Mysteries
A Pintura: Art Detective - Online simulation.....help solve the mystery.
Be a Web Site Detective - WebQuest (not exactly a mystery, but a fun search and exploration of the Web for primary students).
Bibliomysteries - An extensive bibliography of mystery books.
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones - Third Grade: Guided Reading Collaborative / Independent Reading and Writing Lesson.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Newsletter - Read book reviews and find some ideas for integrating mysteries into your curriculum.
Challenging Children with Mystery Stories - Three lesson plans for grade 5.
Dakota Meadows Mini Mysteries - Student project.
Detective Fiction on Stamps - About two dozen countries have issued postage stamps connected to or commemorating fictional detectives, their creators or cinematic portrayals.
Edgar Allan Poe - WebQuest for eighth grade.
Eighth Grade Mini-Mysteries - Scroll down a bit to try some of the mysteries by these eighth grade students.
FBI Youth - For grades 6-12.
FBI Kids - For K-5. NEW
Fin, Fur, and Feather Bureau of Investigation NEW
Getting Away with Murder - A short course on mystery writing.
Geo-Mysteries - From the Children's Museum of Indianapolis NEW
Get a Clue:A Month of Mysteries - Wow, what a great bunch of resources! NEW
Great Detective - WebQuest
Kids Love a Mystery - "Everyone loves a good mystery -- especially kids. When kids enjoy mysteries they have fun and want more. Because kids love a mystery, they are a favorite of teachers and an ideal way to teach critical thinking, problem solving, writing, and literature."
Kids' Mysteries - Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks.
Learning with Mysteries - From the Mystery Net....there's numerous resources here!
Leonardo's Works - Online simulation.
Millennium Mystery Madness - ThinkQuest
Minnesota Mysteries - Project by a second grade class.
Murder, They Read - Curriculum unit for middle grades.
Mystery - From PBS.
Mystery from History - Lesson plan.
Mystery Timeline Meet the greatest crime-solvers of all time.
Mystery Writing with Joan Lowery Nixon - From Scholastic.
Reading and Writing a Mystery - Lesson plan for grade 6.
Secrets at Sea -- Something is wrong with the killer whales of Alanamorris Strait. Can you solve this ecological mystery?
Sherlockian.Net - You'll read about the most famous detective of all when you visit this page. You can also read about his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and make a virtual visit to the Sherlock Holmes Museum
Sherlock Holmes - At 221B Baker Street....everything Sherlock Holmes.
The Art of Crime Detection - Online simulation.
The Mystery Spot - Online mysteries to solve....There's also several teacher-developed mysteries here.
The Panama Puzzle - Can you solve?
Thunk.com - Secret messages for kids only.
Unsolved Mysteries - Project by a 5th grade gifted class. NEW
Unsolved Mysteries - Unit plan for years 7-8.
Whodunit? - Thematic unit on Mysteries and Forensic Science for elementary gifted students.
Updated: July 24,
2007
Created June 20, 2002
Jerrie S. Cheek
ETTC - Kennesaw State University
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