That was last week's Whatchamacallit. Whatchamacallits are just one challenge of Discover South Dakota, an online learning project involving 202 classrooms statewide. The program is designed to teach students about the diversity, history and opportunities in communities across South Dakota.
Teachers say it's also a more effective way of learning than textbooks alone.
Take the courting flute, for example. Each week, the Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society posts a photo of an object on the Discover South Dakota Web site. Each classroom is charged with figuring out what it is, with the help of three clues revealed throughout the week. Malory printed a photo of the Lakota flute and headed for the public library. But she was stymied in her quest.