Mysteries on the Net

Excellent links to lesson plans, and discussions about mysteries

Who done it?

A mystery on the Net. It's all done for you, all you have to do is follow the instructions.

Kids Love A Mystery.com

Official Kids Love A Mystery Week site with contests, and lesson plans. If you love reading or writing about mysteries then this is for you!

Mystery Net.com

Learning with Mysteries: Lesson plans

The Making of a Mystery

This is a nice lesson plan before you start this school web project.

Nancy Drew Mysteries

Remember Nancy? this is a place for kids and adults

Murder Mystery: How do forensic scientists help solve murders?

Do you want to teach about fingerprints and how police use them to help solve mysteries? I like this site because of it's ready to use lesson plans and question/ answering to students.

Investigation Links

For Grade 6 science. Several links related to fingerprinting.

Mysteries for K12 Education.

DEFINITELY go here. There are more links to mysteries than you'll ever need.

A Guide to Mysteries and Crime Fiction on Internet

Links to conventions, mystery writers, contests, newsgroups, mystery organizations, etc.

American Detectives: On Tv and in Books

A very well written dissertation about TV mysteries and their counterpart in books. This would be a good unit plan in a high school English class.

The Case.com

A place to solve mini-mysteries everyday, authors links, etc.

Who Done It? Sleuthing & Self-discovery for 7th & 8th Grade Creative Writing Students

An extensive unit for mystery writing.

The Making of a Mystery

The author offers a lesson plan to use with mystery books

And tons more down here... these are mostly for kids, but grown-ups would like them too!

FBI Kids' and Youths' Page
Find out which case in the USA made officials aware why fingerprinting was so important. What is the name of this famous case? This is for kids interested in forensic science, DNA testing, polygraph testing, fingerprinting and other cool stuff.

Sci/Tech: Police play it by ear  Did you know that you can now identify people by their ears?? Read it here in this BBC news article.  Police are compiling what is believed to be the world's largest computer database of ear prints to be used in the same way as fingerprint evidence in linking suspects to crimes.

Forensic Entomology Pages, International   Have you ever wondered about what happens to bodies when they die? Or, how can insects help in finding the cause of death?  When the corpse is crawling with maggots, how does the entomologist proceed to estimate the time of death?

Kiddonet.com There are games here, as well as clicking on the "Do you want to solve a mystery?" And they give prizes too!

The Mystery Page Become KC Rodgers, a forensic detective without a clue! Apply your detective skills and forensic knowledge to identify the kidnapper of Susie Van Konkel. In this game, you must search the house for evidence...
In another section, you can read what it takes to be a forensic scientist with job descriptions of some of the main specialties in the field. Watch a video if you have  Real Player plug-in and feel free to ask questions about information or jobs in the Forensic Science Forum. Your questions will be answered by a forensic scientist.

Saturn Space Hotel: The Mystery of the Stolen Plans - Are you a good enough detective to work out who stole the professor's plans? Find out with this mystery created by primary school children in the UK.

Interactive Adventure: Moon Rock - Try your hand at this interactive space adventure story  written by a class of 8-10 year olds.

Museum of Unnatural Mysteries  This is  a slightly bizarre, cyberspace, science museum site for all ages. Are there really flying saucers?  What killed the dinosaurs? Is there something ancient and alive in Loch Ness? The Museum takes a scientific look at these, and other, questions.

Someone in Time - Every month, Discovery Channel Online has a new mystery history guest. Look at the clues
and figure out who the person is!

A. Pintura: Art Detective - Play this game and learn about artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Raphael, and Gauguin while you help solve a mystery!  If anything, the pictures are great...

Ace on the Case: Secrets@Sea - Fun online investigative game exploring topics in Ocean Science. Learn about
oceanography, marine animals, and water pollution as you collect clues to solve a mystery.

I Can Do That! - This fun site helps you learn about DNA, RNA, cells, protein, and cloning.

Mission: Drosophila - Become a secret agent tracking down the secrets of DNA.

Mysteries in the Millions  Use your skills of deduction and inference to solve these mysteries. You will also need to use your logical thinking skills while doing some of our puzzling mysteries.


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