Mystery Lesson Plans & Worksheets Reviewed by Teachers

Crayola

Crayola: Mystery Flip Flap (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

A great activity where students write their own mysteries-with a creative twist. Provides a list of resources, and adaptations. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with Crayola.com. Registration is free and takes only a few...

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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th

This slideshow focuses on the genre of mystery; it provides background, compares and contrasts mystery and crime fiction, lists the common elements of mystery, and provides literary examples with Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels.

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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Mystery Liquids Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Students gather data from two mystery liquids to explore linear functions. Printable lesson.

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Other

Super Pages: Super Thinkers: The Peetnik Mysteries

For Students 4th - 8th

The town of Clutterbuck is full of mysteries. Select a mystery and use the tools and information provided to help Penelope Peetnik and the Problem Solver's Agency solve the mystery.

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: Mystery at the Third Strike Sports Store

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

Solve a mystery using your reasoning skills. At this site use all the clues and figure out the winner of the Third Strike Contest.

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Scholastic

Scholastic Math Maven's Mysteries: The Mystery of Pirate Ringold's Lost Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

In this Math Maven mystery, read the legend of Pirate Ringold and his treasure and help Frieda Finditall figure out how much gold there is left to find on this old ship. Your knowledge about addition and subtraction with fractions will...

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: Mystery at the Peculiar Zoo

For Students K - 1st Standards

Use this site to sharpen your multiplication and division skills and solve a zoo mystery.

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Other

The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithra

For Students 9th - 10th

This is an excerpt from a book dealing with the mystery cults that existed in ancient Rome, especially the cult of Mithra. Great information coupled with interesting pictures makes this site a must-visit.

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abcteach

Abcteach: Mystery Book Report Form [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

Great printable page that helps students write a mystery book report form. Calls attention to characterization and clues.

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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Mystery Card 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

Straightforward introduction to electrical circuits using minimal materials and time. Students learn about the basics of electrical circuits by experimenting with "mystery cards" -- index cards with hidden aluminum foil used to conduct...

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Hatcher Hotel Heist

For Students K - 1st Standards

Help Math Maven solve this mystery! Items are missing from several hotel rooms, but some addition and subtraction clues have been left behind. Use your skills to figure out where the thief will strike next!

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Scholastic

Scholastic: Teacher: Mystery Writing With Joan Lowery Nixon

For Teachers 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. With tips from prolific mystery writer Joan Lowery Nixon.

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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Medieval Drama and Mystery Plays

For Students 9th - 10th

The mystery plays and morality plays of the 15th and 16th centuries were very different from modern drama. This article takes us back in time to show how these plays portrayed scenes from the Bible, conveyed religious doctrine, and...

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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Turbulence: One of the Great Unsolved Mysteries of Physics

For Students 9th - 10th

Tomas Chor dives into one of the prevailing mysteries of physics: the complex phenomenon of turbulence.

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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Easter Island Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th

In this activity, you'll look at a single event-the collapse of the population on an island-from different points of view. You're going to try to make sense of what happened there, and you'll do this using an interdisciplinary approach....

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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Roaring '20S: Ossian Sweet

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 person, Ossian Sweet.

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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The History Mystery [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th

"The History Mystery" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a teacher who made history more interesting by treating it like a mystery. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence...

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