Students become marine biologists, and their goal is to characterize the biological communities that live on or near the seamount in the Monterey Bay area. There, they must identify a mystery mollusk.

For this lesson, you will be taking on the role of an investigative reporter to solve the Amazing Farmer Mystery. The goal will be to use seven clues provided throughout the lesson in order to figure out how so few farmers can produce...

Students are immersed in an online environment that challenges them to solve the medical mystery: "What's Wrong with M'Kenna?" This resource includes the complete middle school science curriculum unit, a teacher's guide, and an online...

This mystery-writing instructional activity focuses on the structure of a short story and the elements of a mystery in particular. Students complete the entire writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing....

This site from The New Advent provides an excellent explanation of both mystery plays and miracle plays; five paragraphs are devoted solely to mystery plays, including definition, differences between 15th Century standards and modern...

Print this short mystery story for your advanced English language learners to illustrate. The story gives preterit and pluperfect tense practice.

Brief text summary of what learners learn in the Who Took Jerell's iPod? lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Students are challenged to solve a mystery by testing for...

Everyday Mysteries uncovers the mastermind behind the concept and process of frozen foods.

Join a group of middle-school students on a visit to a laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they experiment with "mystery mud" and learn about the relationships between magnetism, particle motion, and changes in...

A 20-page museum activity book on the history of South Florida. Many of the learning activities can be done on their own, as student reading materials are included in the booklet. Topics covered include the first native peoples, the days...

A nicely written history of the finding and the decoding of the Rosetta Stone.

Presenter, Aubrey Manning, explores the excavation of Meadowcroft Rockshelter Aubrey Manning with archeologist, Dr. James Adovasio who has been excavating Meadowcroft Rockshelter campsite for the past 30 years. Details of the inside,...

Very nice website with excellent graphics depicting the change of the seasons and how the seasons are different between the northern and southern hemisphere. Also has a nice informational table of the spring and fall equinox and summer...

The history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island is told in story form. It tells of the conflict between England and Spain to establish a foothold in the New World, the voyages arranged by Sir Walter Raleigh, the establishment of a...

Learn about the uses of rocks.

Explore muscle cell metabolism in this tutorial that covers ATP structure and function.

Activity demonstrates that water has weight.

The full text of the novel The Mystery of 31 New Inn by Austin Freeman. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

The full text of the novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Loroux. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Text of the short story "The Master of Mystery" by Jack London. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Mystery of Joseph Laquedem" by British author Arthur Quiller-Couch. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

A list of mystery books for kids middle school and elementary aged reading levels on this website.

Why do we call women ladies? Well, etymologically-speaking, the word comes from the Old English words for hlaf (bread) and daege (maid), which, combined, mean the female head of the household and eventually indicated high social...

In 1920, Czech writer Karel Capek wrote a play about human-like machines, thereby inventing the term robot from the Central European word for forced labor. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel explain how the science fiction staple earned its...