Great websites for your forensic Science Unit.
Mystery Time Line
http://www.mysterynet.com/timeline/
Meet the greatest crime-solvers of all time and the men and women
who created them.
Sherlock Holmes Museum
http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street
between 1881-1904. Take a virtual tour of the house.
Solve-it
http://www.mysterynet.com/solveit/
A solve-it-yourself mini-mystery. Be detective in this 5 minute
mystery.
It’s A Mystery To Me
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1995/1/95.01.07.x.htm
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Unit of work on detective fiction.
Counterfeit Club
http://www.puzzleclub.org/story.htm
Read and listen to this online story broken into chapters.
3D Nancy Drew
http://www.herinteractive.com/prod/index.shtml
Join the world\'s most-loved teen super sleuth, Nancy Drew, where
mysteries jump off the page and into an adventure game.
Genre-Buster: Crime Fiction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/A2981955
Learn the key elements of crime fiction and work them into stories
brimming with tension and suspense.
It\'s up to you, Gumshoe
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002344/?tqskip1=1
Learn about who wrote the first mystery then play some games to
test your knowledge.
Mysterynet
http://www.mysterynet.com/holmes/
Information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Kids Mysterynet
http://kids.mysterynet.com/
Mystery stories for your to solve for yourself.
Sherlockian.Net
http://www.sherlockian.net/
The original Sherlock Holmes stories and information about England
in the Victorian Era.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate
http://www.sherlockholmesonline.org/
This is the Official web site of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary
Estate. It includes a specially written biography of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle and you can find information on his books and the films which
were inspired by his writing.
Hunt for Famous Detectives
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/huntfamousdka.html
An internet treasure hunt about famous detectives.
The Case Of The Ruined Roses
http://kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/
Solve the mystery yourself.
A Pintura: Art Detective
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
Take part in this art history adventure.
Dakota Meadows Mini-mysteries
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/schools/dakota/mystery/contents.html
Eighth grade students at Dakota Meadows Middle School in North
Mankato, Minnesota, have written short, two-minute mysteries. Use
your wits and detective skills to solve these cases.
The Two-Minute Mystery Writing Club
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/schools/olp/2mmsolve/previous.h
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Solve these short mysteries.
Lessons
Mystery Writing
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/
In this workshop, you will learn share writing tips, strategies, and
challenges to help you write and publish a mystery.
Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=796
In this lesson, students examine story elements and vocabulary
associated with mystery stories. Students complete Internet
activities designed to increase exposure to and appreciation of the
mystery genre.
Mystery Writing Lesson Plans
http://www.mysterynet.com/learn/lessonplans/writing.shtml
Mystery writing lesson plans and units.
What\'s In A Mystery
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=865
Students identify the characteristics of mystery writing in class
discussions, outline a mystery story using a graphic organizer, write
and revise a mystery story on their own, and edit each other\'s
work.
Expository Escapade-Detective\'s Handbook
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=40
This lesson combines the reading of detective fiction, a subgenre of
mystery, with written expository analysis.
Mystery- Fiction WebQuest
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/webmysteryje.html
Find out what makes the genre of fiction-mystery writing different
than any other literary genre?
The Hound of Baskersvilles
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/hound/tguide.html
View, read and discuss Conan Doyle\'s tale, The Hound of
Baskersvilles, and compare and contrast the story with the film.
Unsolved Mysteries WebQuest
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/webunsolvedgl.html
You have been hired by the Unsolved Mysteries Society to conduct
background research for an upcoming documentary.
Hands-On Investigation
http://pbskids.org/historydetectives/parentsteachers/lesson_1.html
This lesson encourages students to determine details and then to
use them as they write their own mystery.
Not As It Seems
http://www.whps.org/IT/profdevelopment/instructional%20resourc
es/mystery.htm
Unit of work on mystery writers and writing.
Mystery WebQuest
http://www.alt.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/technolog/techsat/Wells/
WebQuest/MysteryWebQuest.html
The students will be able to recognize mysteries as a genre. They
will appreciate the genre by understanding its elements. The task
will be accomplished in small group investigations.
Mystery WebQuest: Where\'s Sherlock?
http://www.socs.k12.in.us/schools/ovhs/mackerman/mystery_webq
uest5.htm
Your team is a detective agency, hired by your client, SHACK, to
uncover and reconstruct this missing person, Sherlock Holmes.