This enrichment activity required students to use their critical thinking skills to analyze descriptive information including weather, soil, water, flora and fauna data and digital images (GIF files) and posed a *rigorous challenge* for all participants. Each and every class can be PROUD of having accepted and completed the challenge! It was no easy task!!

A full description of this activity is available online via the Live From Mars web site at:

http://passporttoknowledge.com/lfm/teachers/mystery.html

LEVEL ONE: ELEMENTARY (Sites #2,3, 5, 6, and 7)
Ten classes participated -- THREE classes had four out of five answers CORRECT...

1) April Weyand of Gidding, Texas
2) Julie Taylor of Adelanto, California
3) Sharon Regner of Los Gatos, California

OTHER PARTICIPATING CLASSES:
Ginny Dexter-- Hydesville School, Hydesville, California;
Mellie Lewis-- Atholton Elementary School, Columbia, Maryland;
Clara Schoppe (homeschool) of Gilman, VT;
Elaine Heine -- Lockmar Elementary of Palm Bay,Florida;
Ken Gagner--Morris Area Elementary of Morris, Minnesota;
Patricia Steiner-- John Glenn School of Pine Hill, New Jersey; and
Robin Woods--The Harley School of Rochester, NY.

LEVEL TWO: MIDDLE SCHOOL (Sites 1,2, 3, 4, 5)
Thirty-four middle school classes completed the challenge. Six classes tied for the highest score of *three out of five* correct answers. Eleven classes had two out of five correct, and fourteen had at least one correct answer.

The HIGHEST SCORING CLASSES included:

Darlene Taylor (Dixon Middle School, Provo, Utah MESA 1st hour)
Eileen Bendixsen (Beers Street Middle School, Hazlet, NJ Period 10)
Cheryl Slawsky (Beers Street Middle School, Hazlet, NJ Period 2)
Susan Hurstcalderone (Sacrament School, Washington, DC 8AB)
Kable 7 (Gates Intermediate, Scituate, MA)
Kable 1 (Gates Intermediate, Scituate, MA)

OTHER PARTICIPATING CLASSES:
James Carter -- South Lee, England;
Susan Hurstcalderone--8CD-Sacrament School, DC;
Lucy Marske--Souix Center Middle School-four classes-Sioux Center, Iowa;
Pam Wells Peters-- Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School-Juneau, Alaska,
Cheryl Slawsky--Beers Street Middle School- Period 10, 1, 8, 9;
Eileen Bendixsen-- Beers Street Middle School, Period 3, 6-7, 8, Arachnids, Hazlet, NJ;
Clara Schoppe-- Homeschool, Gilman, VT;
Ann Min-- Beardsley Middle School, Crystal Lake, Illinois;
Theresa Hall, Canyon ES, Grade 6, La Canada, California;
Ruth Wahl - Central School, Allegheny, NY;
Susan Cowles--Linn-Benton School, Albany, Oregon,
Charles Lindgren-- Periods 1,2,4,5,6 and
Kable--Period 1, 3, 4, 6--Gates Intermediate School, Scituate, MA.

LEVEL THREE: HIGH SCHOOL
Two classes completed the activity -- Karen Young's and Debora Mosher's classes. High school-level students were required to submit their best guess for the exact location in LATITUDE and LONGITUDE for each of the Mystery Sites. The basis of determining the winner was the LOWEST total number of degrees off from the exact locations.

WINNER --------------> Karen Young's Class, Serrano High School, Partnership Academy Environmental Science, Grades 10 and 11.

Karen's class submitted latitude and longitude which was only 169 degrees 85 minutes off for ALL FIVE SITES. Karen's class came within 1 degree of Mystery Site #4 and 3 degrees 40 minutes of Mystery Site # 5! Debora Mosher's students (Virginia Beach, VA) had a total of 231 degrees 47 minutes off. These students also came >>>>very close<<<< to the exact locations for sites number four and five!

Both classes did terrific given the level of difficulty!!