Riddle me this!

A prize, one brand new ball, to the first person from each of the three groups who e-mails me the answer to this riddle:

Olinca is a fantastic school,
the traffic to get to it 
not quite as cool.

If I wanted to Olinca go
these numbers I should know:
North, South, East or West
degrees, minutes and even seconds are the test!

send the answer along with your full name and group to: riddle_contest@hotmail.com

New Exhibit Blog!

Your wonderful and handsome teacher :-) has started yet another blog to annoy and give you work with, which I know you love.
Just click on "Prof. Hector's Exhibit" in the link list or right here:

Prof. Hector's Exhibit blog

Secret sentence homework

The secret sentence is:
"Don't waste my markers!!!"

But to complete the homework you also have to look around in the blog and write the answer to these questions:

1.- What is the last country that Yakko sings in his song?
2.- According to "The Earth's seasons..." video, why do seasons occur?

Bring it on a separate piece of paper with complete headings.

Enjoy your weekend and your family!

Traveler I.Q. challenge

Another game!
Click on the country the game tells you, if you get close to the capital or famous place it gives you more pionts. The closer you get the more points!


This one is for Europe but you can change continent or subject.

The nations of the world

Here is a video that lists almost all the countries in the world. It's from 1993 so some countries have been created since then,Czechoslovakia dissolved into two smaller countries for example. For a list of the ones he misses and the changes that have happened since then go to: Nations Yakko forgets

The Earth's seasons...

Spring, summer, autumn and winter. We have become quite used to experiencing them, we know that:

The year begins in winter, which is COLD,
in spring plants come back to life,

summer is HOT and
in autumn the trees lose their leaves to get ready for...winter again!


All of the Earth's seasons happen for a reason.
Take a look at this video which might help explain:

So... we take on the WORLD!!!

We've got our continents! 
 Now let's get to work!!!

Around the world in 7 wonders!

Here is the link to the official site:
New 7 wonders of the world

Where in  the world are these wonders?
Assignment:
Make a list in a Word document.
Include the name, country and continent of each wonder.