The Landmark Games Have Begun! Update!

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The 3H Crew is excited to be teaming up with Mrs. Bushey’s 5th grade class and participating in the Landmark Games. We will be competing against 20 other classes from around the world. To be a part of this project, each team (We are the Tatem Tigers!) has to pick a landmark from anywhere in the world and become an expert about that landmark by doing research. The next step is for the students to write 9 clues about the landmark. One clue must have a relevant date; another must be a hemisphere clue; and a third clue must relate either to the longitude or latitude of the landmark. We sent our clues to the Project leader, Mr. Smith. Last week we were sent the 1st three landmark clues from all 21 teams and the research has begun. Each week the students are allowed to email one yes or no question about the landmark to each of the 20 teams. During the week we receive emails from other teams and reply to their questions about our landmark.

The second week of the competition is here and 3 more clues about each landmark have arrived. Team Tatem Tigers are working hard to find out where in the world the other landmarks are. The fifth graders are teaching the 3H Crew great research techniques and are helping them understand longitude and latitude.

**Update**
We are in the 3rd week of the competition now and Team Tatem Tigers are hard at work tracking down the clues to see if they can find the answers to the landmark riddles.

Here are all of the clues…an you figure out where in the world these landmarks are?

Primary Group A – week 2 clues
(1A) Aban School 3 (World Explorers) Aban, Russia
1. The end of XX century
2. Fairy tale
3. 37 houses
4. Matamata city
5. It was a farm
6. Often visited
7. It is the park
8. The army helped
9. Very popular film

* (2A) Antona Ingolica Spodnja (Turbo Einsteins) Zgornja Polskava, Slovenia
1. This landmark was built in 1895.
2. First it was grey, that it changed into green-white-red, then it changed into red and now it is grey again.
3. There was a star at the top, but now, there is a flag with the number.
4. It’s in the Northern Hemisphere.
5. it is made of iron and zinc coated sheet steel.
6. It is 1.9 metres tall.
7. You can find this landmark between 14 and 15 degrees East longitude.
8. It is a storm shelter.
9. It stand on 2864 metres above the sea level.

(3A) Barneveld School (Geography Gators) Barnveld, Wisconsin
1. It is located in a remote desert.
2. It was created accidentally about 45 years ago
3. It was first named for a nearby village.
4. Some say it contributes to global warming.
5. About 12,000 people visit it every year.
6. A Canadian is the only one to have ever entered it.
7. It’s an opening, and it’s not heaven.
8. It is around to 30 degrees north
9. A strange heat-loving bacteria is the only thing living inside it.

(4A) Blacksburg New School (Purple 6) Blacksburg, VA
1. It is on the same longitude as Riverside County Fire Station Number 33, Palm Desert
2. Construction began more than 600 years ago.
3. It is not in the same hemisphere as Cabo de Hornos National Park.
4. 14 years in the making.
5. 8704 chambers
6. Most of its roof is made of yellow tile.
7. Over 8 million people pass through its gates each year.
8. Mulan visited here.
9. Covers 720,000 square meters.

(5A) Choice Learning Academy (Team Full Circle) Newburyport, MA
1. The structure was designed in 1947 and opened in 1967.
2. It contains 886 tons of stainless steel.
3. The cost to build this was $13,000,000.
4. The initials for the main architect are E.S.
5. It is 630 ft. tall.
6. It is the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere.
7. It was built as a monument for westward expansion.
8. When in observation area, you can see up to 30 miles if the weather permits and the sky is clear!
9. Partial Coordinates: 38.62452 degrees N

(6A) Alexander Doniphan Elementary (Kesner Class)
1. It is over 2 acres in size.
2. Tons of granite was used in the construction of the site.
3. The landmark is named after a war general.
4. The landmark’s construction was paused multiple times.
5. The landmark is in the Northern Hemisphere.
6. At an event that occurred at the landmark there was a death.
7. The landmark is currently a national monument for it’s country.
8. This landmark construction began in 1829.
9. The landmark is between 30 – 40 degrees North.

* (7A) Alexander Doniphan Elementary (McArtor Class)
1. I can withstand an earthquake
2. Found between latitude coordinates 30 – 40 degrees North
3. I held a record until 1964
4. The landmark’s name can be deceiving.
5. Many people did not want this landmark built
6. Found in the Western Hemisphere
7. Almost a mile in length
8. The landmark’s construction took 4 years
9. The landmark’s development took the lives of 11 people

*(8A) Eugene Field School (Team Huseman) Hannibal, MO
1. One cost $12-14,000
2. Five pole limit
3. Between 40 and 50 degrees
4. Peppermint was the first
5. Began in 2009
6. Northern Hemisphere
7. Put them on the roof
8. A grocery store used to stand on the lot.
9. Fourth Street is home to all but one.

* (9A) Gimnasium #1 (Team 8B) Kalachinsk Omskaya Russia
1. It was the Kremlin
2.You can find it between 50 and 60 degrees east longitude.
3. The height is 35 m.
4. 40 figures
5. laurel wreaths
6. women
7. 400
8.1965
9. granite

*(10A) Gymnasium 14 (Siberian Owlets) Krasnoyarsk, Russia
1. It’s bizarre and even creepy.
2. As if you were in a Grimm’s fairy tale.
3. It’s in Eastern Hemisphere.
4. Plenty of doors, hallways, balconies and staircases.
5. You can live here but not for free.
6. 11.941667° North
7. Ex-president of this country with a population of more than 90 million inhabitants is somehow connected with this landmark.
8. Animals and insects gave their names to some elements of this landmark.
9. This landmark was created in 1990.

(11A) J.Fithian Tatem Elementary (Tatem Tigers) Haddonfield, NJ
1. Our landmark is not in the same hemisphere as a statue of a lady, a torch, and a book.
2. Our landmark’s latitude and longitude add up to 213.
3. A century before 65 miners was trapped in a mine in Mexico, the government tool over the administration of our landmark.
4. Our landmark is partially made out of shells.
5. Our landmark is continuously lit.
6. Our landmark was given back to the descendants of the original owners.
7. This landmark has similar materials as the La Zaplaz Formations.
8. Part of its name means water.
9. A fungus can be found in our landmark.

*(12A) Kalachinsk Gymnasium #1 (Team Boss) Omsk region, Russia
1. Manmade
2. The symbol of the city.
3. Its creator was born in Uzbekistan.
4. The wife of local governor.
5. The end of millennium.
6. 96% of tourists visit it.
7. 60 N according to the nearest 10.
8. It’s holding a book
9. 1.6 m high.

(13A) Kalachinsk Grammar School#1 (Funny Kids) Kalachinsk, Omsk, Russia
1. White marble.
2. In the heart of the city
3. More than 100 meters high.
4. 14th century.
5. Statue of Madonna.
6. Gothic style.
7. Completed in 20th century
8. 45 degrees N.
9. The Pope opened it.

(14A) Oakwood Elementary (Team McGuire) Hannibal, MO
1. Goats live nearby.
2. Our landmark has a nip to it!
3. Our landmark is known to be greedy.
4. Hammacher Schlemmer offers a smaller version similar to our landmark.
5. Our landmark is not in the southern hemisphere.
6. It is a king!
7. Erykah Badu sings of its altitude.
8. It is believed to have been placed in its current location in this century.
9. Our landmark’s latitude is between 10-70 degrees

(15A) Pakenham Lakeside Primary (PLPS Warriors2) Pakenham, Australia
1. In the same hemisphere as this year’s Olympics
2. I shine bright at night
3. Allow 30 minutes when visiting
4. 40 storeys high
5. Situated between 30-45’ South
6. It has spokes but does not speak
7. 30,000 Lego blocks were used to build a model.
8. Opened in 2008 and closed 40 days later
9. Twinkle twinkle …

(16A) Pakenham Lakeside Primary (PLPS Marvels) Pakenham, Australia
1. Landmark is in the same hemisphere as Madagascar
2. You can leap 192 metres!
3. Volcanoes and glaciers are found in this country
4. Mother Teresa died in the year this landmark was built
5. The elevators have views
6. In 2009 a German man ran up the 1,267 steps in 4 mins 53 seconds!
7. On a clear day you can see 82 kms (51 miles)
8. This landmark is in a major city and is located between 35 and 45’ South.
9. Kia Ora!

(17A) Privokzalniy 3 (Achinsk Falcons) Achinsk, Russia
1. This landmark is not far from the most southern point of the continent.
2. A famous annual sport event is held in this landmark.
3. You can find the biggest coral reef in the world to the North-East of the landmark.
4. The continent the landmark is situated on has a unique flora and fauna.
5. The landmark is in the southern hemisphere.
6. The landmark can be found between 130 and 160 degrees East longitude.
7. In this landmark summer Olympic Games were held.
8. In 1891 a severe economic crisis began in this landmark.
9. This landmark is the former capital of the country.

(18A) Secondary School #5 (Chatterboxes) Krasnoyarsk, Russia
1. Located in the Northern hemisphere
2. Almost the same longitude as Shannon, Ireland
3. Construction started in 1904
4. Inspired by Dante
5. Purgatory, Hell, Paradise
6. The Italian architect was the owner’s friend
7. A well, but never stored water
8. Palazzo Contarini Minelli dal Bovolo inside out and upside down
9. See a famous mystical sign and the owner’s heraldy at the bottom

(19A) Secondary School #5 (Freestylers) Krasnoyarsk, Russia
1. Located between 82° E and 93° E Northern Hemisphere
2. A mysterious chain
3. 5 close and 3 apart
4. The First is about 70 meters high
5. Burial sites at the bottom of the Fifth
6. Paintings are over 3,000 years old
7. An amphitheater? Do you hear throat singing?
8. An ancient observatory? Another Stonehenge?
9. 16,000 years old. Nearly 30,000 of them

*(20A) Toorloo Arm Primary (TAPSters) Lake Tyers Beach, Victoria, Australia 1. It is the home of white sharks and blue fin tuna.
2. It is in the southern hemisphere.
3. It was naturally formed.
4. It was first encountered by European explorers in 1627.
5. It is a tourist attraction.
6. It stretches for hundreds of kilometres.
7. It is 60 – 65 meters high.
8. It is located at 31 degrees 4 minutes S and 129 d
9. It is the largest indentation on a country’s coast.

(21A) Northwest Middle School (Team Manzella) Reading, PA
1. connected 20 million years ago
2. can rise up to 45 meters
3. UTC + 10
4. country’s flag is red, white, and blue
5. in the southern hemisphere
6. near Princetown
7. Great Ocean Road
8. in a national park
9. earlier had a different name

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