Monday, March 30, 2009

Where's George?

As part of our study of money for the composition this week we are conducting an experiment to see how far and fast money travels. Each student was given a specially marked dollar bill, the serial number of which I have entered onto a website that tracks the travel of currency. Our hope is that after spending the money, a kind soul will receive it and log onto the website and put the serial number in. The website is http://www.wheresgeorge.com/. Obviously no student names are used in any part of this experiment. There is an 11 percent chance that a bill will be entered into the website after its initial posting and the average wait is 29 days. I will be sure to report if any of our bills are entered. Here is a picture of the bills all together. Who knows how far they will go from here?

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