Our First Mystery Skype

Today my fourth graders and I participated in our first Mystery Skype. I placed my students in 5 collaborative groups.

Here's a picture of the group who used the iPads. They used the search engine Google and typed in the clues that were given by the Mystery Class.

 These two ladies wrote down the clues for the class on the chart paper.

This group used the netbooks. They dicsused the questions through Edmodo. 

These two guys used maps to eliminate the choices.

Here are the clues we were given by the other class:

1. Our state was once called "The Great American Desert"
2. Our state sits above the largest underground lake called Lake Ogallala Aquifer
3. We are home to Offut Air Force Base.
4. Our state is divided into 2 time zones: central & mountain.
5. Our state has 4 district seasons with definite changes in the weather.
6. Our famous landmarks are Devil's Gourge, Badlands, Chimney Rock.
7. Our state borders CO, WY, IA,  MO, and KS

Bonus: Our state is known as the Cornhusker State

Can you guess?

That's right it is Nebraska!

Here is a video that was created by one of my students using our flipcamera.

My fourth graders and I had a wonderful experience today and I can't wait to do it again. Any interested 3-4th grade classes out there leave me a post, if you want to set up a Mystery Skype.