Thank You Everyone From Everywhere

A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone involved in this project.  We want to give a special thank you to all of our new friends that we have met from all over the world.  There was so much information shared with us in the last 24 hours.  We are extremely grateful for your time and willingness to join us on all the calls.  This was an adventure that one will not soon forget.  We are already looking forward to next year's tour, but we need to get some sleep first.  Thank You!!!!!!! 

Map of Where We Went

Last Call

This is a picture of our last call.  We made a 4 way call connecting our 3 schools to our superintendent.  We took turns discussing with him how our event went.  The students were excited to talk about all the people that they met and places things that they saw.  At this point everyone was very excited but also very tired.  The last call was a success!

Australia

Sydney, Australia 8:00 pm

The people we talked to were a class of students in Australia.  Australia celebrates Halloween, Australian Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day.  On Australian Day, January 26, people dress up, have BBQ s and go to the beach like we do for the Forth of July.  On Christmas, they celebrate Jesus's birthday and give gifts just like we do.  However, in December, it is summer in Australia, so there is no white Christmas.  In Australia they celebrate Valentines Day.

In Australia they do know how to dab. In Australia, one of their biggest holidays probably there biggest holiday. In Australia it is Friday at one in the afternoon for them and and for us Thursday at eight at night. They have just hit Fall, but they just call it Autumn. They start school in January, near the end of their Summer.  They go to school Monday through Friday, just like us. Their school day is about six hours long.  The name of the school we talked to was Inaburra.  It is very hot during the Summer.  They use C, and they just had a week with forty degrees C.  In Australia, they eat lots of fish, meat and lam.  They wear school uniforms everyday, except for special Thursdays where they can wear what ever they want. They play sports similar to us, including soccer, basketball, and football.  They also play cricket.  The AFL is the Australian Football League.  As well as sports, they go to the beach a lot.

 

Student Created Video of the Event

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U.S.S. Missouri

U.S.S. Missouri

1.)Pearl Harbor is four hours behind Texas.
2.)Over 10,000 Navy Sailors were involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
3.)There are many tourists from Japan.
4.)14,000 people come to see the U.S.S Missouri weekly.
5.)Was in 3 major wars; The Korean War, World War 2, and Desert Storm.
6.)The U.S.S Missouri retired at the age of 50.
7.)The U.S.S Missouri is considered 1 large artifact.
8.)The U.S.S Missouri is the length of three football fields.
9.)The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because all of our military forces were at Pearl Harbor... gaining strength in the Pacific.
10.)The guns on the U.S.S Missouri can shoot approximately 25 miles.(from Briarhill Middle School to Dallas.)

 

Mystery Skype

Mystery Skype

Question: Are in the eastern himesphere
Answer: No

Question: Are you in the northern or southern hemishphere
Answer: Northern


Question: Are you in the U.S?
Answer: No

Question Are you Europe?
Answer: Yes

Question: Are you in Central Europe?
Answer:  No

Question:Are you in Norway?
Answer:NO

Question:Are you in Western Europe
Answer:Yes

Question:Are you in France?
Answer:No

Question:Are you in Iceland?
Answer:Yes

Question:Are you in the capital?
Answer:Yes

They have a device that detects earthquakes.  They get approximately 20 small earthquakes a day but the device only senses big ones. They have all four seasons and are in winter right now.  Their current temperature is freezing 32 degrees Celsius. You can also see the Northern Light sometimes. They do not have a McDonald's but have KFC and Taco Bell. They got approximately 3ft of snow last night. They start school at 8 in the morning and end around 4. They have fish two times a week and meatballs once a week. Students buy or bring their lunch which is about 2 U.S dollars. It is mandatory for them to go swimming once a week from grades 1-10.

Mystery Skype

Mystery Skype
Location when found: WW2 Museum of Louisiana 

 Question: Are you East of Texas
Answer: Yes

Question:  Are you in the WW2 museum of Louisianan
Answer: Yes

They have five buildings open to the public. The D DAY invasion and the boats are represented in that museum, the boat has ladders so soldiers can climb to the beach.  The museums first name was the D DAY,  but was renamed the museum the National WW2 Museum.  They have about two hundred and fifty artifacts.  One of these include the C-47 plane which they bought off of Ebay.  They also have a trailer that was used to carry a pigeon coop.  These pigeons were used to carry messages from coop to coop.  They could fly over the battle fields. All of the vehicles still work. The B-17 crashed and the propellers where stuck in the ice, so they had to cut off the propellers to get a distress signal. Some planes came put together with all their parts, but some you had to go find some of the parts.

Polar Ice Cap

 Polar Ice Cap 11:00am

J.B. started out by showing us how his view form his window was, snow everywhere!! He told us how cold cold it is there. Hes sharing stories about how he feel into cold ice water, thankfully he didn't get hypothermia just a very very cold foot that broke the ice. he told us how the most amazing thing that happened to him in the Polar ice cap was seeing the northern lights. The average temperature is about 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest temperature he has experienced was 67 degrees Fahrenheit and the coldest has been -37 degrees Fahrenheit.

 He hasn't seen many animals because of the cold but when he has its been very close. One time he almost got stranded in cold weather because he got dropped off on an island and couldn't find his job site. His job is basically collecting glacier samples to help prevent global warming!

Mystery Skype(Canada)

Mystery Skype Ontario in Thunder Bay, Canada

Question: In the northern hemisphere?
Answer: Yes

Question:Are you in Canada?
Answer: Yes

Question: Are you near a coast?
Answer: No

Question Are you in Matastoba?
Answer: No

Question: Are you in Yukon?
Answer:  No

Question: Are you Ontario?
Answer: Yes

Question: Do you live by the Hudson Bay?

Answer:  No

Question: Do you live by any Great Lakes?
Answers: Yes

Question: Do you live in Toronto?
Answer: No

Question: Are you East of Toronto?
Answer:  No

Question: Do you live by Lake Superior?
Answer:  Yes

Question: Do you live in Thunder Bay?
Answer: Yes

Yellowstone National Park

Yellow Stone National Park 10:00am

A park ranger, Mike, is coming form Yellow Stone National Park to answer some question that we have. he telling us that over 3,000 years ago native Americans  lived on this land. Many explorers have came through the land but not until the 1872 that it was named a national park.

1995 started the lack of rain, which conflicted with many animals and plants. The plants had a decrease, so that meant elk, beavers and rodents were decreasing in population. one of his most dangerous experiences was coming almost in contact with a grizzle bear! They have about 300  geyser, and two of the biggest ones are Old Faithful, and Steamboat geyser.  He was explaining how only male deer and moose have antlers, and the female do not have any. Bears are now trying to come out of hibernation to try to find food, and introducing their cubs to the new world!

Yellow Stone was the very first national parks, it was a park before all the four states became states. The reason that the states never became states until the 1800s because of all the Hot springs and geysers. There is a Giant Volcano underneath Yellow Stone, it is still active, and They have no way to prepare for a eruption in 2017, yet. Most people think that Yellow Stone was named that because of all yellow you see in the rocks and the hot springs, but really it was named after a river that was called Yellow Stone but it goes back all the way to the native Americans, when they settled on that river.

 

Mexico city

  MEXICO CITY, MEXICO   9:30am

We first started they conversation by telling the student our experiences with the other calls, and we compared our skypes that we had. They gave us a power point telling us some interesting facts about there town and important things they focus/celebrate on. They have a lot of street art that lets them express themselves in public. One of the most popular sports in Mexico is soccer or as they call is futból.

They showed us pictures of important artifacts in there town, some of them are Parque Rio de janeiro, Parque Mexico, and Parque Chapultepec. He told us that the most popular place is Parque Chapultepc, because of the sight seeing there. He told us that all the museums they have would probably be the number one places to take a visitor.

Mexico: 9:00am

Our stop is a school in Mexico,  wrestling is a major thing there, and they even have wrestling stars. They like pop, and Spanish music about mainly love. They are located in Mexico City. They asked us what music we like, we answer pop and dubstep. They also asked us what sports we played, we answered football, soccer, and hockey. They asked if we were public or private school, they are in a private school while we are in a public school. We ask what kind of movies they watch, they say they watch pretty much the exact same as us. They eat in the classroom, instead of a cafeteria.

Safari in South Africa

South Africa Safari

They have lots of birds with beautiful colors.
We saw the Yellow Horned Bill bird, a millipede, Impala, Zebras, Antelope, Elephant, Buffalo, Giraffes, Brown Snake Eagle,
Animals go to open areas when it's windy so their preditors lose their smell.
when approching Zebras you don't want to walk straight towards them you want to walk near them but not to close. They are very used to people walking near them.
antelope like to hide in bush areas so we don't see them.
Hippos are one of the animals that kill other animals.
Mosquitos are one of the insects that kill a lot of animals.
A zebra's eye sight is better at night than at day.
The Zebra's stripes keep bugs from landing on them.
Animals use their tails to communicate with other animals.
Zebra have very strong teeth and kick powerfully.
Elephants are stronger than Buffalo
Animals come together in an open space to help each other when predators come around so they have a better chance on survival.
50,000 muscles in an elephant trunk.
Young boy elephants get chased away when they are too old to stay with the herd.
When the boy becomes big and strong, they are able to come back to the herd again.
Elephants can dig for water unlike most animals.
We found male leopard tracks.
Elephants can't see very well.

South African Safari

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Rome, Italy

ROME,ITALY

A TOUR WITH BIRDS!

 Parrots can live for up to 75 or even 80 years!
Parrots repeat what they hear,but they have no idea what they're saying. Parrots reproduce the sounds that they hear. They have a very big beak that can be used for gentle reasons, or for tougher reasons. Parrot feathers stay completely dry when water comes on them. Luckily, they do not clip the bird's wings, because it really affects them in the long-run! We are learning a lot about parrots and the different parts, ways, and functions of them! 

Eygpt- 6:00am

Eygpt-6:00am

 

It's Friday at six in the morning and we are talking to a teacher from Egypt.  Friday was her day off because Fridays and Saturdays are holy.  When we talked to Egypt, it was two in the afternoon, near the end of the winter season.  The beginning of winter is cold, but winter is the best time of year, because it is warm and sunny. School starts at seven thirty in the morning.  There are about seven or eight lessons in a day.  Usually, students eat sandwiches and biscuits for lunch.  They have a break in the middle of their lessons and that is when they eat their lunch and socialize.  At the end of the day, the students go home and study and complete homework.  If time allows, they have free time.  We also learned some Arabic.  In Arabic, hello is Ahlan Bek.  Ma Esmak means "What is your name?"  Some traditional foods include a green soup, made from a smashed green plant.  Cotton is native as well as wheat, rice, and corn, like us.  They also grow bananas, melons, and other fruits.

Mystery Skype 5:00

Mystery Skype-5:00 am  (Prague, Czech Republic)

Question: Are you in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
Answer: Central Europe, Northern

Question: Are you in Germany?
Answer: No, but close

Question: Are you in the Netherlands?
Answer: No

Question:  Are you in Poland?
Answer: No

Question:  Are you in the Czech Republic?
Answer Yes

Question: Are you in Prague?
Answer: Yes

The Charles bridge is behind him.

The Charles Bridge was build in the fourteenth century. 

India

India 4:00 A.M.
We visited India and were given a tour of their school, which is International. They have many sports at their school, including swimming with a huge outdoor pool. Its 3:30 P.M. on Friday in India and 4:10 A.M. on Friday here in Texas. We gave them a tour of our school and showed them one of our classrooms. In 6th grade they learn ancient history and our 6th graders learn geography. We moved into the cafeteria when they told us that they mostly eat vegetables and chicken at lunch, while we have a variety of things. We showed them our gym and learned that their school has only 850 kids total from kinder to 12th. We also learned that they have a block schedule and even get breaks during their school day.  Here is a picture of us showing them our gym.

Taiwan

         We are now calling some kids from Taiwan at 3:00 AM. The kids are surprisingly fluent in English and one of the easiest groups to understand. In Taiwan they have the Dragon Boat Festival where they have boats that they sail across lakes for New Year. On New Year they use firecrackers to keep away evil spirits. In Taiwan they have Teachers Day on 9/28. This is used to celebrate the great teacher Confucius The kids in Taiwan are very attentive, and ask lots of questions. In ways Taiwan and us here at Briarhill have similar holidays, but we have different ones too. In Taiwan they have less holidays than we do though. We all had lots of fun talking to the Taiwanese kids. Thank you for reading the #briarhill24hrworldtour blog.