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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: What Happened to Railroads?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Between the Civil War and World War II, railroads were one of the nation's most important businesses and an integral part of people's lives. For this lesson, students assume the role of detectives investigating why the rail companies...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer, a sequel to The Yellow Claw. Sax Rohmer's famous detectives Gaston Max and Inspector Dunbar investigate an international gang of assassins that is mysteriously linked...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Air We Breathe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
During this lesson, students will learn what causes air pollution and how to investigate the different pollutants that exist, such as toxic gases and particulate matter. Students will investigate the technologies developed by engineers...
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Spectral Detection

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise site provides a brief discussion of the invention of the first work spectroscopes and their impact on forensic science.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: The Marsh Test

For Students 9th - 10th
The Marsh Test, developed in 1832, was designed to detect poison in drinks. A short history of this test is provided along with photo of the test apparatus.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Particle Sensing: The Coulter Counter

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are presented with a short lesson on the Coulter principle, an electronic method to detect microscopic particles and determine their concentration in fluid. Depending on the focus of study, students can investigate the...
Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: Med Myst: Medical Mysteries on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Two problem-solving detective games, each with its own series of missions, involve players in microbiological investigations into the causes and spread of diseases. Concepts covered include disease pathology, Koch's principles, immune...
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Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Orientation at o.r.b

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online learning adventure game, students get an introduction to infectious diseases, pathogens and the immune system. They will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the...
Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Peril in Prokaryon

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the second in a series of five missions in the MedMyst series adventure games. Students will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the role of detective, scientist, and...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Our Sense of Hearing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What causes sound? How do our ears detect sound? How do our brains recognize sound? In this lesson students investigate hearing and discover that sensory receptors in the ears collect sound information and transmit it to the brain, and...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Our Sense of Smell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How does our sense of smell work? In this lesson learners use four different flavors of dry soft drink mix to investigate the sense of smell, and learn that the nose can detect very small particles in air, and transmit the information to...
Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: N Squad: Alcohol and Body Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Three problem-solving detective games involve players in investigations of the effect of alcohol on the body's digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Information Elimination: Lesson on Narrowing the Topic

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a tutorial which focuses on how to narrow the topic for expository writing, how to determine what information to keep or eliminate, and what questions to ask yourself. Students respond to questions throughout. A comparison is...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Analysis of Organic Materials Analysis of Organic Materialsv

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive interactive tutorial continues to explore the forensic science field. Learn how organic materials of evidence are analyzed and what the various types of chromatography are, especially why they are so important to this...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 6: If Stones Could Speak

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders will explore history and will learn that archaeologists, like detectives, work to piece together the past through investigation. Archaeological research provides us with stories of human history that help us understand the...
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Other

Sherlockian.net: The Life of Holmes' Creator

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a fabulous site for the Sherlock Holmes lover. Provided here is a brief biography of Holmes' creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle along with many other links to Sherlockian information.
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Karl Jansky

For Students 9th - 10th
Karl Jansky discovered extraterrestrial radio waves while investigating possible sources of interference in shortwave radio communications across the Atlantic for Bell Laboratories, and is often known as the father of radio astronomy....
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Other

Bob Stepno: The Evening Graphic's Tabloid Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1920s, newspapers and tabloids began printing graphic stories about murders, true love and true detective cases. This article by journalism student, Bob Stepno, investigates the truth behind the stories found in the "Evening...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Hospitals Have Particle Accelerators?

For Students 9th - 10th
Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can detect the spread of diseases before they can be spotted with other types of imaging. Pedro...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Unfortunate Fortunato

For Teachers 9th - 10th
You are a local police detective, your task is to investigate the disappearance of Fortunato. Retrace his steps leading up to his disappearance. Remember to interview anyone that may have seen him that night. After gathering all of your...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars will perform an investigative activity in which they will identify sounds. The teacher will play several different sounds through the computer and sound system. Students will listen and act as "detectives" to relate sounds...
Website
Other

Streetlaw: Careers in the Law

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are interested in being an attorney, corrections officer, court reporter, forensic scientist, police officer, judge or government agent, check out this description of several legal careers. Learn about salary, required education,...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Vanishing Man by R. Austin Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the detective story "The Vanishing Man" by R. Austin Freeman which centers around forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Dark Side of the Universe: Doppler Shift [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate how astronomers detect movements of stars by studying the Doppler effect on the star's light spectrum. Construct a model that illustrates this concept underlying red shift.