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MODULE Unexpected, Unexplained
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Mysteries Some people believe that the confessed that the picture was indeed fake. Over the years, curiosity has helped humans Why People Love Mysteries ...........................................................236
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Short Why People Love Finally, sixty years after the famous photo
Read 3 appeared, a man named Christian Spurling contributing to this behavior: solving
mysteries can help us improve our lives.
He and his stepfather had created the “Loch
do everything from cure deadly diseases to
develop new sources of energy.
Ness monster” by attaching a fake sea
serpent head and neck to a toy submarine,
and the doctor had gone along with their
For example, for thousands of years, people
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monster hasn’t been solved.
mystery of the Loch Ness
and what causes it. Many scientists,
people still come to Loch Ness in search of
including Benjamin Franklin and
“Nessie.” They want to believe the
1 In 1934 Robert Kenneth Wilson, a British doctor, scheme. Despite Spurling’s confession, have puzzled over the mystery of lightning
Nikola Tesla, have studied it.
mysterious Loch Ness monster exists—and
shocked the world with a photograph. He said he’d
taken the picture while driving past a Scottish lake that they’ll be the ones to prove it! Much has been learned
called Loch Ness. This was no typical scenic view, about lightning that has
though. The photo appeared to show a monstrous A Safe Kind of Danger had a positive effect on
our lives, including
creature. For more than a thousand years, people 4 Mysteries are a classic form of ways to protect
had made claims about the mysterious monster’s entertainment, too. Countless books, movies,
existence. Wilson’s photo seemed to prove that the and TV shows have centered on Sherlock ourselves from it.
monster was real. A respected doctor wouldn’t falsify Holmes, a detective who never met a case he But scientists still INFORMATIONAL TEXT
a photo using a special effect, would he? couldn’t solve. Holmes’s adventures let us haven’t fully solved
the puzzle.
follow along in a state of mounting suspense
2 The photo drew people from all over the world to until the great detective cleverly solves the Big Challenges
Loch Ness. Everyone wanted to catch a glimpse of mystery and catches the criminal.
the Loch Ness monster, but no one did. 8 Scientists could be called
5 While reading or watching a mystery, professional mystery solvers.
Fictional detective Sherlock audiences match wits with criminals, They often tackle mysteries that
Holmes and the mysteries he studying clues and trying to figure out the consume a lifetime. For example,
solves have been popular solution before the story’s detective, police, anthropologists often try to figure out how
since the late 1800s. or very smart kid next door (who’s not people lived long ago, studying ancient
supposed to be nosing around the case). It’s buildings, old documents, and artifacts, from
a fun game, and mystery fans play it again weapons to clothing and tools, to uncover
and again. the mysteries of ancient life. Learning more
Scotland’s Figuring Things Out about the past helps us better understand
how we got to the present.
Loch Ness 6 Most people find mysteries like this
irresistible, partly because we have Mysteries are all around us, from murky
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a natural instinct for solving Scottish lakes to the fiction section of your
puzzles and figuring out how local library. Which mystery will you solve?
things work. Here’s one big factor
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Mr. Linden’s Library ...........................................................................238
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by Walter Dean Myers • illustrated by Ivan Kravetz
MR. LINDEN’S
LIBRARY
BY WALTER DEAN MYERS ILLUSTRATED BY IVAN KRAVETZ MYSTERY
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The Loch Ness The Loch Ness Monster .....................................................................258
Monster
from National Geographic
VIDEO
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FINDING Finding Bigfoot: Everything You Need to Know ...................264
BIGFOOT:
by Martha Brockenbrough
Everything You Need to Know
by Martha Brockenbrough
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
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THE SECRET
THE SECRET The Secret Keepers .............................................................................278
KEEPERS
KEEPERS
by Trenton Lee Stewart illustrated by Chris King
by Trenton Lee Stewart • illustrated by Chris King
MYSTERY
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Performance Task
Write a Persuasive Speech ................................................ 296
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