Virtual Stamps
Once we have time, we'll make a nice page of info to go with the actual stamp images, but for now, answer these questions, then use the letters from your answer to find the secret word. Plug the word into the blank in this web address to get a direct link to the stamp image: http://www.geocities.com/dasprite222/________.bmp
PACE Virtual Stamp #1 Children's Mysteries (record your find)
1. The four main characters of Gertrude Chandler Warner's books were famous for originally living in a what? (use the first letter of this answer)
2. The Jigsaw Jones mysteries are written by whom? (use the 3rd and 4th letters of the last name)
3. Who was Donald J. Sobol's famous boy detective? (10th letter of the first word)
4. The Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper is one about which young detective? (5th and 6th letters of the last name)
PACE Virtual Stamp #2: Little House Books—Laura (record your find)
1. In Little House on the Prairie, what is Laura's last name? (use the third letter of this answer)
2. What is the third book in Laura's Little House series? (use the 3rd and 5th letters of the first word)
3. What instrument does Pa play? (last letter of the word)
4. In the first book, Laura's family lives in what U.S. territory, which later becomes a state? (6th letter of the territory's name)
5. In which book does 15 year old Laura end up teaching in a claim shanty to earn money to send Mary to school? (1st letter of the third word and 4th letter of the fourth word)
6. Name the friend whose new buggy Laura helps drive from the book in question 5. (hint: Laura and this person eventually become more than just friends!) (last letter of the first name)
7. After the birth of Carrie, how many people were in Laura's immediate family? (spell out the number, use the third letter)
8. What was the name of Laura's cat? (last letter of second word)
9. The illustrator for the Laura books was whom? (last letter of the last name)
PACE Virtual Stamp #3: Little House Books—Rose (record your find)
1. What is Rose Wilder's grandfather's name? (use the last letter of the first or second word...they're they same!)
2. What is the third book in the Rose series? (3rd letter of the 8th word)
3. What town in Louisiana does Rose go to for high school? (3rd letter)
4. What region or area of Missouri did Rose and her family live in? (1st and 5th letters)
5. Name the boy who is caught trying to steal eggs from the Wilders in Little Farm in the Ozarks. (switch around the 4th and 5th letters of this name)
6. What is the name of Rose's family farm? (3rd letter of second word)
7. In New Dawn on Rocky Ridge, the New Year signals the turn of the what?. (last letter of word)
8. In what city does Rose learn to become a telegrapher? (first letter of first word)
9. Who is Rose's childhood sweetheart, according to the books in the Rose series? (5th letter of second word)
School Stamps
Lockport CSD: The Letterbox! (record your find)
Placed on 3/18/05 in Lockport, New York (Niagara County)
This box is on school property, but is in a fairly public use area, so do not attempt until weekends (or at least after 5pm on weekdays). You'll first need to locate the Lockport Board of Education building, which is off Beattie Avenue. Park in the parking lot and head north to the track/football field that people use in the evenings for walking (as well as the games and events for the middle school). Head to the stands closest to you and look under the right hand corner of the first step.
Science Olympics Series (record your find)
Are you one of the Sprite’s students? Click here to log in your Science Olympics stamps you earned. Not one of the Sprite’s students? Contact her if you want the code that her students had to decipher to get those stamps. Break the code and she’ll mail you the stamps you earn!
Keeping Up The PACE (record your find)
Placed on 10/9/04 in Lockport, NY (Niagara County)
This box had been retired, since it cannot be replaced in the same location!
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