Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Where in the world......is Mt. Pleasant?

From my colleague Lynn Ellsworth, a very well done e-hunt!

Paula,

I thought you might be interested in this . . . .

My husband Tom’s 4th grade class participated in a “mystery class”, trying to figure out from clues about sunrise/sunset, latitude/longitude, continent, country, and state the location of ten sites around the world. The clues are spread over several months. Last year, his class participated, and this year, Tom applied for Mt. Pleasant to be one of the sites. We were selected! The process is complete now, and if you want to check out what they put on the web site about Mt. Pleasant, follow these instructions:
1. Google “journey to the north.”
2. Click on “Journey to the north: A global study of wildlife migration: Monarch Butterfly”
3. Click on the picture of the globe identified as “Sunlight and Mystery Class”
4. Click under the globe where it says “Meet the Class of 2009”
5. Click on: Turn Globe at the top of the screen to find the U.S. on the globe and mystery site #10—Mt. Pleasant
6. Click on “Mt. Pleasant.
7. You can read the entry and play the video. The kids narrate the video about Iowa Wesleyan history.