Baylor College
What's That Food?
Get things cooking with the first lesson in this series on the science of food. Working in small groups, young scientists make and record observations about different mystery foods. These descriptions are then shared with the class and...
Penn Museum
Ancient History Math Mystery
Through several organized and attractive worksheets, your learners will make a deduction about tally marks and hieroglyphics to determine what they represent in the ancient numeral system. This is a well-designed, interdisciplinary...
Polar Trec
Polar Detectives: Using Ice Core Data to Decode Past Climate Mysteries
How does examining an ice core tell us about weather? Learners set up and explore fake ice cores made of sugar, salt, and ash to represent historical snowfall and volcanic eruptions. From their setups, scholars determine what caused the...
PhysEdGames
Mystery Tag
When the chosen person yells "Face the wall!" everyone on the opposite end faces the wall while the tagger counts down from five and hides behind an exercise mat. When the tagger gets to zero, everyone runs across the gym to the other...
Concord Consortium
Mystery Dice
Dice aren't typically mysterious devices, but these dice are anything but typical. Scholars try to come up with dice that match given information on the relative frequency when they roll them a certain number of times. They must then...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Higher Cells Incorporate an Ancient Chromosome
Chromosomes contain keys to history including links from royalty to Neanderthals. Young scientists learn about Ivan Wallin's research into chromosomes with an animation and videos. Then, the concept connects to mysteries related to...
American Museum of Natural History
Planetary Mysteries
Get to know our little part of the vast universe. Learners read about the common and not-so-common facts about each of the planets in the solar system. The interactive lesson includes a large amount of information as well as a quiz to...
Curated OER
It's a Mystery to Me
Seventh graders produce a mystery story based on a mystery box created by a classmate. They develop the story using appropriate voice and containing a clear beginning,middle and end. They participate in peer editing.
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Picture the Process!
Students read "Chasing Vermeer," and then study the author's writing process. They make connections between the book and the author's real life experiences. They then write an original mystery story, following the writing process.
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Sherlock Holmes: Teaching English Through Detective Fiction
Students read examples of mysteries and detective fiction. With a focus on Sherlock Holmes, they are introduced to the techniques for reading properly. In groups, they define new vocabulary, make predictions and summarize the stories. ...
Curated OER
Cracking The Case: Solving an Interactive Mystery on the WWW
Learners work cooperatively or singularly to analyze information. They discuss the use of the mini-mystery format. Students solve a problem through deduction and induction. They write and describe solutions for mysteries in a concise and...
Curated OER
Crime School Investigations
Young scholars solve a mystery at their school. In this classifying lesson, students find suspects who committed the crime. Young scholars categorize them into race, sex, and fingerprint type. Students show their results in graphs.
Curated OER
Solving Mysteries!
Students solve a mystery. In this lesson on journalism, students learn how writing an article is like solving a mystery by answering the 5 "W" questions. Students solve a mystery provided to them on an attached worksheet.
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Solving Science Mysteries
Young scholars choose a science-related mystery to investigate such as the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot. They, in groups, research theories and give a persuasive talk presenting the theory they feel to be most likely.
Curated OER
Wrapped in Mystery
Sixth graders can identify five basic elements that most mysteries contain. They put the elements of mystery into a graphic organizer they can follow. They construct meaning after reading Poe's short story and identify or infer the...
Curated OER
Reptile Mystery Math
In this math activity, students practice solving the problems using the operation of division in order to unscramble the mystery riddle.
Curated OER
Mystery Box
Students use their sense of touch to describe an object in the mystery box. In this mystery box lesson, students use linguistic abilities to describe the object. Students give as much detail as they can as to what they feel that object...
Curated OER
How Buds on Trees Survive the Cold (and Related Mysteries)
Students solve a science mystery. In this biology lesson plan, students see how the delicate tissues of a tree bud are insulated so that they can survive the winter and learn how to determine the age of a branches and twigs.
Curated OER
Mystery Code
In this fractions secret code worksheet, students solve 9 problems that require them to add and subtract using fractions. Students use their answers to decode a mystery message.
Curated OER
Say What? (A Murder Mystery)
Learners practice their performance, expression, and logical thinking skills by asking questions and speaking in correct tones. They attempt to meet IEP requirements in these areas by presenting murder mystery clues using the appropriate...
Curated OER
Place Value Mystery Numbers
In this math worksheet, students read and solve 4 story problems in which they figure out the mystery number. The clues tell students about how digits are placed. Students write the mystery number as the answer.
Curated OER
Red Rock Mysteries Word Scramble
In this Red Rock Mysteries book series word search worksheet, students locate the 21 words or names listed in the puzzle and circle them to solve the word puzzle.
Curated OER
Nate the Great: Write Your Own Mystery
In this Nate the Great writing activity worksheet, students fill in the 26 blanks in "The Case of the Missing Book" with noun, adjective, and adverbs to create their own mystery.
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Mysteries of Egypt
Learners investigate the Egyptian civilization. In this cultural lesson, students watch the film Mysteries of Egypt and create a replica of an ancient Egyptian artifact.
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