Thursday, January 13, 2011
Congratulations to our photo Winner!
Kayla and Camirn will compete next time for Free! Congratulations. Here is the funny photo from December!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Results for June 12, 2010
Congratulations to our 1st place winners!
Natnael and Marques won the last Hometown Discoveries for the 2009-2010 school year. Best of luck to you both as you move on to high school.
Congratulations to Ashby and Malik for winning the funny photo contest. They will compete for free in September!
1st Place
Marques & Natnael ...1150 points
2nd Place
Demeko & Anwar ........950 points
3rd Place
Ashley, Bridget & Jose...900 points
4th Place
Ashby & Malik...............800 points
5th Place
Daeshawna & Taleyah .......600 points
Congratulations to Ashby and Malik for winning the funny photo contest. They will compete for free in September!
1st Place
Marques & Natnael ...1150 points
2nd Place
Demeko & Anwar ........950 points
3rd Place
Ashley, Bridget & Jose...900 points
4th Place
Ashby & Malik...............800 points
5th Place
Daeshawna & Taleyah .......600 points
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Answers to Clues for June 12, 2010
Clue #1 The one that got away
Head to the Asia Trail to find the animal that has adapted to its life in tropical wetlands. With so much water around no wonder it has figured out how to eat even without a tackle box.
Which animal is it?
a) Prionailurus viverrinus
b) Ailuropoda Melanoleuca
c) Ailurus fulgens
Get a picture of both of you signing the right answer in front of this animal.
Clue #2 Defying Categories
Head to the Birdhouse to find the animal that has adapted to nightlife in New Zealand.
Which description does NOT apply to this animal?
d) Footpads to step quietly
e) Tiny eyes to see at night
f) Bristles to feel around at night
g) Hollow bones to fly
h) Shaggy feathers for warmth
Get a picture of both of you signing the answer that does not apply in front of a sign about its adaptations.
Clue #3 Dirt Don’t Hurt!
This clue is about the biggest animal in the zoo but you need to find this sign about dirt near the most famous animal in the zoo. It’s on one of the entrances to a bamboo corridor!
This animal has adapted to using dirt for two reasons. Which one is not true?
i)As sunscreen
j) To protect skin
k) To attract mates
Get a picture of both of you signing the answer that does not apply in front of this sign.
Clue #4 Don’t get too sappy
Head to the Small Mammal House to find an animal that has adapted to eating sap from the trees in South America.
How does it do that? Which adaptation below allows this animal to eat tree sap all day long?
L) Strong hand muscles to rip off bark and open holes on tree limbs.
M) A specialized beak that can is used like a woodpecker to open up holes in trees.
N) Specialized teeth to scrape through tree bark
Get a picture of both of you signing the right answer in front of this animal. Make sure the animals name is clearly visible in the photo.
Clue #5 Lazy Hunter
Head to the Reptile House to find one animal that has adapted to hunting the lazy way.
Is it an alligator or is it a turtle? Whatever it is it hunts by keeping its nose above water, its mouth wide open and uses its tongue to catch its prey. But how has its tongue adapted?
O) The tongue looks like a worm so it attracts prey that want to eat it.
P) The tongue is very long and is sticky so it catches insects underwater.
Q) The tongue is bright blue and looks like a fish to some birds that eat small sardines.
Get a picture of you and your partner signing the correct answer in front of this animal in the reptile house. Make sure that the name of the animal is clearly visible.
Clue #6 Feline Killers
Head to the big cat killers in order to solve this puzzle: Match the adaptation to its purpose for one of the felines. There will be one that does not have a match, that will be your answer.
Adaptation Purpose
r) Powerful Jaw 1) Camouflage
s) Stripes 2) Stabbing Prey
t) Rough Tongue 3) Death Grip
u) Scissor Teeth 4) Clean meat off bones
v) Canine Teeth
Get a picture of you and your partner in front of this adaptation sign for this animal and signing the adaptation that does not have a match. If the animal is out you can get a photo in front of it too.
Clue # 7 Personal Air Conditioner
Head to the Kids’ Farm to find out how Pat, Giuseppe, George and Flash keep themselves cool.
What adaptation do they have that helps to regulate body temperature?
W) Tail
X) Ears
Y) Underbelly
Get a photo of you and your partner in front of one of these animals signing the correct answer.
Clue #8 Living with Floods
Head to Amazonia and find the section that talks about the importance of floods in the Amazon. You will need to be able to answer the following questions:
1) How do Arawanas adapt to living in flooded forests?
2) How do fish benefit from living in a flooded forest?
3) How do trees survive during the flooded months?
Act like a reporter for the Nature Channel in which you are doing a show on adaptation in the Amazon. Shoot a short video in which you explain the answers to these questions.
Clue #9 A Swinging Affair
Head to Ridge where the Primates live.
Living up in the trees means that Gibbons have to develop many adaptations on how they move.
Long Arms, Long Hands, Special Muscles and Special Joints make it possible for these APES to move in which way?
a) Walking upright
b) Brachiating
c) Interloping
Get a picture of you and your partner signing the correct answer in front of the sign that explains these adaptations for this specific APE.
Video Bonus: 50 points for demonstrating the answer to Clue #9. You must explain it and show us on something.
Clue #10 Built for the Grasslands
Find the African animal that shows these adaptations:
1) Hairy tail to whisk off flies
2) Hard hooves like combat boots for running
3) Eyes on the side of the head to see predators in all directions
4) Moveable ears to listen in all directions
5) Molar teeth to grind grasses
6) The stripes may make it hard to see them individually to pick out and kill
Get a picture of you and your partner in front of these animals.
Head to the Asia Trail to find the animal that has adapted to its life in tropical wetlands. With so much water around no wonder it has figured out how to eat even without a tackle box.
Which animal is it?
a) Prionailurus viverrinus
b) Ailuropoda Melanoleuca
c) Ailurus fulgens
Get a picture of both of you signing the right answer in front of this animal.
Clue #2 Defying Categories
Head to the Birdhouse to find the animal that has adapted to nightlife in New Zealand.
Which description does NOT apply to this animal?
d) Footpads to step quietly
e) Tiny eyes to see at night
f) Bristles to feel around at night
g) Hollow bones to fly
h) Shaggy feathers for warmth
Get a picture of both of you signing the answer that does not apply in front of a sign about its adaptations.
Clue #3 Dirt Don’t Hurt!
This clue is about the biggest animal in the zoo but you need to find this sign about dirt near the most famous animal in the zoo. It’s on one of the entrances to a bamboo corridor!
This animal has adapted to using dirt for two reasons. Which one is not true?
i)As sunscreen
j) To protect skin
k) To attract mates
Get a picture of both of you signing the answer that does not apply in front of this sign.
Clue #4 Don’t get too sappy
Head to the Small Mammal House to find an animal that has adapted to eating sap from the trees in South America.
How does it do that? Which adaptation below allows this animal to eat tree sap all day long?
L) Strong hand muscles to rip off bark and open holes on tree limbs.
M) A specialized beak that can is used like a woodpecker to open up holes in trees.
N) Specialized teeth to scrape through tree bark
Get a picture of both of you signing the right answer in front of this animal. Make sure the animals name is clearly visible in the photo.
Clue #5 Lazy Hunter
Head to the Reptile House to find one animal that has adapted to hunting the lazy way.
Is it an alligator or is it a turtle? Whatever it is it hunts by keeping its nose above water, its mouth wide open and uses its tongue to catch its prey. But how has its tongue adapted?
O) The tongue looks like a worm so it attracts prey that want to eat it.
P) The tongue is very long and is sticky so it catches insects underwater.
Q) The tongue is bright blue and looks like a fish to some birds that eat small sardines.
Get a picture of you and your partner signing the correct answer in front of this animal in the reptile house. Make sure that the name of the animal is clearly visible.
Clue #6 Feline Killers
Head to the big cat killers in order to solve this puzzle: Match the adaptation to its purpose for one of the felines. There will be one that does not have a match, that will be your answer.
Adaptation Purpose
r) Powerful Jaw 1) Camouflage
s) Stripes 2) Stabbing Prey
t) Rough Tongue 3) Death Grip
u) Scissor Teeth 4) Clean meat off bones
v) Canine Teeth
Get a picture of you and your partner in front of this adaptation sign for this animal and signing the adaptation that does not have a match. If the animal is out you can get a photo in front of it too.
Clue # 7 Personal Air Conditioner
Head to the Kids’ Farm to find out how Pat, Giuseppe, George and Flash keep themselves cool.
What adaptation do they have that helps to regulate body temperature?
W) Tail
X) Ears
Y) Underbelly
Get a photo of you and your partner in front of one of these animals signing the correct answer.
Clue #8 Living with Floods
Head to Amazonia and find the section that talks about the importance of floods in the Amazon. You will need to be able to answer the following questions:
1) How do Arawanas adapt to living in flooded forests?
2) How do fish benefit from living in a flooded forest?
3) How do trees survive during the flooded months?
Act like a reporter for the Nature Channel in which you are doing a show on adaptation in the Amazon. Shoot a short video in which you explain the answers to these questions.
Clue #9 A Swinging Affair
Head to Ridge where the Primates live.
Living up in the trees means that Gibbons have to develop many adaptations on how they move.
Long Arms, Long Hands, Special Muscles and Special Joints make it possible for these APES to move in which way?
a) Walking upright
b) Brachiating
c) Interloping
Get a picture of you and your partner signing the correct answer in front of the sign that explains these adaptations for this specific APE.
Video Bonus: 50 points for demonstrating the answer to Clue #9. You must explain it and show us on something.
Clue #10 Built for the Grasslands
Find the African animal that shows these adaptations:
1) Hairy tail to whisk off flies
2) Hard hooves like combat boots for running
3) Eyes on the side of the head to see predators in all directions
4) Moveable ears to listen in all directions
5) Molar teeth to grind grasses
6) The stripes may make it hard to see them individually to pick out and kill
Get a picture of you and your partner in front of these animals.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Congratulations
Marques and Portia for your 1st place win!
Marquell, Mark & Aaron won the funniest photo!
Here are the scores:
1st Place
Marques & Portia... 1075 points
2nd Place
Natnael & Cameron... 1075 points
3rd Place
Lishonia & Marina ... 950 points
4th Place
Demeko & Ashby... 950 points
5th Place
Rose & Carron ...947 points
6th Place
Marquel, Mark, & Aaron... 915 points
7th Place
DeAndre & Bridget... 518 points
Marques and Portia for your 1st place win!
Marquell, Mark & Aaron won the funniest photo!
Here are the scores:
1st Place
Marques & Portia... 1075 points
2nd Place
Natnael & Cameron... 1075 points
3rd Place
Lishonia & Marina ... 950 points
4th Place
Demeko & Ashby... 950 points
5th Place
Rose & Carron ...947 points
6th Place
Marquel, Mark, & Aaron... 915 points
7th Place
DeAndre & Bridget... 518 points
Questions and Answers for April 17th
Clue#1 The First Woman of Distinction
We have to start by acknowledging the first known woman to be from Africa and we need to recognize her today. This Australopithecus can be found in the David H. Koch hall of Human Origins at the Natural History Museum. Find her skeleton near the Time Tunnel. What is her name?
A) Willamena
B) Lucy
C) Marsha
Get a picture of both of you signing the correct answer with her skeleton in the photo.
Clue #2 Queen of Soda
Business is important in Africa and Women hold an important role as entrepreneurs in Ghana. Head to the African Voices section of the Natural History Museum and find out what Adama Salifu sells to make herself a powerful business woman. In fact she is known as a Queen!
What does Adama Salifu sell which is a major ingredient in some sodas today?
D) Kola
E) Sugar
F) Coca
Get a photo of you and your partner signing the answer in front of Adama Salifu.
Clue #3 Sports and Leisure
Head to the Smithsonian Castle for this next clue and you will find African American Women who made breakthroughs in Sports and the Arts.
You will have to use your deductive skills to figure this one out. Which statement below is true?
G) Anna Julia Cooper was the First African American woman to play Professional Lacrosse and Elizabeth Keckley was the first to African American to have her sculptures in the Louvre.
H) Althea Gibbs was the first African American to play Wimbledon and Alma Thomas was the first African American woman to have a solo exhibit at the Whitney Museum of Art.
I) Althea Gibbs was the first African American Woman to run the mile in the Olympics and Anna Julia Cooper was the African American woman to have her fashion on the runways of Paris.
Get a photo of one of you signing the correct answer in front of each of the two women in your answer.
Clue #4 If the spirit moves you
Head to the International Gallery in the S. Dillon Ripley Center to find:
Elizabeth Clarisse Lange
She started “Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first order of black Catholic Sisters in America” and she was devoted to helping refuges from a recent revolution in what country?
J) Jamaica
K) Brazil
L) Haiti
Get a picture of both of you in front of Elizabeth signing the correct answer.
Clue #5 Some Strings Attached
Head to the National Museum of American History to find a piece of American Music History.
You will have to walk the halls and look at the Artifact Walls to find the object that connects to this great African American Woman. Here is your riddle:
Since I was 12, I’ve felt like the world is upside down and I’ve been going non-stop like a “Freight Train.”
Who held this artifact?
M) Ella Fitzgerald
N) Nanny Burroughs
O) Elizabeth Cotton
Get a photo of both of you signing the right answer in front of this artifact. (No flash please)
Clue #6 A Mighty Education
Head to the Science in American Life section of the National Museum of American History and you will find a display that deals with “Science on the Farm.” This shows the study of Dairy sciences but this university is important because Mrs. Mary Peake taught some of the first classes of this university under the Emancipation Tree. This started the education of many African American women at time when other universities would not teach them. What university is it?
P) Tuskegee
Q) Fisk
R) Hampton
Get a picture of both of you signing the correct answer next to a photo of the Milk Bottle or Laboratory.
Clue #7 En Route to Freedom
Head to the “America on the Move” Section of the National Museum of American History and find Charlotte Hawkins Brown who was instrumental in developing a one-room schoolhouse into a junior college and the first African American to sit on the board of the YWCA. Take a seat with her as she waits for her train.
Listen to 2 of her stories:
1) My Philosophy
2) The Pullman Incident
Now one of you must shoot a short video in which you act like Oprah Winfrey and you have just had Charlotte Hawkins Brown on your show.
Explain in your video these things:
1) Summarize what Dr. Brown said.
2) Give your reaction and opinion about her stories.
3) Tell your audience what lessons we should learn from Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown’s life stories.
Clue #8 A True War Hero
Head to the “Communities in Changing Nation” in the National Museum of American History to find Suzie King Taylor. What is significant about her life’s accomplishments?
S) She was a Revolutionary War nurse who was the first African American Woman to fight in a battle.
T) She was a controversial preacher who was not welcome in any churches but she preached on the streets of Charleston and started an orphanage.
U) She was a Civil War Nurse who taught freed slave children to read and was the only African American woman to publish a memoir about the war.
Sign the correct answer while you take a photo in front of her portrait.
Clue #9 was closed in the museum so we were not able to complete it.
Clue #10 Yet Another First
You’ll find the answer to this clue in the National Museum of American History.
Solve this riddle and get a photo of both of you with her portrait:
She has a degree from Princeton, two daughters, a nice garden outside her house, and a dog whose name rhymes with an archer’s weapon.
Where would you go to find her portrait?
We have to start by acknowledging the first known woman to be from Africa and we need to recognize her today. This Australopithecus can be found in the David H. Koch hall of Human Origins at the Natural History Museum. Find her skeleton near the Time Tunnel. What is her name?
A) Willamena
B) Lucy
C) Marsha
Get a picture of both of you signing the correct answer with her skeleton in the photo.
Clue #2 Queen of Soda
Business is important in Africa and Women hold an important role as entrepreneurs in Ghana. Head to the African Voices section of the Natural History Museum and find out what Adama Salifu sells to make herself a powerful business woman. In fact she is known as a Queen!
What does Adama Salifu sell which is a major ingredient in some sodas today?
D) Kola
E) Sugar
F) Coca
Get a photo of you and your partner signing the answer in front of Adama Salifu.
Clue #3 Sports and Leisure
Head to the Smithsonian Castle for this next clue and you will find African American Women who made breakthroughs in Sports and the Arts.
You will have to use your deductive skills to figure this one out. Which statement below is true?
G) Anna Julia Cooper was the First African American woman to play Professional Lacrosse and Elizabeth Keckley was the first to African American to have her sculptures in the Louvre.
H) Althea Gibbs was the first African American to play Wimbledon and Alma Thomas was the first African American woman to have a solo exhibit at the Whitney Museum of Art.
I) Althea Gibbs was the first African American Woman to run the mile in the Olympics and Anna Julia Cooper was the African American woman to have her fashion on the runways of Paris.
Get a photo of one of you signing the correct answer in front of each of the two women in your answer.
Clue #4 If the spirit moves you
Head to the International Gallery in the S. Dillon Ripley Center to find:
Elizabeth Clarisse Lange
She started “Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first order of black Catholic Sisters in America” and she was devoted to helping refuges from a recent revolution in what country?
J) Jamaica
K) Brazil
L) Haiti
Get a picture of both of you in front of Elizabeth signing the correct answer.
Clue #5 Some Strings Attached
Head to the National Museum of American History to find a piece of American Music History.
You will have to walk the halls and look at the Artifact Walls to find the object that connects to this great African American Woman. Here is your riddle:
Since I was 12, I’ve felt like the world is upside down and I’ve been going non-stop like a “Freight Train.”
Who held this artifact?
M) Ella Fitzgerald
N) Nanny Burroughs
O) Elizabeth Cotton
Get a photo of both of you signing the right answer in front of this artifact. (No flash please)
Clue #6 A Mighty Education
Head to the Science in American Life section of the National Museum of American History and you will find a display that deals with “Science on the Farm.” This shows the study of Dairy sciences but this university is important because Mrs. Mary Peake taught some of the first classes of this university under the Emancipation Tree. This started the education of many African American women at time when other universities would not teach them. What university is it?
P) Tuskegee
Q) Fisk
R) Hampton
Get a picture of both of you signing the correct answer next to a photo of the Milk Bottle or Laboratory.
Clue #7 En Route to Freedom
Head to the “America on the Move” Section of the National Museum of American History and find Charlotte Hawkins Brown who was instrumental in developing a one-room schoolhouse into a junior college and the first African American to sit on the board of the YWCA. Take a seat with her as she waits for her train.
Listen to 2 of her stories:
1) My Philosophy
2) The Pullman Incident
Now one of you must shoot a short video in which you act like Oprah Winfrey and you have just had Charlotte Hawkins Brown on your show.
Explain in your video these things:
1) Summarize what Dr. Brown said.
2) Give your reaction and opinion about her stories.
3) Tell your audience what lessons we should learn from Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown’s life stories.
Clue #8 A True War Hero
Head to the “Communities in Changing Nation” in the National Museum of American History to find Suzie King Taylor. What is significant about her life’s accomplishments?
S) She was a Revolutionary War nurse who was the first African American Woman to fight in a battle.
T) She was a controversial preacher who was not welcome in any churches but she preached on the streets of Charleston and started an orphanage.
U) She was a Civil War Nurse who taught freed slave children to read and was the only African American woman to publish a memoir about the war.
Sign the correct answer while you take a photo in front of her portrait.
Clue #9 was closed in the museum so we were not able to complete it.
Clue #10 Yet Another First
You’ll find the answer to this clue in the National Museum of American History.
Solve this riddle and get a photo of both of you with her portrait:
She has a degree from Princeton, two daughters, a nice garden outside her house, and a dog whose name rhymes with an archer’s weapon.
Where would you go to find her portrait?
Saturday, April 17, 2010
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