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Webliography for Kids
Chapter Three: Detect It! Super Summer Sleuthing
Web sites
221B Baker Street. Web site devoted to Sherlock Holmes.221bakerstreet.org/
Ace Detectives. Help four teenage detectives from Australia solve cases at this interactive site.
www.planetozkids.com/Ace_Detectives/index.html
FBI for the Family. Includes online word searches and other games such as FBI Adventure, which follows four real cases solved by the FBI, and has computer safety tips for kids, and several activities for grades 6-12.
www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
FBI Kids Page. Take a virtual field trip through the FBI. For grades K-5.
www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm
FBI Youth. FBI site for grades 6-12.
www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm
Fingerprinting. How to dust for fingerprints using cocoa powder.
www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/dusting.html
Funology. Directions for making animal snouts from small paper cups.
www.funology.com/boredombusters/index.htm
GEMS. GEMS (Great Explorations in Math and Science) is the public science education center at the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California-Berkeley. In addition to classroom kits, check out their Mystery Detective Forensic Science Kit at. It includes mystery pens, mystery powders, blue litmus (pH) paper, DNA/card sheet, chromatography paper, chromatogram cards, mystery cards, character cards, testing tray, and the Mystery Game Board. Ages six to adult.
www.lawrencehallofscience.org/gems/GEMS.html
store.yahoo.com/lawrencehallofscience/mysdet.html
How to Write a Mystery Novel. An author offers basic tips on how to write a mystery novel.
www.martindalemysteries.com/howto.html
KidsLoveAMystery. Celebrates kids' love of mysteries every October, with links to free online mysteries, scary stories, biographies of great mystery authors, and lesson plans for teachers.
www.kidsloveamystery.com/about/
Kidsreads.com. Online trivia games for several mystery series including Chet Gecko, Nate the Great, and Encyclopedia Brown.
www.kidsreads.com/funstuff/trivia/chet-triv.asp
MysteryNet's Kids' Mysteries. to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks.
kids.mysterynet.com/Mysteries
Mystery Writers of America. Information on the Edgar Awards, in honor of Edgar Allen Poe, awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the mystery genre. Includes award winners and honor books in the juvenile and young adult categories; also an extensive list of the current year's nominees.
www.mysterywriters.org/index.htm
Mystery Writing with Joan Lowery Nixon. What does it take to create a truly spooky story? In this workshop Nixon shares writing tips, strategies, and challenges to help you write and publish a mystery.
teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mystery/
Ronroy. Web site of mystery writer Ron Roy. Play the "A to Z Mysteries" and "Capital Mysteries" trivia games.www.ronroy.com/games/index3.php
Mystery Kits
The Mystery Manor. Whodunnit Mystery Games. Available at. Int, YA. A mystery game for ten players ages 11 and up. Uses a "choose your own ending" style that enables the groups to have fun without losing track of the action in the game. They must make correct decisions as they go through the manor, or disaster may befall the entire group.
www.whodunnitmysteries.com/index.html
The Special Ones: A Mystery Game for Kids. Haley Productions. Int. A thrilling, action-packed mystery for children 12 and under combined with a mini-scavenger hunt for a cast of eight players (kids) plus any number of guests (these children will play detectives and work to solve the mystery) and one adult character. Purchase and download fromwww.mystery-hunt.com/cgi-bin/mivavm?Merchant2/merchant.mvc+Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HP&Product_Code=special
My Grandma's Gonna Kill Me! Anyone's Guess, Jr.™ Mystery Kit. Highsmith Inc., 2003. (1579500927) Pri, Int. Mystery program for children in grades three to five. Eleven-year-old Wanda Tuggle is missing a valuable gift from her grandmother. What is she missing? Was it stolen or did she misplace it?
Who's a Fraidy Kat? Anyone's Guess, Jr.™ Mystery Kit. Highsmith Inc., 2003. (1579500935) Pri, Int. Mystery program for children in grades three to five. Kathleen "Kat" O'Leary is the leader of the school Spirit Squad and a popular student at Garden Grove School. But someone is leaving threatening notes and messages in her locker and bedroom. Who would want to scare Kat away from school?
Check your CSLP order form for "Crime Caper," a mystery kit for children in grades 3-5.
Chapter 4: Solve It! Codes Ciphers, and Other Puzzlers
Web sites
BC Teach. Several printable mazes.
www.abcteach.com/directory/fun_activities/maze_fun/
America's CryptoKids™: Future Codemakers and Codebreakers. National Security Agency's site for children with games, puzzles, codes, ciphers, and activities related to cryptology. Directions for making a cipher disk, a cipher wheel, and a code stick at home.
www.nsa.gov/kids/home.cfm
Bare Books. Blank jigsaw puzzles and game boards. Has a large blank 25" x 25" puzzle.
www.barebooks.com/puzzles.htm
Binary Code. At this site you can encode and decode 8-bit ASCII text for fun. For example, the word "clue" reads "01000011011011000111010101100101" in binary code.
nickciske.com/tools/binary.php
Caesar Shift Cipher. Includes an encryptor that will turn your word or phrase into a Caesar Cipher.
www.simonsingh.net/The_Black_Chamber/caesar.html
California Paper Goods. Sells bulk packages of blank jigsaw puzzles 4" x 5 1/2" with nine pieces.
capg.zoovy.com/product/JP9
City of Ember. Decode the message from Chapter 7 in City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.
www.mce.k12tn.net/reading52/activities5.htm
Click Mazes. Offers a variety of different types of interactive mazes and puzzles.
www.clickmazes.com/
Codes and Ciphers. Basics of codes and ciphers.
educ.queensu.ca/~fmc/may2004/codes_ciphers.html
Codes for Cubs and Scouts. Several codes and how to solve them.
www.scouting.org.za/codes/
Corn Mazes America. A directory of corn mazes around the United States.
www.cornmazesamerica.com/
Cyberchase. The award-winning online companion to the PBS series, Cyberchase. The site contains multiple interactivities, downloadable video clips, and background information on the characters. Watch Digit in his own webisode, and then try to crack his code in order to save the cyber citizens of Valussa.
pbskids.org/cyberchase/webisode_2/game0.html
Hobo Signs and Symbols. When you move your cursor over the image on the screen, the answer to what the hobo sign signifies will appear.
www.slackaction.com/signroll.htm
Education4 Kids. You can purchase blank jigsaw puzzles from this company.
edushop.edu4kids.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3120
English to Pig Latin Translator. Type your word, sentence, or paragraph in English and see it translated into Pig Latin.
www.snowcrest.net/donnelly/piglatin.html
Morse Code and Phonetic Alphabets. Links to Morse code translators.
morsecode.scphillips.com/
Omniglot. The Gnommish Alphabet. The key to the code that appears in the Artemis Fowl books by Eoin Colfer.
www.omniglot.com/writing/gnommish.htm
PapaJan.com. Several easy mazes to print out.
www.activitypad.com/maze.html
Sudoku. Offers tips on how to solve this puzzle game.
www.sudoku.com/
Thunk.com. Turn your words into a secret message then send it to your friends.
www.thunk.com/
TwentyQuestions. Play an online version of the 20 Questions game.
www.20q.net/
What's a Droodle? Check out these scribble/doodles that are also riddles.
www.droodles.com/drwhat.htm
Chapter 5: Dig It Up! Mysteries From the Past
Web sites
Booktalks Quick and Simple. Site of Nancy Keane, author of Booktalking Across the Curriculum, with sample booktalks and tips.
nancykeane.com/booktalks/default.htm
Discovery School's Puzzlemaker. This site has a maze generator.
puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com
Download a Dinosaur. This original site offers printable patterns for surprisingly realistic-looking cut-and-fold dinosaurs.
www.rain.org/~philfear/download-a-dinosaur.html
Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Informative text and many photos of this amazing find.
www.bmy.com.cn/index_eng.htm
Enchanted Learning. Pictures and simple instructions for creating several paper bag animal puppets.
www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/paperbag
History Detective Kids. Interactive games (such as "How Old Is this House?"), a detective kit, and a vault with mystery objects kids have discovered. Content-rich site.
pbskids.org/historydetectives/
History Mystery. This Scholastic site features Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's engaging professor. Kids guess the mystery subject she is studying in each game. Dr. Facts provides a number of clues, and she challenges participants to figure out the subject using those clues. Fun!
teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/index.asp
Jazzles. Lyrics to the song "Why, Why, Why" by the Jazzles.
www.jazzles.com/html/wsong.html
Jo Edkins's Maze Page. Interesting information and designs for different kinds of mazes, including Cretan mazes, which are found around the world. Instructions for drawing your own Cretan maze.
www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/maze/cretan.htm
Kididdles. Words and accompaniment to H.H.A. Beach's "Why, Why, Why?"
www.kididdles.com/mouseum/w037.html
Little Horus. Includes an alphabet chart in hieroglyphics that you can print out and enlarge and also an English to hieroglyphics name translator.
www.horus.ics.org.eg/en/FunCorner/hieroglyphics.aspx
Mayan Kids Interactive. Great background to this ancient civilization and its mysterious disappearance along with games and activities.
mayankids.com/mkintro.htm
Neferchichi's Tomb. Extensive information on ancient Egyptian gods, pharaohs, mummies, hieroglyphics, etc., in an easy-to-navigate, visually appealing format. Includes four madlib stories.
www.neferchichi.com
Origami Diagrams. Links to many sites with origami diagrams from simple to complex.
www.paperfolding.com/diagrams
Raiders of the Lost Art. This student-developed site looks at the processes and results of archeology through four sites: Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Medieval Europe, and the American Old West.
library.thinkquest.org/3708/
Songs for Teaching. Words and music to Marla Lewis's "Wonderin' Why."
www.songsforteaching.com/marlalewis/wonderinwhy.htm
Welcome to the Mary Rose. This site, sponsored by the Mary Rose Trust, fea208tures extensive information and photos related to the underwater excavation, rescue, and preservation of this sixteenth-century British warship.
www.maryrose.org/index.html
Worldwide Labyrinth Locator. Enter a city, state, and/or zip code to find labyrinths around the country.
wwll.veriditas.labyrinthsociety.org/
Write Like an Egyptian. This University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology site translates your name into a hieroglyphics cartouche.
www.upennmuseum.com/cgi-bin/hieroglyphsreal.cgi
Zoom Dinosaurs. Perhaps the only dinosaur Web site you need. Enchanted Learning's inviting, kid-friendly site includes extensive information, tons of activities, and links for different age levels.
www.zoomdinosaurs.com
Chapter 6: Discover It! Science Mysteries Web sites
Acorn Naturalists. Lots of items for tracking and trailing. They offer "Animal Track Match Card Game" that teaches children ages 7-15 how to match 19 different animals with their tracks. Includes 38 cards plus instructions for both cooperative and competitive matching games.
www.acornnaturalists.com/
Aiken Drum. Words and music to this old nursery rhyme about a man who lived on the moon.
www.contemplator.com/scotland/aikendrm.html
Animals of the World. The object of the game is to try to guess the mystery animal using as few clues as you can.
www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html
California State Parks Kids Activities. Match the Animal Paw Prints. Printable sheet.
www.kids.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23259
Egg in the Bottle Mystery. Nothing fancy, but this could be a fun science experiment to perform.
home.moravian.edu/students/b/stkhb01/egglesson.htm
Eric Carle. Tips for using Hello, Red Fox with children.
www.eric-carle.com/bb-HRFnotes.html
Eurekalert: Science Reporting for Kids. A central, online source for kid-friendly science news and resources.
www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/
Kaleidoscope. Several printable coloring pages of kaleidoscope designs.
www.barbsgalaxy.us/ColoringPages/Kaleidoscope/index.html
Kiddiddles. Listen to the tune of "See Saw, Margery Daw."
www.kididdles.com
Geo Mysteries with Rex the Dino Detective at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The geological mysteries at this site include floating rocks, "necklace bead" fossils, and "the golden cube." Help Rex solve these mysteries about rocks, fossils, and minerals.
www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/mysteries.html
Magic Eye. Weekly optical illusion images to print out and try.
www.magiceye.com/
The Mystery Spot. Health and science mysteries.
www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/
Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena. Sixty-one optical illusions with explanations of how they work.
www.michaelbach.de/ot/
Oriental Trading Company, Inc. Inexpensive kaleidoscopes and kits to make kaleidoscopes.
www.orientaltrading.com
Rockhounds. Interactive source for kids with fun activities and quizzes about rock collecting and general information about rocks. Also contains a section for teachers with lesson plans and additional resources.
www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html
Science Mystery. Interactive mysteries that integrate science into a suspenseful storyline. Two for middle schoolers include "Strange Dead Bird" and "Poison Dart Frog."
www.writerguy.com/sciencemystery/teachers.htm
Seeing Exhibits. San Francisco's science museum, the Exploratorium, offers several interactive online exhibits about optical illusions.
www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/f_exhibits.html
Chapter 7: Find It! Explain It! Real Life Mysteries
Pintura-Art Detective. A. Pintura: Art Detective is an online game about art history and art composition. In the game, you play a 1940s noir detective with a degree in art history. A distraught woman asks you to identify the artist who made a painting she found in her grandfather's attic. To do so, you must examine paintings by famous artists from Gauguin to Van Gogh. Fourth grade up.
www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html
The Art of Crime Detection. You witness a crime, and the police ask you to help identify the culprit, using their new PDArtist tool. Learn how your left and right brain work and the best ways to use your brain as an artist. Can you create composite portraits that help identify the culprit?
www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/crimedetection/index.html
Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. Consolidated information from thousands of reports of Bigfoot encounters.
www.bfro.net/
Carmine's Introduction to Color. Children learn about primary colors by following Carmine the chameleon on this interactive site, and then play Dr. Grey and His Dechromatizer.
www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/color1/color1.html
Math Maven's Mysteries. This interactive math site has students solve over 20 mysteries by focusing on a particular area of math reasoning and computation. For grades 3-5.
teacher.scholastic.com/maven/
Max's Math Adventures. This interactive math site contains math and language arts games for grades K-2.
teacher.scholastic.com/max/
Roadside America. Online guide to offbeat tourist attractions, from giant statues to bizarre museums.
www.roadsideamerica.com
Chapter 8: Adult & Literacy Ideas
Web sites
About.com. The scoop on hosting a murder mystery dinner party plus sources of mystery party kits and performers.
entertaining.about.com/cs/dinnerparties/a/murdermystery.htm
Discovery School's Puzzlemaker. Create a variety of puzzles to print out and solve.
www.puzzlemaker.com
IMBA. Members of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association list the One Hundred Favorite Mysteries of the Century.
www.mysterybooksellers.com/favorites.html
Mystery Readers International. Mystery Readers International supports and promotes all mystery reading groups; presents the Macavity Awards for various types of mysteries selected each year by the members of Mystery Reader's International.
www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html
Mystery Writers of America. Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners plus database of all Edgar winners and nominees selected by the Mystery Writers of America.
www.mysterywriters.org/pages/awards/index.htm
Thrilling Detective Web site. If you like detective stories, this reference site for adult fans offers lots of information on gumshoes from fiction, comics, radio, TV, and movies. Extensive list of fictional detectives with information about each, including some juvenile detectives.
www.thrillingdetective.com/
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