#50statechallenge

We did it! We #mysteryskype with classrooms in all 50 states! (I had a hard time tracking down LA, WV, and NM and we did two classrooms in Alaska for Alaska Day: http://arctic3.blogspot.com/2016/10/happy-alaska-day.html and we did a couple States a couple times because of all the requests we got such as: Florida, North Carolina, Kentucky, California...)



Here are some screen shots of Skypes #42-50

Skype 42 was with Hawaii! They taught us how to say the colors in Hawaiian! They also made a youtube video of our encounter! http://youtu.be/H_LTHFrVCHE

Skype 49 was in NM. They taught us how to count to 10 in Spanish.

Class in South Dakota

This class in South Carolina had a uniform, but they could between pick red, white, or blue versions!

My students were so excited they "beat" the High Schoolers in Wyoming!

Showing our almost complete skype map to the Class in Arizona

Skype 47 in Montana had no sound because their mic was broken, so we got a cool typed transcript!

Skype 48 in Louisiana had video blocked at their school, so we typed questions back & forth

Just an amazing project!

I had tried to hide our state map as we got down to the last 10 states, but the students had it memorized.

By Skype 50, they already knew who it was... But, they planned out questions to still make it fair. 

It is just incredible to think about that our little class in our Arctic shared Alaska facts to over 50 classrooms (We did a couple states twice and a couple overseas locations) 

Its amazing that so many classrooms have now heard of: Fort Yukon. "A village of 600 people. Accessible only by boat and plane. No roads" 

The number 1 question we were asked: Do you live in igloos? "We dont live in igloos. That' further North" 

 Classes in the Southern States thought it our low temperature was incredible. We got to show several classes the snow outside our classroom.

 The students counted to 10 in Gwich'in and shared the colors and some words like "Nenahalia" to the classes we talked with. I really saw their pride shine as the year went on :) Language wasn't just something that they did in language class, it was something unique to them :)