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ExTerminator Mystery Project
Grade: 5
Ongoing? No
This website offers humorous vignettes that provide clues about different types of insects. Participants use on- and off-line resources to figure out the name, order, and other information about the insects and submit it to the project's hosts.

GeoGame
Grades: 3-6
Ongoing? Yes
Project participants learn geography terms, learn how to interpret maps, and develop their awareness of geographic and cultural diversity by playing on- and off-line geography "games."

Hunt for Country Capitals Game
Grades: 4-10
Ongoing? No
Students provide clues about world capitals to their distant peers, who in turn try to guess the identity of the capital cities.

Hunt for Famous Explorers Game
Grades: 4-10
Ongoing? No
Students provide clues about famous explorers to their distant peers, who in turn try to guess the identity of the mystery explorers.

Identify the Nut
Grades: 1-6
Ongoing? No
Students provide clues (e.g., measurements, caloric content, etc.) about different types of nuts to their distant peers, who in turn try to guess the identity of these nuts.

Internet Math Hunt
Grades: 9-12
Ongoing? Yes
Every month brings with it a Math scavenger hunt in which students compete to find answers to questions such as: What mathematical relationship did Stradivari use to place the f-holes on his violins? and What is Cartesian geometry and for whom is it named?

Landmark Game
Grades: 2-12
Ongoing? Yes
Each group of participants provides the others with nine clues about a landmark anywhere in the world. Other groups are allowed to ask yes or no questions in order to gain further knowledge. The goal of the game is to guess as many landmarks as you can!

What Book Am I?
Grades: 6-9
Ongoing? No
Classes exchange hints and riddles about books with each other and try to identify the names of the books.