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Topic:
- Mysterious
& Unexplained
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- Easier - Something is
mysterious when it is hard to explain, know, or
understand. Many people have seen or experienced
strange things. For example, people have claimed to
have seen creatures such as the Loch Ness Monster or
Bigfoot. Others believe in places like Atlantis and
the Bermuda Triangle. What do you think?
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- Harder - Throughout
history, people have enjoyed speculating about the
unknown. Skeptics may question if what they saw or
believe actually happened. In some cases, events are
eventually explained by science. However, many events
have remained unexplained after hundreds or thousands
of years. These abnormalities sometimes become the
basis for myths, legends, tales, and folklore.
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- Museum
of Unnatural Mystery
- http://www.unmuseum.org/unmain.htm
- 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.
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- Mystic
Places from Discovery
Channel Canada
- http://exn.ca/mysticplaces/
- Explore some of the world's
most enigmatic places: Stonehenge, Nazca Lines, and
Easter Island.
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- Search
for Monsters of Mystery
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/world/9903/monsters/
- People everywhere, it seems,
love a good monster mystery. Check out this site to
read about some legendary monsters.
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- World
Mysteries
- http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar.htm
- Explore the world of strange artifacts. Many don't
fit the pattern of prehistory.
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- After visiting several of the
websites, complete one or more of these
Mysterious & Unexplained
activities.
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- Complete a Space Science Adventure
. Are humans alone in the universe?
Search for the answer to this age-old
question. Go to Who's
Out There? and explore what you need
to know to design a SETI research project.
Test your skills at searching for alien
signals!
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- Complete a WebQuest on the
Mysterious & Unexplained. Follow
or adapt the procedures found at one of
these webQuest activities:
- 1) Bermuda Triangle: Where All the
Information Disappears (Grade 7-8)
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC596/UNITS/Bermuda/BTriangle.html
- 2) Jeremy's Island (Grade 6-8)
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/drussert/WebQuests/FosterSmithRoundtree/BERMUDA.HTML
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- Research the Mysterious &
Unexplained. Pick one of the mysteries
or phenomenons. Use the website and other
resources (Including the library) to find
out all that you can about your selection.
Decide what you believe about your
mysterious and unexplained choice. Are you
a skeptic or are you inclined to believe?
Prepare a report that supports your
viewpoint. Present your findings. Convince
others that your decision has is logical
and has validity. As a final activity,
reflect on your choices/decisions and
decide what it would take to change your
mind. Consider the possibilities.
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- Write a Mysterious &
Unexplained Story. Have some fun
writing a story that includes a mysterious
and unexplained event. If not one of these
here, find some other mystery. You could
even invent a new mystery. Is there a
local legend or story that you want to
center upon?
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- Draw a Picture of the Mysterious or
Unexplained. Imagine what one of these
would look like: a typical scene in
Atlantis or Easter Island, Bigfoot, an
extraterrestrial being, or one of the
other mysterious and unexplained topics.
Make a drawing that reveals your
mystery.
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- Same Creature, Different Place.
There are legends that are similar around
the world. Compare two different legends
in two different places, or two different
creatures or events.
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- The Strangest of the Strange.
Which of these 'mysterious and
unexplained' do you think would make the
best mystery book? A good mystery has
suspense, secrets, hidden qualities, or a
puzzle to solve. Use some of these
elements to write your own mystery.
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- Websites by Kids for
Kids
- Are
We Alone in the Universe? The Truth is Within our
Reach (ThinkQuest Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/11272/text/net.htm#INTRO
- Discover some of the most intruging UFO mysteries
of this century, and possibly walk the path to
becoming an astronaut to discover the vast corners of
our universe.
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- Bermuda
Triangle (ThinkQuest
Junior Project)
- http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3717/
- This website explains what
the Triangle is and possible natural forces accounting
for the disappearances that have occurred
there.
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- Mysteries
of the Universe
(ThinkQuest Junior Project)
- http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5202/index.htm
- This website tells you about
weird, cool, and freaky mysteries including the Loch
Ness Monster, Bigfoot, aliens, the Bermuda Triangle,
and the Chupacabra.
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- Rapa
Nui: Colors Through Clouds of
Mystery (1997
ThinkQuest Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/13819/
- Sail away to Rapa Nui, also
known as Easter Island, one of the most isolated and
mysterious places on Earth.
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- Roanoke:
A Mystery in History
(1998 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3826/
- Explore the history and
mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke, North
Carolina.
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- Supernatural
World (1999
ThinkQuest Project)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/27922/
- Turn on your lights and
explore the unexplained world of ghosts, werewolves,
and vampires (This page is difficult to load,
mysterious!?).
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- Strange
and Mysterious, Part II
(1999 ThinkQuest Junior
Project)
- http://tqjunior.advanced.org/5897/
- This site examines
mysterious animals, people, objects, occurrences and
more.
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- More Sites on the Mysterious &
Unexplained
- Atlantis:
the Myth by A.G. Hefner
- http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/atlantis.html
- This article summarizes the myth of a lost
Atlantis.
- Other Atlantis Websites:
- 2) Atlantis: The Lost Continent Finally Found
http://www.atlan.org/
- 3) Atlantis Herald http://www.mcs.net/~bstudio/
- 4) Theories About the Location of Atlantis
http://members.aol.com/jimb3d/myth/atlantis.html
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- Bermuda
Triangle
- http://octopus.gma.org/Tidings/myths/bermuda.html
- One of the legends of the sea that has persisted
even to today is the story of the Bermuda
Triangle.
- Other Bermuda Triangle Websites:
- 2) Savage Seas from PBS Television
http://www.thirteen.org/savageseas/captain-main.html
- 3) The Bermuda Triangle from Dept. of the
Navy, Naval Historical Center http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq8-1.htm
- 4) The Bermuda Triangle or Devil's Triangle from
Paranormal A to Z http://www.paranormalatoz.com/bermudatriangle.html
- 5) The Un-mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/triangle.htm
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- Bigfoot Field
Researchers Organization
- http://www.bfro.net/
- These researchers (amateur and professional) are
interested in facilitating communications between
eyewitnesses, the general public, and other Bigfoot
investigators.
- Other Bigfoot Websites:
- 2) The Hairy Hominid Archives http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bz050/HomePage.bf.html
- 3) Bigfoot from Skeptic's Dictionary
http://skepdic.com/bigfoot.html
- 4) Bigfoot: fact or fantasy ? http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/%7erfthomas/bigfoot.html
- 5) Bigfoot Internet Library (Links-site) http://www.ratsnest.net/bigfoot/library/
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- Cressie:
The Monster of Crescent Lake
- http://www.nfcap.nf.ca/central/RobertsArm/attract/cressie.html
- Read about this monster that
some people have claimed to see in a lake near
Robert's Arm, Newfoundland.
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- Hastings
UFO Society
- http://hufos.sonic.net/hufos/
- Learn more about UFOlogy,
alienology and paranormal sciences, plus the first
psychic CB radio station in cyberspace.
- Similar
Websites:
- 2) Life Beyond Earth from
PBS Television http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/index.html
- 3) National UFO Reporting Center http://www.nwlink.com/~ufocntr/
- 4) UFOs: A Skeptical View http://members.aol.com/Tprinty/UFO.html
- 5) Kidnapped By UFOs: Exploring the Alien
Abduction Phenomenon from NOVA Online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aliens/
See also the SETI Institute Online websites
(Below).
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- Legends
& Myths in Cornwall
- http://www.connexions.co.uk/culture/index.htm
- Read some of Cornwall's
mysterious legends about mermaids, faeries, standing
stones, and ghosts!
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- Marfa
Lights
- http://homes.sulross.edu/~bbaker/alpine/marfa_lights.html
- The Marfa Lights is a phenomenon of unidentified
light sources.The area 10 miles
east of town near the base of the Chianti Mountains is
the area where you can see the "Marfa
Lights."
- More 'Marfa Lights'
Websites:
- 2) Marfa Lights http://www.texasoutside.com/westtexasparks/marfalightsframes.htm
- 3) The Marfa Lights from Skeptic's
Dictionary http://www.skepdic.com/marfa.html
- 4) Marfa Lights: An Enduring Texas Mystery
http://www.lifeadventures.com/marfa.htm
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- Mysteries
of Deep Space from
PBS Television
- http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/
- From black holes to
supernovas, PBS examines the unexplained facets of the
universe.
- Related
Website:
- 2) Origins (NASA)
http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/origins/index.html
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- Mystery
Pit of Oak Island
- http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/oakisl.htm
- Here is a description of how this strange hole in
the ground was found and the different attempts to
excavate it.
- Related Website:
- 2) Oak Island Info http://www.oakislandtreasure.com/info.htm
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- Nessie
of Loch Ness from
Museum of Unnatural History
- http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/lochness.htm
- This site has information
and possible explanations for the Loch Ness
Monster.
- Other Loch Ness Monster
Websites:
- 2) The Legend of Nessie http://www.nessie.co.uk/index.html
- 3) Nessie on the Net! http://www.lochness.co.uk/index.html
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- North
Carolina Legends and Ghost Stories
- http://www.secstate.state.nc.us/kidspg/legends.htm
- Read stories from North
Carolina Legends by Richard Walser; legends include
'The Ship of Fire', 'Maco Light', and
'Specter at the Gold Mine.'
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- Roswell:
A Fable for Modern Times
by T. Printy
- http://members.aol.com/TPrinty/rwell.html
- This site claims to be an
independent examination of the Roswell
evidence.
- Other Websites on the
Roswell Incident:
- 2) The Roswell Incident from
International UFO Museum & Research Center
http://www.iufomrc.org/incident.shtml
- 3) Roswell Daily Record http://www.sierra-vista.com/roswell/
- 4) Roswell Incident: 50th Anniversary from
Albuquerque Journal
- http://www.abqjournal.com/roswell/
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- SETI Institute
Online
- http://www.seti.org/
- Have you ever wonder if
we're alone in the universe?
- Similar
Websites:
- 2) Project Phoenix
http://space.com/searchforlife/seti_backus_021024.html
- 3) Chat with Dr. Seth Shostak of the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spacechat/livechat/seth_shostak.shtml
- 4) What Would We Say If ET Called?
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/southampton/features/ufo/ufo_et.shtml
- 4) Alien Invasion http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/aliens/photos/game.html
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- Stonehenge,
England at Sacred
Places
- http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/stonehenge.html
- This brief site contains
pictures and historical information about this famous
landmark.
- Other Stonehenge
Websites:
- 2) Stonehenge
http://home.clara.net/stormbringer/salisbury/stonehenge.html
- 3) Stonehenge from The Magical Mystery Tour
http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html
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- Tunguska:
The Cosmic Mystery of the
Century by R.A.
Gallant from Southworth Planetarium
- http://www.usm.maine.edu/~planet/tung.html
- Here you find one
explanation of the explosions and what caused
them.
- Similar
Websites:
- 2) Tunguska Explosion
http://www.galenalink.com/~pirates/explode.html
- 3) The Tunguska Event http://www.s-d-g.freeserve.co.uk/tunguska.html
- 4) The Great Siberian Explosion http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/siberia.htm
- 5) 1908 Siberia Explosion http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html
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- Websites for Teachers
- Enigmas
(Grade 4-5)
- http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang58.txt
- This lesson plan idea may be used or modified to
introduce a study of 'Mysteries'.
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- Teacher's
Guide at Kidnapped by UFOs? from
Nova Online
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/2306_aliens.html
- Note: This program contains sensitive
material. Are human beings being abducted and
examined by aliens? In recent years, an increasing
number of people believe this to be true, and
thousands have come forward claiming to have
personally experienced an alien abduction.
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- Unlock
the Mysteries of Deep Space in Your
Classroom from PBS
- http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/classroom/index.html
- These lesson plans were developed for high school
science classrooms (with some extensions for middle
schools) and are designed to help students investigate
such concepts as time travel, velocity, wavelength and
frequency.
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Larry
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Updated by Nancy
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