Landmark Project
by smithtk ~ March 21st, 2009. Filed under: media, pbl.Update: March 21 — Landmark 2009 at www.kidlink.org
I am the moderator for this global project.
After three grueling weeks, 71 teams from around the word are sending in their competed list of found Landmarks. Each team composed 9 cleverly written clues for the location of their unknown place on Earth. The remaining teams began their question and search mode, tracking down all of the hidden places. Here is an example description from the school Gymnazium Humpolec in the Czech Republic:
1. I am situated in the country, which area is approximately 300times bigger than Togo.
2. My task is to remind an important story from a big war event.
3. I stand near the city which name was changed two times.
4. In my arm is a weapon which is by 291 metres smaller than the Eiffel Tower.
5. There are 200 stairs leading to me.
6. I was finished in the year when Albrecht Bethe was awarded by the Nobel Prize of physics.
7. My total height is by 2,570 metres smaller than the height of Slovakian highest mountain.
8. I have the image of Greek goddess of victory.
9. I remind a battle which took 200 days.
Answer: The Statue of Mother Russia in Volgograd
“The Most Challenging Games on the Internet” It’s a multi-school, global project attracting students ages 9-15, from Hannibal, Missouri to the Czech Republic to Grenoble, France to Australia and beyond. Players have the option of the Primary (younger set) level or the Challenge (wide open) level. Both games run on the same timeline Feb23 through March 20. Here’s a video announcement:
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July 5th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
The project is even cooler than it sounds in this description. My class joined this year and was blown away by the challenge. We shall return next year, Mr. Smith.