The list is ordered 1,2,3 with individual titles preceding series titles.
Level 1 indicates beginning chapter books averaging 60 to 70 pages with illustrations and larger print.
Level 2 refers to books with over 100 pages and few illustrations.
Level 3 titles generally have smaller type, are over 100 pages, have little or no illustrations and have more advanced subject matter.
All suggested titles are appropriate for elementary students.
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Just For Fun
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 2
Puzzle 3
Puzzle 4
Official Mystery Alive Game Puzzles
Scene 1E
Scene 2E
Scene 1H
Scene 2H
Last Location 1E
Last Location 2E
Last Location 1H
Last Location 2H
Victims 1E
Victims 2E
Victims 1H
Victims 2H
Suspects 1E
Suspects 2E
Suspects 1H
Suspects 2H
These easy to print activities are in pdf format. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.
Check out these Mysterious Websites!
- A. Pintura: Art Detective
- An online game in which you play a 1940's detective with a degree in art history. It is designed for students in 4th grade and up and can be played individually or in small groups.
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/teacher.html - Boomerwolf
- A fun site to visit, it includes a mystery theater and detective stories.
http://www.boomerwolf.com - Sci Squad
- A top-secret, scientific problem solving agency. If you like solving problems, testing out theories and using your brain in fun ways, this is the game for you.
http://kids.discovery.com/KIDS/scisquad/ - Kids Love A Mystery
- Includes kids mysteries to solve, contests to enter and many fun activities.
http://www.kidsloveamystery.com - Presto's Mind-Melting Brain Drains
- If You like to challenge your brain, check out all of our fun Brain Drains. You'll find quizzes, brain teasers, optical illusions, and more!
http://funology.com/braindrains/index.cfm - Sherlockian.net
- Everything the Web offers about Sherlock Holmes.
http://www.sherlockian.net - Sister Bear's Mystery Message
- Sister Bear has an important message just for you. But first you've got to use the Decoder to translate the message.
http://www.berenstainbears.com/decoder.html - Worksheets, Puzzles and Games from Jefferson Lab's BEAMS Program
- Plot the coordinates to uncover a mystery picture!
http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/mysterypicture/index.html - Grown-Ups Activities
- Using their senses of touch and hearing to guess what's inside a closed container helps children develop and improve Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills.
http://pbskids.org/arthur/grownups/activities/play_learn1/its_mystery.html - CBC-Children's Book Council
- Thirteen exciting reading activities
http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/13excotomg.html - Mystery challenge
- See if you recognize these sayings by following the clues to find the missing words.
http://www.zoobooks.com/mystery/quiz.html - Mystery Net's Kids Mysteries
- Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks.
http://kids.mysterynet.com - Twist
- A mini-mystery to start the day.
http://www.mysterynet.com/twist/twist133/twist133-3.shtml - Learning With Mysteries
- The fun way to learn in the classroom.
http://mysterynet.com/learn/ - Math Maven's Mysteries
- Calling all math detectives! Mysteries are popping all over town, and our chief sleuth needs your help to crack each case.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/ - Hands-on Activities from Jefferson Lab's BEAMS Program - Let's Play Mystery Math!
- Mystery Math is a number game that allows you to guess another person's secret number.
http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/other/mysterymath/ - PIZZAZ!...People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling: MYSTERIES
- Coded Messages, Invisible Messages, Missing Food Wacky Web Tale, Mystery Treasure Hunt...how to set one up in your classroom and Mystery Activities page, ideas all from Houghton Mifflin.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/mystery.html - Millennium Mystery Madness
- Welcome to the wonderful world of mystery! Here in this website you are going to see and find facts from the early years of mystery to present day, year 2000. We'll take a look at how a mystery was formed, what should go into a mystery, and who wrote the first mystery. Then play some games to test your knowledge. So, take a look, learn some interesting facts, and have some fun. 'Cause in here, "It's up to you gumshoe!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002344/ - Katerpillars (& Mystery Bugs)
- This section is designed for teachers, 4-H'ers, young people, and anyone else who wants to pursue an interest in Entomology. Several articles give resources and basic information about insects and their relatives, while others outline activities with different insect themes.
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm
