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Franklin APPLE 5th and 6th graders are going on an invention field trip expedition to see [|Tango cars]!

 This wikispace is designed to help you prepare for the expedition and give you ideas for questions you can ask of the President whom you'll meet on Wednesday. There is a scavenger hunt on this page and if you click on 'Getting ready to meet the Tango' at the link on your left you will find a cartoon to watch and inventing to be done. Edit in your answers, ideas and anything you really HOPE will happen (see the link to your left) on the field trip! Have fun and get ready to Tango!

When: Wednesday 24, March. We'll start the tour at 10am. Where: Right here in Spokane where Tangos' were invented, prototyped and produced. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2627+E+17th+Ave,+Spokane,+Washington+99223&daddr=715+E+Sprague+Ave+%2370,+Spokane,+Washington+99202&hl=en&geocode=FR7y1gIdxw0B-SnJPd0JciKeVDFpPsVh_5smug%3BFa4z1wIdJJ8A-SlVgEYsjhieVDGGkkQwxm7HAQ&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=47.65793,-117.391233&sspn=0.03804,0.077162&ie=UTF8&ll=47.648535,-117.387543&spn=0.01755,0.0322&output=embed" width="425" height="350"
 * We'll ask you on the bus to answer which letter represents Franklin and which is Tango.

Fun Tango Trivia: The actor George Clooney was Tango's first customer.

The Google founders Sergey and Larry both have Tangos, and in fact have purchased 3 of them. The third one is the orange one you'll see during the field trip. Sergey is lending it to the makers of the Tango so they can do three things with it: 1. compete in the [|X-Prize] 2. to show it off 3. work on development of a [|Li-Ion propulsion pack]

You won't believe the coincidence! Isabel B. saw the orange Tango in the mall parking garage on Friday night! See the X-Prize logo? Pre-expedition scavenger hunt (click 'Edit' in the upper right and paste in your 'finds' below the questions. Be sure to include your name. Check back often- if you post correctly we'll ask you another question for the hunt!)

**1. The founders of Google are so famous they are often referenced without last names. What are Sergey and Larry's last names and what where they doing when they invented Google?

2. What's the name of the first X-prize winner and where is it displayed?

3. Can you find any pictures on the web of Tango cars and plug them into the wiki on the 'hopes' page? Post your favorite color Tango!

4. Look carefully at the Li-Ion article. Pick your favorite car trying out new battery inventions and post your pick below. Write down the 3 issues that are problems for the Li-Ion battery pack invention. Be ready to ask the president of Tango which 'issue' is stumping him on their Li-Ion battery invention--you'll see this invention in progress during the field trip!

5. The maker and inventor of the Tango car had a partner when he built his first prototype. You will see a picture of this mystery person standing with the first prototype and the president. Let us know when you figure out the relationship between the inventor and this mystery person during the field trip . . .or if you're really a sleuth can you find out yourself and post the answer below? Prize if you figure it out before the field trip.

__Type in your answers below this line. Be sure to put your name! If you correspond with anyone copy in your email!:__**