Interested in Skypathon 2019???  Here's a link to the application!

We will upload our student made movie once it's complete!  Be sure to check back after Spring Break!  Here is our Instagram Story that covered our 24 Hours!

Last Skype!!!!

We met with all five LISD schools that participated in this amazing 24 hour event!  Delay, Lamar, MHS9, FM9 & Briarhill shared their favorite experiences!  Lamar thought the most memorable events were Australia, New York City and the teacher's karaoke songs!  WE are tired and had an amazing 24 hours!  We covered 26 Skypes....20 Countries...7 Continents...142,697 Miles!  What an awesome experience!  Thank you for following along with us! We're going to bed!

Virtual Field Trip to Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is an amazing and adored place located in Wyoming. If you were to drive there from Flower Mound it would take a whole 20 and a half hours!! This giant park is approximately 1,309 miles North from us! The reasoning for this park to be so famous is because it was the world's first national park! The Yellowstone Park is home to many untouched resources. Cool, right! Another crazy fact about this beautiful place is it has many geysers. The dictionary definition of this some what unknown word is 'a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.' But, these geysers are so rare and unique that they have to protect them. Nobody believed in such a thing and they thought it was all a lie, but it most definitely was not! After teaching us about the facts of this park, she taught us all about predator-prey relationships.  For example, a rabbit could just be hopping around, but what it doesn't know is that it is about to be a coyotes' dinner. As sad as it can be, that is how all the animals survive and it is the circle of life. After learning all about this park, I hope to travel to it some time in the near future!

Japan

         From Poland to Japan, we'll fly towards the finish line in our Skypathon. In Japan we met a nice gentlemen, Go Itokawa, who told us a little bit about himself and his country. He lives in Narita, which is close to Tokyo. Go tells us that he likes to eat foods similar to ours, but basically all his meals consist at least a little rice. Schools in Japan are pretty much the same, but ever school always adds its own touches and additions. Also Go also tells us that in Japan there are also main schools, like elementary school, middle school, etc. Popular sports in Japan include baseball, basketball, etc. Go personally does judo. The weather in Japan is similar to the U.S., but a little more humid. Go has been in the U.S., South Korea, Germany and China, as well as his own country, Japan. The most popular sides or foods are fish and rice. Go has tried a certain type of fish called Glowfish and claims that it's quite tasty. Before we obtained all this information, we couldn't connect with Go properly, but lesson learned: Don't let miscommunication stop you from achieving your goals and knowledge.

Poland

Now we begin our final steps into Skypathon, to Poland. Here we met Susan, who is a college student. In Poland, they eat a lot of dumplings, meat, soups, apple pies, cheese-cake, and Mexican foods. Another famous food, probably famous around the world is pizza. In Poland they put almost everything on a pizza, ranging from pinneapples to ketchup. Susan loves trying out new food because of Poland's varieties of foods. In Poland there are many historic buildings that are museums which represents Jewish incidents occurred there. Poland is a Christian dominated country, but they believe in many superstitions. There are 12 ministers who serve the many friendly people. Because of the cooler and snowier weather in Poland, Susan adapted to being a really good ski jumper. There is a difference between the drinking and smoking ages of Americans to Poland's. The age is 18, which is the age for many of the states for tobacco, and 21years for alcohol. People in Poland love to listen to pop and rock music, from the present time. A major type of school is a dance university, where they learn dance, and the history. Large Poland companies are the Lotos, and cruises. Taking a flight from Flower Mound to Poland, would be 14 hours! I hope someday, we can all visit Poland.

MEXICO CITY!

           Our next country is Mexico! The class had a lot of things to share. Many things that are made in Mexico include chocolate, corn, and chilis. Their history originates from the Aztecs. Their most popular way of transportation is cars. Like us, they also love tacos and Six Flags. In their free time, they play soccer and Fortnite. Holidays that they love to celebrate are Halloween, Christmas, and Dia De Los Muertos. The altars of Dia De Los Muertos include favorite foods of theirs when they were alive and memories of them too. The event is a happy event to remember happy memories of them. The most popular instrument is the guitar and they showed us their skills. Their traditional music is Mariachi and their traditional types of clothing includes extravagant dresses and skirts. They love to party!They taught us how to make tostadas and they looked very yummy! They taught us useful vocabulary such as school, steak, sleeping, and hello in Spanish. "Hola, me llamo Juan." They taught us many different things from their culture and heritage. After they shared with us, we took them on a video tour of our school.  We showed them where things were, waved to people eating lunch in the cafeteria and enjoyed showing off our campus.  They even joined us for lunch because they wanted to continue talking!  This was one of our longest skypes yet, but we enjoyed every minute!

Mystery Skype, The Country is.... QATAR!

QATAR! Qatar is hours ahead of the USA. The main language is Arabic. One of their traditions is to celebrate Ramadan for Muslims. Some attractions they have are Souq Waquif, Pearl Qatar (a beach), and Museum Islamic. The main transportation is taxi, buses, and cars, but parking is difficult. Their currency is Qatar Ryuai. They have an constitutional monarchy. Their leader is Sheik Tamim bin Hamaba bin Khalifa Al-Thai. These are some of the interesting things we learned in this skype experience.

UK

 In this Skype, we interviewd Vivina Sardo!  She skyped with us last year!  She was born in Italy but she lives in the UK. She celebrates the holidays of Christmas, New Year's, Easter, and many other that we also celebrate. The transportation is very different because there is always a bus or a tram or train accessible, which is different from her own town. The heads of political parties are who actually has the most power, not the president. She likes badminton, but she is no longer as big a fan of sports. She loves to spend free time with her friends and family and the currency she uses is the euro. She enjoys learning new languages and she loves to do that. Where she lives the climate is cool and cloudy, and she is near the western part of Italy. Also, her time where she lives, is 6 hours ahead of where we are in the world. The main industries in the UK include books, supermarkets, and a few others. She feels that her life has changed significantly due to her moving.

Honduras

We are now making a skype call to Honduras. It was to a group of fifth graders.  Their teacher is friends with Mrs. Rhoades and Mrs. Collinsworth, so they were happy to see each other.  They started off by asking questions about us. They told us all about their dog and parrot. They live in a small town away from the city. They Love to visit the big cities. We figured out that they have the same time zone as us. They love chicken and playing soccer.  They like to spend quality time with their pets, one also loves reading. We saw that we had a couple things in common, it gets really hot! They are the second best country with the best coffee. Then Coach Inwood and Mrs. Gordon started dancing around on camera dressed as a banana, and a piece of bacon, they laughed really loud and happily. Instead of having spring break like us, they have summer break for a week. To get around they use mostly cars and the bus. They were very sweet and super kind. Thank You Honduras!

New Delhi, India

We are skyping with Mannya, from New Delhi, India! She is one of our fellow skypathoner's friend. She is explaining to us about her school and her school day. She also told us she is doing her annual exams and how she is under some pressure. Her favorite Indian dish is Chicken Biryani, and the time difference is quite odd. Now she is explaning how India gained independence, and some interesting facts about the British rule in India. Some of the traditions in her state Punjabi are Diwali ( the festival of lights), and Holy (festival of colors.) She apparently learned English from her childhood unlike other children who learn it in school. Most children in India play hockey, swimming, chess, tennis, and cricket. Her school has a uniform and are not EVER allowed to wear their home clothes. One of the most famous monuments in India is the Taj Mahal. She does western dance and does some other traditional Indian dances.

Mystery Skype -

          Pancakes for breakfast have never tasted better after a night on living off of caffeine and sugar!

Mystery Skype - Nigeria

           After cleaning up the entire library, and walking the final lap in the empty school, sitting down to work on a skype suddenly seems like the best idea ever!  This mystery skype with Hammed Abdulazeez turned out to take place in Lagos, Nigeria near the Atlantic Coast. Hammed likes to watch football and taught us that the official language in Nigeria is actually English, but over 520 languages are spoken in just that country alone. Hammad has always been in Africa, but tomorrow he is flying to  Singapore. Amala is Hammad's favorite Nigerian food.  Hammed Abdulazeez shows his opinions, but also some facts on his home country of Nigeria.  It is 88 degrees Fahrenheit, and Hammad tells us that it rarely gets cold in Nigeria.

 

Mystery Skype - Germany

Mystery Skype - Germany

 The Skypathon team figured out that the class was living in Berlin, Germany by asking a series of yes and no questions. The class from Berlin had trouble finding our town. They got extremely close (Denton, Dallas,), but they never got to Flower Mound. They explained that there was a wall between east and west Berlin that was a landmark from World War II. They also noted that their school is half German and half American. Additionally, they told us that being in a city is very different from being in the suburbs, and that they had many hobbies. After that, they asked what are some tourist attractions in Dallas, and we told them the Dallas Cowboys were really popular. In Berlin, the winters are very cold. An interesting fact is that Flower Mound has 50,000 residents, but there are over 3 million people in Berlin. They asked what the weather was like, and we said that the summers were very hot.

Mystery Skype - China

            After another round of Coach Inwoods adventurous activities and a mini karaoke party, we're back with another mystery skype! We're skyping with Lauren Tininerka at an airport in China! Lauren as been living in China for around 10 years. In China right now is around the same climate as we have right now in Flower Mound (not much snow, hot humid air, etc.). China is 14 hours ahead of us, so in China it's 7:45 pm. Lauren is a kindergarten teacher and enjoys teaching the smaller children, but in her free time she likes to run and says that there are also many shops to shop at. She says that the transportation is completely different from the United States transportation; in the U.S. we mostly us cars, while in Shanghai, subways are the most popular way of getting around. Lauren tells us that the Mandarin Chinese is the most popular language, but there are many different types of dialects of that language. She also tells us that in China, almost every meal is eaten with rice, but Lauren also like our fast food and says that there are also some fast foods chains in China, such as KFC.  The Chinese celebrate holidays, such as Golden Week, Labor Day and of course, Chinese New Year. With the help of Lauren, we can compare the United States to China and learn about the different lifestyles.