But What Is It? Third Graders Guess Mystery Item

Third grade students from Whitehall Elementary School will visit the Jefferson Valley Museum for their first field trip of the year October 3, 2024.

Prior to their museum field trip, a mystery item from the museum’s thousands of artifacts was placed in their classroom. Students were allowed to touch the museum artifact and try and figure out its purpose and how to use it.

MRS. MCLEAN’S CLASS:

• It is an old-fashioned phone. You would plug in the cord and use the circle spinny thing to call your friend. Shiloh Domnitz

• It is a cell phone. You use it to type numbers. Layla Bryant

• It is a telephone, and you put numbers in, and you call them. If it doesn’t work, you can use it for an antique. Ronan Ball

• A telephone, you dial the number in the phone and call someone. Zayde Zitnik

• It is a telephone; you use it to call the other people and you turn the little wheel. Aniston Fellows

• It is a telephone; you call people by pressing the button. Sterling Gaboury

• It is a telephone; you dial it by twisting with your fingers. Declan Powers

• This is a telephone; you use the dial to call. Nathan Bates

• It is a rotor phone; you turn it to the number you want. Keegan Smout

• It is a telephone; you call people on it. You type the numbers on it. You have to look at the numbers. Eloise Ostrander

• A telephone, you push the buttons to type a phone number, and you put it up to your ear to talk to someone. Henry White

• You use it by turning the dial. It is a telephone. Gracelynne Browne

MRS. HEAD’S CLASS:

• I think it is a telephone. To use it, you put your finger in the number and dial and spin it. Dax Arnold

• It is a telephone. To call you dial. Flint Brian

• I know what it is, I think it is a telephone. First, you turn the circle. What’s in the circle is the numbers to call and you turn it to the numbers. Trenton Gillespie

• I think it is a telephone from the old days. I think people use it by pressing the numbers. Gracie Hull

• I think it is a telephone. First you answer the numbers. Then you wait and see if they pick up. Jayden Hildreth

• It is an old phone. Sadee Stalheim

• This is a telephone. If you want to use a telephone you have to use the dial and then pick up the phone and you are done. Westyn Lewis

• It is a telephone. You press numbers to call people. James Weber

• It is a telephone. First, I type the numbers. Next, let it ring then talk. Last, hang up. Letty Wilkinson

• I think the mystery item is a telephone. First, you have to dial the numbers. Then you call the person who you were calling. Next, you talk to the person about what you need. Finally, you end your call. Charlee Wirth

• The mystery item is a telephone. First, you spin the wheel to dial the number you want. Then, it calls the number that you called. Kira Green