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Ducksters

Ducksters: List of Mystery Books for Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th

A list of mystery books for kids middle school and elementary aged reading levels on this website.

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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Mystery Operations

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards

This interactive activity allows you to change an equation's numbers in an attempt to figure out what operations are being used to control the answers.

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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Mystery of Is It Mine or Ours?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

Students will learn that people respond predictably to positive incentives (rewards) and negative incentives (penalties). They will identify incentives in their daily lives at home and school. Students will discuss which incentives have...

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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: States and Territories: Indian Territory

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery subject, the Indian...

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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Transportation 2: The Subway

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Mystery Powder Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

During this lesson, young scholars will work individually to identify a mystery powder. Students will have the opportunity to test known powders with different substances and record observations. Young scholars will develop a plan that...

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University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Discovering the Sweet Mysteries of Chocolate

For Students 3rd - 8th

Read about the history of chocolate and why we crave it.

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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Mysteries of the Universe

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Consider the issues surrounding the world of space exploration including the new fields of archaeoastronomy and astrobiology. Investigate zero gravity, the Big Bang theory, life in space and how sound travels in a vacuum.

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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Density Mystery Canisters

For Teachers 4th - 6th

Students experiment with items that sink or float, and learn that water's density is equal to one, and objects/solutions with a density greater than one will sink, and those with a density less than one will float.

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NASA

Nasa: Space Place: A Solar Mystery

For Students 3rd - 7th

Students learn about the sun's atmosphere and corona and how the magnetic forces affect them.

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The History Cat

The History Cat: Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colony [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th

Read about the lost colony of Roanoke, examine the evidence, and devise theories as to what may have happened to the colonists in 1590.

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Eric Wilson

For Students 2nd - 8th

Information about Canadian novelist Eric Wilson and his fiction are included along with the first chapter from each of his mystery novels.

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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Yellow Jackie: Outbreak

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Interactive mystery about a disease outbreak. Students investigate an outbreak of a disease on board a ship by interviewing people, consulting medical reference, and observer other clues to determining what disease is causing the outbreak.

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Curated OER

Mystery Writing With Joan Lowery Nixon

For Students 3rd - 8th

Have you ever wanted to know how to write a mystery novel? Use this site to learn more about how a professional author goes about writing mysteries.

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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Is Gps?

For Students 3rd - 8th

Where are you and where are you going? Visit this site and learn the discovery and purpose of GPS, Global Position Systems.

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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Is the Strongest Muscle?

For Students 3rd - 8th

There are a variety of ways one can look at what might be the strongest muscle in the body. This site defines the various types of muscles and goes on to explain which would be considered the strongest.

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Scholastic

Scholastic: I Spy: Mystery Match

For Students 1st - 8th

I SPY activities consist of software, jigsaw puzzles, and games for children. Students use problem-solving skills to complete the interactive matching game. The sample match gives learners a clue to whether the match is by association,...

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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 5 12 14: Tomb Painting Provides Answers to Pyramids Mystery

For Students 3rd - 8th

Modern people have always wondered how the pyramids of Egypt were contstructed. Learn what we are now discovering that may unveil the facts about this ancient achievement.

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