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Calendar Clue #1 Historical Figure |
| I was
an English scientist whose experimentation in the early 19th century
contributed greatly to a better understanding of the relationship between
electricity and magnetism. |
| Some of
my original experiments using chemicals, electricity, and magnets are
carried out routinely in many elementary and middle school science
classrooms today. |
| Much of
my original work became the foundation of the electric power and
electro-chemical industry in the western world. |
| My big
break came when at the age of 21, I was appointed assistant to Sir Humphry
Davy at the Royal Institution in London, England. |
| The
scientific unit the world uses to measure electrical capacitance is named
after me. |
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Who
am I????? |
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Calendar Clue #2 Geographical Location |
| I am
one of the world's great deserts, covering over 1/2 million square miles. I
am located in the northern hemisphere. |
| Some
animals that make me their home are donkeys, long-tailed gazelles, desert
hamsters, eagles, hawks, and a type of camel. |
| Roy
Chapman Andrews led expeditions that uncovered many of my secrets including
the first dinosaur egg and the remains of the largest land animals. |
| During
the middle ages, Mongol leaders made me their home. Only a small part of my
surface area has sand dunes. |
| I am
the coldest and the most northern desert in the world, located in both
Mongolia and Northern China. |
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Where am I?????? |
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Calendar Clue #3
American Indian Tribe |
| We are
a group of Indians who built villages and have lived continuously in the
same location longer than any other American or Canadian Indians. |
| The
Spanish explorer, Francisco de Coronado, was one of the first Europeans to
make contact with us along the Rio Grande River in 1540. |
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Coronado was searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola. He gave us our
present name, which is the Spanish word for town. |
| We
descended from the early Anasazi Indians. We are peaceful and specialize in
building multi-story dwellings. |
| Some of
our sub-tribes include the Zuni, Taos, and the Hopi. |
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Who
am I??????? |
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Calendar Clue #4
Fossil |
| I am a
yellowish-brown material found chiefly around the Baltic Sea area. I am
considered valuable as a gem material. |
| Fossil
insects or plants, called inclusions, are often found embedded in me. When
this happens, I can be very valuable. |
| I
easily collect an electric charge when rubbed with a cloth. The word
electric or electricity gets its name from me. |
| I am
the fossil resin remains of pine trees that grew 40-100 million years ago. |
| I am
mined, netted, or picked up along beaches. I am especially valuable when
transparent. I am used to make many different ornamental carved objects. |
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What am I????? |
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Calendar Clue # 5
Mineral Kingdom |
| I am a
very useful element almost twice as heavy as lead, used in making steel and
electrical devices. |
| As a
metal, I have a nickel-white to grayish luster, China leads the world in my
production, along with North and South Korea, Russia, and the United States. |
| I was
discovered by the Swedish chemist Karl Scheel in 1781, but first isolated as
a separate substance by Juan and Fausto d'Elhuyar. |
| I have
the highest melting point of any metal. I am widely used in making high
speed drills and cutting equipment. In Europe I am called wolfram. |
| My most
dramatic use is probably the filament in an electric light bulb. |
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What am I????? |
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Calendar Clue #7 Plant
Kingdom |
| I am in the same
family as the blueberry, cranberry, and azalea, In the United States I am
planted as an ornamental. My name is used as a first name by many girls in
the United States and Britain. |
| I am a low
evergreen shurb, growing wild in North America, Asia, western Europe, and
Greenland. I grow on wastelands where few other plants will grow. |
| My uses are
many. In the Scottish Highlands huts are built from my stems and cemented
with peat and grass. My shoots are woven into baskets. My roots are made
into briar smoking pipes. |
| I have many
narrow leaves and tiny bell-like flowers that range in color from purple to
rose to white. In sheltered places I may grow three feet tall. |
| My scientific
name comes from the Greek word, calluna, which means sweep. In Europe I am
used to make brooms and brushes. |
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What am I?????? |
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Calendar Clue #8
Geographical Location |
| I am a republic
located in the Caribbean basin and one to the oldest independent nations in
the Western Hemisphere. My official language is French. |
| Much of my land
surface is rugged mountains, in fact my name is an Arawak Indian word
meaning "high ground" or "land of mountains." |
| My history has
been turbulent. From my discovery by Christopher Columbus until present
times, I have been mostly controlled by despots, dictators, and plantation
owners. |
| In 1789, I was
France's richest colony and one of the New World. At that time I was called
St-Domingue. |
| I share the
island of Hispaniola with another country. I am now one of the poorest
countries in the Western Hemisphere. |
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Where am I????? |
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Calendar Clue #9 Animal
Kingdom |
| My plumage is so
dense and oily I can survive in temperatures of 50 degrees below zero. My
family name is Cinclidae. |
| I have a thin,
straight bill, stocky body with short wings and tail. I resemble a wren or
thrush. Both male and female sing and look alike. |
| I am the only
purely aquatic perching bird in North America. While underwater, moveable
flaps close over each of my nostrils. |
| I can swim
underwater, staying up to thirty seconds, or walk on the bottom of streams
looking for water bugs and insects. |
| I live near
rapids in mountain streams. My name comes from a head bobbing motion,
sometimes forty to sixty times a minute. |
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What am I???? |
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Calendar Clue #10
Plant Kingdom |
| A member of the
laurel family, I grow in the eastern part of the United States. My height is
25 - 75 feet tall. In the spring small clusters of yellow flowers are
replaced by dark blue berries on my branches. |
| Iroquois used my
dried, ground leaves on wounds. Mohawks made an eye wash from the juice of
my shoots. It is said that I was taken to England on the first boat from
Jamestown. |
| In the fall my
leaves turn yellow-orange, tipped with red. Early settlers used my aromatic
twigs for brushing their teeth. |
| I have been used
for fence posts, barrels, crossties, dyes and saloop. Tea and tonic have
been made from my roots. |
| I am called "the
mitten tree." Different shaped leaves grow from the same twig or branch. |
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What am I?????? |