Today we had a Mystery Skype in school. This is where our teachers organise a Skype Call with another teacher’s class through the Microsoft Educator Community. Each class asks questions and researches on the go to work out where the other school is situated. They can be anywhere across the globe. These are some of the questions we asked our Mystery Skype Partners.
1. Are you in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere?
2. Are you near the equator?
3. Do you have a tropical climate?
4. What line of latitude are you on?
5. What time zone are you in?
6. What time is it in your country now?
7. What continent are you in?
8. Are you in _______?
9. Is English your first language?
10. What is your national sport?
11. Are you a primary school or secondary school?
12. Is your school well known?
13. Can you sing your national anthem?
14. Do you have a team in the six nations?
15. Has your team won the soccer world cup?
Country:
1. Are you coastal?
2. Are you situated in the north, south, east of west?
3. Are you in a city or town?
We then had to use our atlases and maps on the Surface to work out where they were situated.
We worked out that our Mystery Skype School is in Spain. They are in Catalonia, on the coast and north east of Barcelona. They are in Mataro and this is their school website; http://agora.xtec.cat/inslaialarquera/
We hope to Skype them again to learn about their culture and activities.
