.
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Ms. Sloan's Fifth hour Class, Jay Middle School, Jay, OK.
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Ms. Sloan's Sixth hour Class, Jay Middle School, Jay, OK.
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Ms. Sloan's Seventh hour Class, Jay Middle School, Jay, OK.
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Ms. Doris Sosik's Class, Burgess Elem. School, Sturbridge, MA
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Ms. Vanessa Van Sciver's Section B, Beverly City School, Beverly,
NJ.
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Ms. Nan Youngerman's Class, Spring Harbor Middle School, Madison,
WI.
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GRADE
7
(33 classroom entries) |
A
Seven-way way Tie with all 10 answers correct! |
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Mrs. Kloewer's Science Class via Brett, York Middle School, York,
NE.
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Mr. Lynn's Science Classes, Tremont Junior High School, Tremont,
IL.
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Ms. Lynne Mackay-Atha's Class, Georgetown Day School, Washington,
DC.
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Ms. Sandy Roggow's Classes, Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk
Elem., WI.
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Ms. Karen Steenson's Class 7a, Risen Christ School, Mpls, MN.
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Ms. Karen Steenson's Class 7b, Risen Christ School, Mpls, MN.
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Mr. Chris Sturm, Marlboro Middle School, Marlboro, NJ.
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GRADE
8
(27 classroom entries) |
An
Eight-way tie! (10 answers correct) |
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Mr Amlung's 8th Bell Class, Mariemont Junior High, Mariemont,
OH.
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Mr. Iverson, Aqua, Central Middle School, Eden Prairie, MN.
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Mrs. Lodge's D/E science classes, RHAM Middle School,Hebron, CT.
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Ms. Margaret Morton's 7/8 Class, So. Bristol School, ME.
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Ms. Kris Owens/Kiki Abrahamson's 3-8 grades, Fireweed Academy,
Homer,AK.
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Ms. Potts' 6th period class, Manchester Middle School, Richmond,
VA.
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Dr. Sodano-Richards' Class, DeKalb School of the Arts, Atlanta,
GA.
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Ms. Karen Steenson's 8Z Class, Risen Christ School, Mpls, MN.
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GRADE
9 (6 classroom entries) |
1
class had all 10 answers correct |
- Ms.
Thomas' Period 5 & 8 Classes, DeKalb School of the Arts, Atlanta,
GA.
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GRADE
10 (5 classroom entries) |
1
class had all 10 answers correct |
- Dr.
Sodano-Richards' Class, DeKalb School of the Arts, Atlanta, GA.
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GRADE
11 (no classroom entries) |
GRADE
12 (3 classroom entries) |
1
class had all 10 answers correct |
- Mr.
Ward's Earth and Space Science course, Ajax HS, Ontario, Canada.
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Reminder: Be sure to come back next week to "meet" and
learn more about your new Mystery Friends!
Year-End Evaluation:
Please Share Your Thoughts!
Please take a few minutes to share your suggestions and comments in our
Year-End Evaluation Form below. The information you provide at the end of
each year is the single most important tool used to guide our planning.
The FINAL Mystery Class Update Will Be Posted on
May 9, 2003
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North. All Rights Reserved.
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