Enigmas

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Steps

A. Research process

1. Each student will choose an enigma for an in-depth investigation.

2. Once each student has selected a topic, he/she should think of three to five guiding questions to explore.

3. The student should create his/her own theory of the cause of the enigma and identify a way to test the theory.

4. Each student should carry out a scientific research process:

5. Each student will design and carry out an experiment or study based on a scientific concept related to the enigma.

6. Revising the hypothesis based on the experiment or study results. Each student should consider the following questions:

	What did you learn from your experiment that helps you better understand the enigma?
	What other experiments could be done that would solve the mystery?

7. Drawing conclusions. Each student should consider the following questions:

	What do you still not understand about the enigma?
	What do scientists still not understand about the enigma?
	In what ways is the information incomplete or lacking in an explanation?

B. Product

The student develops a board game or a learning center based on the enigma. The game should include fair rules and accurate information about the enigma and various theories of its cause.

C. Communication

Students present their game or learning center to the class. The presentation should be long enough for classmates to understand the game or learning center and should end with a question and-answer session.

Books

You can view a list of the books on this topic that are currently in the library by clicking this link: Library Search First click on the "Resource Lists" tab on the left side of the page. Then click on the "Public Lists" tab at the top to view the "enigmas" list. Other books are available on the tables in the library.

Web Sites:

Investigating Enigmas

The Museum of Unnatural Mystery Homepage

Stonehenge Internet sources:

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/daily/20051031.html

http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html

http://www.exn.ca/mysticplaces/stonehenge.asp

Lockness Monster Internet sources:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/lochness.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/07/0729_030729_lochness.html

Pyramids Internet sources: