Jim Gilbert
Tracking Changes in Photoperiod Around the Globe
Announcing the Mystery Class Contest Winners!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Mystery Class contest. We know you worked very hard throughout the entire activity, and we consider all of you winners!
We hope you had fun trying to solve this mystery. We know you learned a great deal about collecting and interpreting data, latitude and longitude, photoperiod, GMT, and the effects of these elements on migratory species and the seasons.
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| Click on the image to see the map of the 1997 Mystery Class sites |
Next week you can "meet" each of the 10 Mystery Class locations when we post their introductions, but we knew you would want to know their locations today!
So, here we go. It's time to reveal the Mystery Class locations, and announce the classrooms with the most correct guesses for these locations.
The 10 Mystery Classes Are:
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Mystery Class |
City |
Country |
Latitude |
Longitude |
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| # 1 | AMGUEMA | CHUKOTKA | 66.97 N | 179.27 E | |
| # 2 | BARROW | ALASKA | 71.29 N | 156.79 W | |
| # 3 | CHRISTCHURCH | NEW ZEALAND | 43.53 S | 172.63 E | |
| # 4 | FORTELEZA | BRAZIl | 03.72 S | 38.500 W | |
| # 5 | KUNMING | CHINA | 25.08 N | 102.67 E | |
| # 6 | MCMURDO | ANTARCTICA | 77.85 S | 166.70 E | |
| # 7 | PORTLAND | OREGON | 45.52 N | 122.70 W | |
| # 8 | SECUNDA | SOUTH AFRICA | 27.83 S | 28.000 E | |
| # 9 | ZALAEGERSZEG | HUNGARY | 46.80 N | 16.800 E | |
| # 10 | WALVIS BAY | NAMIBIA | 22.83 S | 14.500 E |
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.(Using the highest grade did not change any one's ranking as a class with the most correct entries in a grade level).
After that, we carefully reviewed each entry to see how many correct answers there were, with both the correct COUNTRY and the correct CITY. Here are the entries with the most correct answers, listed by grade level, along with the number of total entries for that grade level.
"And the awards go to..."
Grade 2
6 correct answers
Mrs. Seigel's 2nd grade class,
Sherman School, Ogdensburg, NY
(polarber@northnet.org)
Grade 3
3 correct answers
Mrs. Stofko's 3rd grade class
Rockledge Elementary School
Woodbridge, VA 2192
(dstofko@illuminet.net)
Grade 4
7 correct answers
4th Graders of Mrs. Allen's Class
Room 22
South Park Elementary
Pueblo, Colorado
(garyt@csn.net)
Grade 5
8 correct answers
Susan Fineman's Fifth Graders
East Hills International Studies Academy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
(fineman@pps.pgh.pa.us)
Grade 6
8 correct answers
Lee Fabel's 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students
Webster Open School
Mpls., MN
(lfabel@mpls.k12.mn.us)
Grade 7
8 correct answers
Mrs. Kloewer's 7th Grade Class
York Middle School
York, Nebraska
(gkloewer@esu6.esu6.k12.ne.us)
Grade 8
5 correct answers
Shannon Walden
Earth Science Class
Judith Gap, MT
(7swalden@3rivers.net)
Grade 11
8 correct answers
Mr Ward's GNS 3A1 Outdoor Geography Class;
Ajax High School, near Toronto, Ontario Canada
(tward@visionol.net)
Grade ? (Mystery Grade)
8 correct answers
Students of West Lakes Shore Schools
South Australia, Australia
(West.Lakes@adelaide.on.net)
Again, congratulations to these students! If our winning classrooms would like to be pictured here, class photos can be sent to:
18150 Breezy Point Road
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 USA
The FINAL Mystery Class Update Will Be Posted On May 16, 1997