HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 23 at SEAS

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1 HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 23 at SEAS by Earth year 2007 Summer. Hurkle and the Hurkle Hiders ran HurkleQuest on the Number Line play-by- games for students in the Science, Engineering, and Art by the Sea (SEAS) program at Yaquina Bay Elementary School in Newport, Oregon. We played with SEAS teacher and her students, who will enter grades 1 through 6 in school year SEAS is modeled after the KidSpirit program at Oregon State University and run in partnership with the Lincoln County School District. KidSpirit Youth Programs ( Lincoln County School District Oregon ( There were five SEAS sessions summer 2007: June 25-29: Biology July 02-06: Biology July 09-20: Nature & Wildlife July 23-August 03: Chemistry August 06-17: Physics/Engineering SEAS contact person: (jodester91@hotmail.com) And now the story of HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 23, played via by students at SEAS to It began like this: From: jodester91@hotmail.com () To: HurkleHiders@aol.com Ahoy Bob & George, I would love to run Hurkle Hiders with my class this week. We will divide into three teams. I would also like to run another game next week. We will only have 4 days each week to run the game because of the holiday next week and it being Tuesday tomorrow. About half of the kids attending next week are the same ones from this week, but the others will be new. I am excited to run the game with them. Jody HurkleQuest NL Game /28/2007

2 The Hurkle Hiders send an invitation to play To: The Hurkle Hiders invite you to play HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 23. Hurkle's hiding place is a whole number 0 to 100. Begin by sending four guesses to HurkleHiders@aol.com.. If your first four guesses are 10, 30, 50, and 70, send them like this: Guess #1: 10 Guess #2: 30 Guess #3: 50 Guess #4: 70 When we receive your guesses, we will send you a color clue for each guess: RED. VERY HOT, very close to Hurkle's hiding place. ORANGE. HOT, close to Hurkle's hiding place, but not as close as RED. YELLOW. WARM, not as close as RED or ORANGE, but closer than GREEN, BLUE, or VIOLET. GREEN. COOL, not as close as YELLOW, ORANGE, or RED, but closer than BLUE or VIOLET. BLUE. COLD, far from Hurkle's hiding place. VIOLET. VERY COLD, very far from Hurkle's hiding place. Below is a color diagram of Hurkle's neighborhood, not necessarily to the scale that we will use in Game 23. <<<<<<...>>>>>> IMPORTANT HINT!!! If a guess is violet, then it is a distance of 32 or more from Hurkle's hiding place. We use a meter stick as one of our number lines. Every centimeter mark (0 to 100) on the meter stick is a possible Hurkle hiding place. Hurkle will love it if you also use a meter stick as a number line. Hurkle is hiding, wanting to be found! HurkleQuest NL Game /28/2007

3 The SEAS teams send their Turn 01 guesses. From: Ahoy Hurkle Hiders! We divided our class into three groups by grade. Here are our guesses with our group name in quotes: "" Entering grades 1 and 2 Guess #1: 6 Guess #2: 50 Guess #3: 75 Guess #4: 80 "" Entering grades 3 and 4 Guess #1: 50 Guess #2: 1 Guess #3: 49 Guess #4: 70 "J.A.M.E." Entering grades 4 and 5 Guess #1: 58 Guess #2: 79 Guess #3: 65 Guess #4: 40 We are excited to look for Hurkle! We await our clues. The Whole Gang The Hurkle Hiders respond with the Turn 01 color clues. Subject: HurkleQuest NL Game 23, Turn 01, (SEAS Teams) Ahoy SEAS Teams, Welcome to HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 23. Hurkle's hiding place is a whole number 0 to 100. Hurkle is very happy to play with you. Here are your color clues. Grades 1 and 2 Guess #1: 6 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 50 Clue: BLUE Guess #3: 75 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 80 Clue: VIOLET Grades 3 and 4 Guess #1: 50 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 1 Clue: BLUE Guess #3: 49 Clue: BLUE Guess #4: 70 Clue: VIOLET J.A.M.E. Grades 4 and 5 Guess #1: 58 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 79 Clue: VIOLET Guess #3: 65 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 40 Clue: GREEN HINT! HINT! HINT! A violet guess is a distance of 32 or more from Hurkle's hiding place. Hurkle suggests using a meter stick as a number line. Every centimeter on the meter stick is a possible hiding place. A violet guess is a distance of 32 centimeters or more from Hurkle's hiding place. HurkleQuest NL Game /28/2007

4 The SEAS teams send their Turn 02 guesses. Ahoy Hurkle Hiders, Here are our next guesses. Guess #1: 45 Guess #2: 33 Guess #3: 20 Guess #4: 93 Guess #1: 15 Guess #2: 25 Guess #3: 30 Guess #4: 34 J.A.M.E. Guess #1: 32 Guess #2: 15 Guess #3: 25 Guess #4: 28 Some of us really looked at your hint. We are having fun already!!! SEAS Hurkle Questers The Hurkle Hiders send Turn 02 color clues. Subject: HurkleQuest NL Game 23, Turn 02, (SEAS Teams) Ahoy SEAS Hurkle Questers, Abracadabra! Alakazam! Team J.A.M.E. has found Hurkle's hiding place. Grades 1 and 2 Guess #5: 45 Clue: BLUE Guess #6: 33 Clue: YELLOW Guess #7: 20 Clue: GREEN Guess #8: 93 Clue: VIOLET Grades 3 and 4 Guess #5: 15 Clue: GREEN Guess #6: 25 Clue: ORANGE Guess #7: 30 Clue: ORANGE Guess #8: 34 Clue: YELLOW J.A.M.E. Grades 4 and 5 Guess #5: 32 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 15 Clue: GREEN Guess #7: 25 Clue: ORANGE Guess #8: 28 Clue: HURKLE!! Congratulations team J.A.M.E. Can you keep Hurkle's hiding place a secret? If yes, we'll continue the game for teams and. HurkleQuest NL Game /28/2007

5 SEAS teams and send Turn 03 guesses. Ahoy Hurkle Hiders, J.A.M.E assures you they won't tell. They were very excited to find Hurkle, especially first. Here are our guesses for the other groups: Guess # 9: 30 Guess #10: 15 Guess #11: 23 Guess #12: 29 Guess # 9: 26 Guess #10: 27 Guess #11: 28 Guess #12: 29 Seas Hurkle Questers Another team has found Hurkle's hiding place! Subject: HurkleQuest NL Game 23, Turn 03, (SEAS Teams) Ahoy SEAS Teams, Presto modesto! Another team has found Hurkle's hiding place. Grades 1 and 2 Guess # 9: 30 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 15 Clue: GREEN Guess #11: 23 Clue: YELLOW Grades 3 and 4 Guess # 9: 26 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 27 Clue: RED Guess #11: 28 Clue: HURKLE!!! Congratulations, team. You found Hurkle's hiding place. Hey, teams and J.A.M.E. Please keep Hurkle's hiding place secret. Hurkle thinks that Air Jordan will find the hiding place next turn. HurkleQuest NL Game /28/2007

6 Turn 04 guesses from team are right on! Ahoy Hurkle Hiders! Questers are very happy! has more guesses! They hope they are right on!! Guess #13: 25 Guess #14: 26 Guess #15: 27 Guess #16: 28 We are so happy to be playing! Seas Hurkle Questers found Hurkle's hiding place! A happy ending for Game 23. Subject: HurkleQuest NL Game 23, Turn 04, (SEAS Team) Ahoy SEAS Team, The pipers are piping! The drummers are drumming! has found Hurkle's hiding place. Guess #13: 25 Clue: ORANGE Guess #14: 26 Clue: ORANGE Guess #15: 27 Clue: RED Guess #16: 28 Clue: HURKLE!!! Congratulations. You found Hurkle's hiding place. Amazing. All teams found Hurkle's hiding place in only four turns. Hurkle did tricks only ETs can do, and exclaimed, "That's one of the fastest games we have ever played! Let's all sing Funiculi, Funicula." Lyrics and Music ( Hurkle's hiding place was the number 28, a very special number. 28 is the second perfect number. A number is a perfect number if the sum of its proper factors is equal to the number. A proper factor is a factor that is less than the number. The first perfect number is 6. The proper factors of 6 are 1, 2, and = 6 The second perfect number is 28. The proper factors of 28 are 1, 2, 4, 7, and = 28 Perfect numbers are rare. The third perfect number is between 400 and 500. Hurkle hopes that you are having fun at SEAS and wishes you a super summer. HurkleQuest NL Game /28/2007

7 HurkleQuest on the Number Line Game 23: Summary by Team Team Entering grades 1 & 2 Fall 2007 Guess #1: 6 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 50 Clue: BLUE Guess #3: 75 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 80 Clue: VIOLET Guess #5: 45 Clue: BLUE Guess #6: 33 Clue: YELLOW Guess #7: 20 Clue: GREEN Guess #8: 93 Clue: VIOLET Guess # 9: 30 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 15 Clue: GREEN Guess #11: 23 Clue: YELLOW Team Entering grades 3 & 4 Fall 2007 Guess #1: 50 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 1 Clue: BLUE Guess #3: 49 Clue: BLUE Guess #4: 70 Clue: VIOLET Guess #5: 15 Clue: GREEN Guess #6: 25 Clue: ORANGE Guess #7: 30 Clue: ORANGE Guess #8: 34 Clue: YELLOW Guess # 9: 26 Clue: ORANGE Guess #10: 27 Clue: RED Guess #11: 28 Clue: HURKLE!!! J.A.M.E. Team Entering grades 4 & 5 Fall 2007 Guess #1: 58 Clue: BLUE Guess #2: 79 Clue: VIOLET Guess #3: 65 Clue: VIOLET Guess #4: 40 Clue: GREEN Guess #5: 32 Clue: YELLOW Guess #6: 15 Clue: GREEN Guess #7: 25 Clue: ORANGE Guess #8: 28 Clue: HURKLE!!! Guess #13: 25 Clue: ORANGE Guess #14: 26 Clue: ORANGE Guess #15: 27 Clue: RED Guess #16: 28 Clue: HURKLE!!! About Hurkle and HurkleQuest In Earth year 1973, we invented a simple game called Hurkle and published the first primitive version of Hurkle as a computer game in People's Computer Company, April You can find Hurkle in its original form on the Internet. Do a search using hurkle or hurkle game as the search key. We have invented new versions of Hurkle called HurkleQuest that use colors of the rainbow as "fuzzy feedback" clues. We have played HurkleQuest in classrooms, by USPS mail, and by . We have played on the number line, in 2-dimensional spaces, on a map of Oregon, and in other spaces. The Hurkle is a happy beast that lives in another galaxy on a planet named Lirht that has three moons. Hurkles are favorite pets of the Gwik, the most intelligent denizens of Lirht. Paraphrased from "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast," a story by Theodore Sturgeon. The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast Study Guide by Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon Wikipedia ( Read the stories of other HurkleQuest games at: ( Curriki ( Search for hurklequest. END HurkleQuest NL Game /28/2007