WAY C00L SCIENCE SCAVENGER HUNT

This scavenger hunt was created by: Karla Hartzog, Union School, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

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Welcome! We are on our way through the World Wide Web to visit some cool sites and find out some information about
scary things and strange occurrences. There'll be five questions to answer or tasks to perform at each site, so sharpen your
pencils, Net Nuts, and we're off!!!

Our first stop is The Hall of UFO Mysteries.  We're here to find the following information:
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/ufo.htm
1.What does "UFO" stand for? Who originated this term?

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2.What term did World War II pilots use to describe strange lights in the sky?

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3.What did Kenneth Arnold see in 1947? How many were there? Where were they located? What was their estimated
speed? What name was given to these objects?

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4.List and describe the 3 levels of UFO encounters.

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5.Do you believe in UFO's? Explain your answer.

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The Hall of UFO Mysteries is an exhibit at the Museum of Unnatural Mystery. You may take a side trip there now or return later.

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm
UFO's were originally believed to be from Mars. Let's go there next and have a look around. We can get there with the help of The Nine Planets. Choose Mars from the "Table of Contents" and use the information to answer the following questions:
http://www.deepspace.ucsb.edu/ia/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
6.How does Mars rank in position and size when compared to the other planets?

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7.Where did Mars get its name? What is its nickname? What month is named for Mars?

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8.What is Olympus Mons? Scroll down the page to "Pictures" and have a look at it. It's number 8. While you're there, have a look at picture number 18. Do you think it looks like Elvis?

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9.Mars has two moons. Find and record their names.

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10.There has been a lot of excitement over the current exploration of Mars. Would you like to be a crew member on the first
manned flight to Mars? Why or why not?

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The next stop's not quite so cool. We're off to Volcano World!
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

11.Scroll down the page to "Research and Information". Select "Currently Erupting Volcanoes," and list the 5 most recent
volcanic eruptions. (Be careful. Eruptions are arranged in the order of their most recent update, not date of eruption!)

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12.Try out Hot Lava and explain the difference between pahoehoe and aa lava. What does lava smell like?
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/Parks/hawaii/hazards/hotlava.html

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13.If you were given the opportunity to go on a volcano hiking expedition to Kilauea, would you go? Justify your answer.

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Hot enough? Could you burn up just sitting there? Let's visit a strange site and find out.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ponder/shc.htm

14.What happened to Mary Reeser in 1951?

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15.Where did Mrs. Reeser live?

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16.Why is her death a landmark case?

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17.What was left of Mrs. Reeser?

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18.Do you believe that human beings can spontaneously combust? Support your answer.

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Well! That just burns me up! Now we're off to another creepy place!
http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/More.html

19.There are actually 7 reasons not to get a Burmese Python. List them here. http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/python.html

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20.Is there a market for adult pythons?

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21.Return to More Snake Pictures and choose 5 more to look at. List their names.
http://www.pitt.edu/~mcs2/herp/More.html

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22.Would you like to have a pet python? Why or why not?

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Sharpen your wits and pencils for more biting questions at our next site: Sea World Animal Bytes
http://www.seaworld.org/

23.To what "class" do sharks belong?

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24.What is the largest shark? What are sharks' skeletons made of?

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25.How many species of sharks have ever been known to attack people?

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26.When you arrive at the beach, you learn there was a shark attack three days earlier, three blocks down the beach from
your hotel. Do you choose to swim in the ocean? Why or why not?

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Other cool places for shark siting: Sharks 1, Sharks 2 http://www.casema.net/~jkoetze/
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/admin/alumni/sharks/home.html
Everybody knows that sharks are fish and whales are mammals, but while we're by the sea, let's see what's
up in the air at our next site!       http://www.perp.com/whale/

27.After looking at all the pictures, go back up the page and choose the word, "article." How big was the whale?

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28.Who blew it up?

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29.How much dynamite did it take?

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30.Why was this method chosen? Did it work?

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31.What happened to a car a mile away?

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32.Suggest another way to get rid of a dead whale.

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Gotta' headache from seeing all the sites? 'Feel like your head might explode? Let's head for
our next site and see if that's possible!   http://www.godunov.com/head-explode.html

33.What was Nikolai Titov doing when his head exploded?

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34.What is the condition called that caused his head to explode?

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35.What did it sound like when his head exploded?

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36.How many other people are known to have died from this disorder in the past 25 years?

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37.Scroll down to the 7 questions that could determine if you have the exploding head syndrome. Do you have any of them?
List the ones that apply to you.

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Whew! We're through! Thanks for coming along. 'Hope you enjoyed our trip through the web!