The Official Journey North Results Are In!

We didn´t do too bad! It was a good experience for us and we are looking foward to participating again next year.

• Mystery Class #1: Vancouver, Canada 49.217 N 122.692 W
• Mystery Class #2: Yomitan, Japan 26.400 N 127.750 E
• Mystery Class #3: Halley Research Station, Antarctica 75.583 S 26.650 W
• Mystery Class #4: Beijing, China 39.917 N 116.417 E
• Mystery Class #5: Lilongwe, Malawi 13.983 S 33.733 E
• Mystery Class #6: Yangon, Myanmar 16.783 N 96.150 E
• Mystery Class #7: Sao Paulo, Brazil 23.533 S 46.617 W
• Mystery Class #8: La Maddalena, Italy 41.217 N 9.400 E
• Mystery Class #9: Quito, Ecuador 0.217 S 78.500 W
• Mystery Class #10: Port Lincoln, Australia 34.733 S 135.867 E

If you are interested in learning more about the mystery classes you can follow the links below.

Vancouver, Canada http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro1.html

Yomitan, Japan http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro2.html

Halley Research Station, Antarctica http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro3.html

Beijing, China http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro4.html

Lilongwe, Malawi http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro5.html

Yangon, Myanmar http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro6.html

Sao Paulo, Brazil http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro6.html

La Maddalena, Italy http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro7.html

Quito, Ecuador http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro7.html

Port Lincoln, Australia http://www.learner.org/jnorth/mclass/spring2007/Intro10.html

Journey North Results

Tiffany and Alex turned in their Journey North Mystery Class results. They are as follows:

• Mystery Class 1: Vancouver, Canada; 14°25'N 123°07'W


• Mystery Class 2: Okinawa, Japan; 26°40'N 128°E
  
• Mystery Class 3: Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica; 74°45'S 22°30'W


• Mystery Class 4: Beijing, China; 39°55'N 116°26'E


• Mystery Class 5: Cape Town, South Africa; 35°55'S 18°22'E


• Mystery Class 6: Yangon, Myanmar; 16°47'N 96°09'E


• Mystery Class 7: São Paulo, Brazil; 23°32'S 46°37'W


• Mystery Class 8: Praia, Sardinia; 40°N 9°E


• Mystery Class 9: Quito, Ecuador; 0°13'S 78°30'W


• Mystery Class 10: Port Lincoln, Australia; 34°43'S 135°51'E
  

Journey North will reveal the actual locations of the mystery classes this coming week. The Mystery Class program is designed for large groups with several students working on an individual mystery class. Since we only have two students in our class, we had to make some modifications. Tiffany was responsible for the first 5 classes and Alex was responsible for the last 5 classes.

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

The Journey North Mystery Class project continues. Today, Tiffany and Alex examined how the amount of sunlight changes in the northern and southern hemispheres during the year. After plotting their data on a master graph, they were able to determine which of the mystery classes are located in the northern hemisphere and which are located in the southern hemisphere. They also found that one of the mystery classes is located very near the equator while another is located near antarctica.

Journey North Data

The data has been coming in for the last couple of weeks for the Journey North project. The kids have been calculating and graphing the potoperiods for each of the mystey classes. They have also been studying how the earth's rotation and the tilt of its axis causes seasonal changes.

Rhinovirus

Isn't this beautiful? Looks can be decieving! You may be wondering what it is.

Well, it's the rhinovirus. We have chosen to study it this week because it has chosen to study us - all of us.
The kids put up a good fight, but as many of you may know, there isn't much one can do.

We are resting and increasing our intake of fluids.

Journey North

As part of their geography class, Tiffany and Alex are participating in the Journey North Mystery Class challenge. They must identify the exact loctions of 10 sites from around the globe using ony sunrise and sunset as the primary clue. This is an eleven week project that begins tomorrow. We will keep you posted.

Where in the world is . . .

As part of our Geography class this year, we are trying to collect a postcard or stamp from every country in the world. We have really been enjoying this project. The mailman likes it a lot too because I tip him every time he comes to ensure that he keeps coming back. So far we have have postcards and/or stamps from:

Australia
China

France

Germany

Hungary

Italy

Mexico

New Zealand

Poland

Singapore

South Africa

Turkey

United States

Uruguay

If you have any family or friends in a country that we are missing, please have them send us a postcard.