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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 5:21pm | IP Logged Quote Lissa

I just realized that the sunrise/sunset data for this week has already been posted! Here's the link.

Everybody know your Class number? Who's got #6?--that one looks especially interesting!

Have your kids use the data to calculate the photoperiod for your Class #, and report your findings here so everyone can graph them.

Let the fun begin!

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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 5:47pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G

YIKES, the ol' "Mary G" clan in SC has #6......this is going to be interesting!

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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 5:51pm | IP Logged Quote Jen L.

Lawler reporting...

Jan 30. Location #4 - 13h 17m

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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 7:53pm | IP Logged Quote Sarah

Thanks Lissa.

We'll calculate soon. The older kids are at Candlemas Mass right now, so they haven't seen it yet.

Okay, I'm kind of slow. I'm always juggling babe as I'm reading these things, so I don't think I can properly concentrate. . .

So, are people printing out ten graphs, or are you graphing all on one. I know Lissa said the different colors for each site. What are you all doing with that?

Sorry to be so dumb!

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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 8:23pm | IP Logged Quote tracym

Location #10- 10 hr. 02 min

We'll work on graphing tomorrow.

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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 8:25pm | IP Logged Quote tracym

Location #10- 10 hr. 02 min

We'll work on graphing tomorrow.

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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 8:35pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM

Location #7
11 Hours 4 Minutes

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Posted: Feb 02 2006 at 10:18pm | IP Logged Quote momwise

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Location #7
11 Hours 4 Minutes


O.K. I'm just going to admit that I haven't spent the proper amount of time at the site and I'm all confused. Lissa has kindly explained it all once more so hopefully I'll get it all figured out tomorrow. I'm #3.....same location as Mary M. Right Mary?

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Posted: Feb 03 2006 at 4:19am | IP Logged Quote Lissa

Sarah wrote:
So, are people printing out ten graphs, or are you graphing all on one. I know Lissa said the different colors for each site. What are you all doing with that?


You only need to print out one graph. Pick one color for each Mystery Class (ten total) plus an eleventh color for your hometown. We made up a little color-code key to tape on the wall beside the graph.

After you enter all of today's data, you'll have eleven colored dots on the leftmost vertical line of the graph (the Jan 30 line).

Hope that makes sense!

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Posted: Feb 03 2006 at 4:32am | IP Logged Quote Lissa

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MaryM wrote:
Location #7
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O.K. I'm just going to admit that I haven't spent the proper amount of time at the site and I'm all confused. Lissa has kindly explained it all once more so hopefully I'll get it all figured out tomorrow. I'm #3.....same location as Mary M. Right Mary?


Gwen, your *hometown* location is the same as Mary's, but everyone has a different *Mystery Class* number (except Alice and I, who are sharing #1). Your Mystery Class is #3, you are correct.

Here's a recap of the Mystery Class assignments:

The number beside your name is your family's assigned Mystery Class.

1. Alice & Lissa

2. Angela

3. Gwen

4. Jennifer

5. Kathleen

6. Mary G.

7. Mary M.

8. Sarah

9. Theresa

10. Tracy

These assignments are just so no family has to calculate the photoperiod for *all ten* Mystery Classes every week. (Of course, if your kids WANT to do all ten math problems, they certainly may! My Kate went to bed last night clutching a notebook in which she'd copied down the sunrise and sunset times for all 10 Classes—she planned to figure out all the photoperiods before lights-out and see if her times matched the ones you all are posting.)

Since there are 11 families participating in our group (so far), and only 10 Mystery Classes, two of us had to "share" one Class. This just means that my kids and Alice's kids will both be calculating the photoperiod for Class #1, and we'll take turns posting our findings each week. Alice, would you like to do the honors this week?



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Posted: Feb 03 2006 at 7:50am | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm

Ds says the photoperiod for location #9 is 13 hours 17 minutes.

Ds got very excited when I told him if he wants to calculate all 10 photoperiods I will let him out of his other math on fridays. Then he can come check his answers on this board.
Woo hoo! I love the enthusiasm!

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Posted: Feb 03 2006 at 8:54am | IP Logged Quote momwise

I got it, I got it!

We'll be back in a little while with our time for #3.

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Posted: Feb 03 2006 at 10:55am | IP Logged Quote Angela F

Lawler, your post makes me laugh    

Reporting in here for Mystery Class #2 - we got 10 h 12 min

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Posted: Feb 03 2006 at 12:30pm | IP Logged Quote Lissa

Alice & co must be out of the house today, so I'll go ahead and post for Mystery Class #1: 9 hrs 54 min.

Alice, is that what you got?



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Posted: Feb 04 2006 at 9:04am | IP Logged Quote Sarah

Sorry to be late here. Thanks, for the explanation Lissa. Its all falling into place here-I get it now

#8 photoperiod
10 minutes 59 sec.

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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 9:03am | IP Logged Quote alicegunther

Well, we have seventeen more minutes of daylight this week. Our photoperiod is now ten hours and nineteen minutes.

Spring is on its way!

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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 11:25am | IP Logged Quote momwise

O.K. If you were here for a brief moment on Mon. morning you know I've deleted my most embarrasing post so far (I'm officially pre-menapausal )

We had exactly 15 min. more daylight than last week! 7:03 a.m.-5:25 p.m.
Denver.....10 hr., 22min.

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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 3:06pm | IP Logged Quote Angela F

Alice and Gwen,
How did you get so lucky? We only have 5 more minutes of daylight from last week. We're at 10 hrs 17 min. Ah well, at this point 5 min more seems so much better than 5 min. less!
God bless,
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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 4:55pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G

Well, officially we got another 13 minutes of sonlight (10hrs and 40 minutes here in Greenville), but it was so rainy and yucky today you'd never know!

This is a very cool project -- thanks again Lissa!

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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 5:02pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm

10 hours 38 mins here in the mountains of NC, which is a gain of 13 minutes! And it's snowing! This is only our 2nd snowfall this winter-highly unusual-so it's putting a smile on all our faces.

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