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This activity ended in 2000. For information only.
Timeline
Registration: February 23 - March 10, 2000

Introduce Yourselves by March 17:

Please introduce yourselves by writing a description of your class, your school, and your community. Introductions should be sent to the KIDPROJ list so everyone can read it! Introductions may be mailed after your class is registered for the game. Please put "Explorers" somewhere in the subject line, i.e.; "Explorers- Kent Learning Center Intro".

Week 1 - Clues Due Wednesday March 15

Monday, March 13 a list of all participating sites and email addresses will be posted to the KIDPROJ board as one message. Keep this list to have the email addresses of where to send your yes/no questions asked of each site.

Also during this week, all participating teams will choose a famous explorer and create 9 interesting clues about the explorer. Send clues and explorer to the moderator at dianes@halcyon.com by Wednesday, March 15, midnight GMT.

Week 2 - First set of clues released

March 20- First set of 3 clues Posted to KIDPROJ. ONE yes/no question may be asked of each playing site regarding their explorer. These questions are to be sent DIRECTLY TO THE SITE and NOT to the moderator. The questions should not be a guess.

Week 3 - Second set of clues released

March 27 - Second set of 3 clues Posted to KIDPROJ - ONE yes/no question may be asked of each playing site regarding their explorer. These questions are to be sent DIRECTLY TO THE SITE and NOT to the organizer.

Week 4 - Third set of clues released

April 3 - Third set of 3 clues Posted to KIDPROJ - ONE yes/no question may be asked of each playing site regarding their explorer. These questions are to be sent DIRECTLY TO THE SITE and NOT to the KIDPROJ list.

Week 5 - Guesses Due

April 14 - Guesses Due - On Monday of this week, a list of all playing sites (with no email addresses) will be sent out by the moderator. Use this list as a template and enter ONE guess next to each site for the identity of the explorer you think they have chosen. Send the list to the moderator at dianes@halcyon.com with Explorer Guesses in the subject line.

Week 6

April 17 -21 - Results posted to KIDPROJ. Follow-up Begin sending email discussion to the KIDPROJ list anytime after the results are posted.

Week 7

Follow Up Activity
April 17 -
Once the answers are posted to the KIDPROJ forum email discussion may begin about:

bullet What did that clue mean?
bullet What resources did you use to do research?
bullet What did you learn about geography?
bullet What did you learn about history?
bullet What neat web pages did you find?
bullet Is there a web page for your explorer that helped to compose clues?

Email for Explorer, Clues, and Guesses - dianes@halcyon.com
Email for Introductions and Follow-up Discussion - kidproj@listserv.nodak.edu

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