Mystery Detectives
Classroom Activity Modules - For teachers
Middle School Activities
Topography
Be like a bat and use sonar to discover the topography of the mystery location - the Grand Canyon
Be like a bat and use sonar to discover the topography of the mystery location - the Grand Canyon
Bathymetry
Be like a dolphin and use sonar to discover the topography of the mytery location - the East Pacific Rise
Be like a dolphin and use sonar to discover the topography of the mytery location - the East Pacific Rise
Inside the Earth
Analyze S and P wave arrival times to locate mystery earthquake epicenters and image the Earth's hidden molten core
Analyze S and P wave arrival times to locate mystery earthquake epicenters and image the Earth's hidden molten core
Epicenter
Analyze seismograms to locate mystery earthquake epicenters and discover major active faults in southern California
Analyze seismograms to locate mystery earthquake epicenters and discover major active faults in southern California
Alien Landing
Analyze four clues related to igenous rocks & plate tectonics, sunlight & energy, ecology, and human artifacts to determine a mystery location.
Analyze four clues related to igenous rocks & plate tectonics, sunlight & energy, ecology, and human artifacts to determine a mystery location.
Marine debris
Analyze marine debris to prevent plastic from killing Laysan albatross chicks on Midway Island in the northern Hawaiian islands.
Photo by Forest and Kim Starr (CC 3.0-BY)
Analyze marine debris to prevent plastic from killing Laysan albatross chicks on Midway Island in the northern Hawaiian islands.
Photo by Forest and Kim Starr (CC 3.0-BY)