Today, we are doing our first official mystery Skype! The goal is to find out where our partner class is. First, we say hello with our greeters. This time, they greeted with "Hi, I'm Kelsie."
"And I'm Joey."
"And we're going to have a lot of fun doing this together."
"We have some sharers." The sharers told the other class about our variety show and fun fair. The other class told us about their diet coke and mentos science project from this morning. We told them about our energy debate stuff, and they said there was one more student to share some stuff. She told us about when they would have THEIR fun fair. Our first question was "Are you in the US?" When the answer was "yes", we asked if they were east of the Mississippi River and they said yes to that also. We asked them if they were in the Midwest region, and they said yes! So we kept asking. "Are you in a great lake state?"
"Yes!" This time our questioners consulted their notes before asking a question. "Is your state on the border of Lake Michigan?" Yet again, they said yes! "Does their state start with the letter "i"? Yes. "Are you in Illinois?" Yes. "Are you in an urban area?" No. So it was their turn to ask a question. "Hi I'm Joey. And do you live in the US?" Yes. "Does your state border an ocean?" No. So it was our turn again! "Are you east of the Illinois river?" No. Their turn. "Are you in the Midwest region?" Yes. "Are you in Illinois?" Yes. "Are you east of the Illinois river?" That one took awhile before we figured out the answer was no. So it was our turn. "Are you north of Chicago?" Yes. "Do you guys live in a rural area?" No. So it was their turn. We were going back and forth like this when they asked "Do you live within a 50 mile radius of Chicago?" We looked it up for a while and said yes. For their next question, they asked "Are you in the 30 mile radius of Chicago?" That time took just about as long, and we eventually said yes. So they asked "Do you guys live in Chicago?" No. Yet again it was our turn and we asked "So are you guys in a suburb?" Yes. "Are you west of the Rock river?" They weren't, and next they asked "Are you south of Chicago?" I was pretty sure we were, but since my job is to type everything in, I didn't say anything. The answer was no. "Are you guys within a 50 mile radius of Rockford?" We asked. The answer was no. Their question was "Are you in Lake County?" No. Then, it was our turn and we asked "Do you live in Lake County?" When they said yes, we were very ecxited and got to ask a followup question and it was "Does your city in Lake County start with any letters before "l" including "l"?" The answer was yes, but according to new rules, it was their question. "Do you live in Cook County?" Yes. Their turn again. "Do you live in Palatine?" No. Our turn. "Is your city a two word city?" Yes. Our follow up question. "Do you guys live in Lake Forest?" No. Their turn. "Are you guys in Arlington Heights?" Yes. Their turn again. "Does your school start with the letters from a through l?" No. Our turn. "Do you guys live in Lake Zurich?" Yes. Follow up. "Are you guys at Sarah Adams Elementary?" Their turn. "Are you guys in Olive Mary Stitt?" No. Our turn. "Are you guys in School District 95?" Yes! Follow up. "Does the first letter of your school's name start with an s?" No. Their turn. "Do you guys go to Thomas Middle School?" No. Our turn. "Do you go to "Issac Fox?" YES! WE GOT IT! They still hadn't figured us out, so they kept asking. "Do you go to Patton?" No. "Are you north of Lake Arlington Park?" We looked it up, and the answer was no. We broke the answer like this: Are you guys ready for the answer? YES! Okay, here it is: no. Everybody laughed. "Are you guys in Westgate School?" YES! Both classes had gotten it!
"And I'm Joey."
"And we're going to have a lot of fun doing this together."
"We have some sharers." The sharers told the other class about our variety show and fun fair. The other class told us about their diet coke and mentos science project from this morning. We told them about our energy debate stuff, and they said there was one more student to share some stuff. She told us about when they would have THEIR fun fair. Our first question was "Are you in the US?" When the answer was "yes", we asked if they were east of the Mississippi River and they said yes to that also. We asked them if they were in the Midwest region, and they said yes! So we kept asking. "Are you in a great lake state?"
"Yes!" This time our questioners consulted their notes before asking a question. "Is your state on the border of Lake Michigan?" Yet again, they said yes! "Does their state start with the letter "i"? Yes. "Are you in Illinois?" Yes. "Are you in an urban area?" No. So it was their turn to ask a question. "Hi I'm Joey. And do you live in the US?" Yes. "Does your state border an ocean?" No. So it was our turn again! "Are you east of the Illinois river?" No. Their turn. "Are you in the Midwest region?" Yes. "Are you in Illinois?" Yes. "Are you east of the Illinois river?" That one took awhile before we figured out the answer was no. So it was our turn. "Are you north of Chicago?" Yes. "Do you guys live in a rural area?" No. So it was their turn. We were going back and forth like this when they asked "Do you live within a 50 mile radius of Chicago?" We looked it up for a while and said yes. For their next question, they asked "Are you in the 30 mile radius of Chicago?" That time took just about as long, and we eventually said yes. So they asked "Do you guys live in Chicago?" No. Yet again it was our turn and we asked "So are you guys in a suburb?" Yes. "Are you west of the Rock river?" They weren't, and next they asked "Are you south of Chicago?" I was pretty sure we were, but since my job is to type everything in, I didn't say anything. The answer was no. "Are you guys within a 50 mile radius of Rockford?" We asked. The answer was no. Their question was "Are you in Lake County?" No. Then, it was our turn and we asked "Do you live in Lake County?" When they said yes, we were very ecxited and got to ask a followup question and it was "Does your city in Lake County start with any letters before "l" including "l"?" The answer was yes, but according to new rules, it was their question. "Do you live in Cook County?" Yes. Their turn again. "Do you live in Palatine?" No. Our turn. "Is your city a two word city?" Yes. Our follow up question. "Do you guys live in Lake Forest?" No. Their turn. "Are you guys in Arlington Heights?" Yes. Their turn again. "Does your school start with the letters from a through l?" No. Our turn. "Do you guys live in Lake Zurich?" Yes. Follow up. "Are you guys at Sarah Adams Elementary?" Their turn. "Are you guys in Olive Mary Stitt?" No. Our turn. "Are you guys in School District 95?" Yes! Follow up. "Does the first letter of your school's name start with an s?" No. Their turn. "Do you guys go to Thomas Middle School?" No. Our turn. "Do you go to "Issac Fox?" YES! WE GOT IT! They still hadn't figured us out, so they kept asking. "Do you go to Patton?" No. "Are you north of Lake Arlington Park?" We looked it up, and the answer was no. We broke the answer like this: Are you guys ready for the answer? YES! Okay, here it is: no. Everybody laughed. "Are you guys in Westgate School?" YES! Both classes had gotten it!