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QUANDARY. ENIGMAS. ANOMALY. MYSTERY. ?. UNEXPLAINED. WHAT IS AN ENIGMA???. It is a mystery… something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. EXAMPLES OF ENIGMAS. ATLANTIS : DID IT REALLY EXIST? WHERE WAS IT LOCATED? WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?. CLICK. click.
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QUANDARY ENIGMAS ANOMALY MYSTERY ? UNEXPLAINED
WHAT IS AN ENIGMA??? It is a mystery… something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
EXAMPLES OF ENIGMAS ATLANTIS: DID IT REALLY EXIST? WHERE WAS IT LOCATED? WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? CLICK click
AMELIA EARHART DID SHE DIE AT SEA BEFORE REACHING TINY HOWLAND ISLAND? WAS SHE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE JAPANESE? HAVE HER BONES BEEN FOUND? CLICK
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE WHERE IS IT? WHAT NATURAL FORCES COULD EXPLAIN THE MYSTERIOUS OCCURENCES? ARE THERE ANY WITNESSES? CLICK click
BIG FOOT IS THE EVIDENCE OF ITS EXISTENCE RELIABLE? HOW COULD SUCH A LARGE CREATURE STAY ALMOST COMPLETELY HIDDEN FOR SO LONG? CLICK click
EASTER ISLAND WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE GIANT STATUES? WHO ERECTED THEM? HOW WERE THEY TRANSPORTED? CLICK
THE MARFA LIGHTS WHAT CAUSES THEM? IS THERE A PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION? CLICK
MACHU PICCHU HOW COULD THEY MOVE SUCH HUGE STONES? WHY WAS IT CONSTRUCTED? WHY WAS IT DESERTED?
THE NAZCA LINES HOW WERE THEY SO PRECISELY MADE WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF FLYING APPARATUS? FOR WHOM WERE THEY MADE? WHAT WERE THEY USED FOR?
LOCH NESS MONSTER IS NESSIE JUST A HOAX MEANT TO ATTRACT TOURISTS? IS NESSIE A CREATURE FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES? CLICK click
WHO BUILT IT? WHAT WAS ITS PURPOSE? HOW DID ANCIENT MAN MOVE SUCH LARGE STONES? CLICK STONEHENGE click
THE MYSTERY OF THE COLONY AT ROANOKE ISLAND WHAT HAPPENED TO 100 SETTLERS OF ROANOKE ISLAND? WERE THEY MASSACRED BY THE NATIVE AMERICANS? DID THEY JOIN A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE? CLICK
ARE YOU INTERESTED? WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NOW?
CHOOSE YOUR ENIGMA…WHAT INTERESTS YOU? THE LOCH NESS MONSTER? MACHU PICCHU? STONEHENGE?
FORMULATE FOUR TO EIGHT QUESTIONS BASED ON BLOOM’S HIGHER ORDER LEVELS LIKE… EXAMPLE #1 What are the possible ways ancient Brits could have moved the large stones to Stonehenge? EXAMPLE #2 Under what circumstances could a prehistoric animal survive in Loch Ness? EXAMPLE #3 What possible purposes could Machu Picchu have served?
RESEARCH TO FIND ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS… THE INTERNET BOOKS INTERVIEW PERIODICALS VIDEOS …CITE YOUR SOURCES
STUDY THEORIES AND ACCEPT THE MOST PLAUSIBLE AS YOUR OWN OR DEVELOP A THEORY OF YOUR OWN. I THINK… THEORY #70 THEORY #1 THEORY #48 THEORY #35 THEORY #99 THEORY # 62
LOOK THROUGH THE EYES OF A DISCIPLINARIAN TO DEVELOP A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT TO PROVE OR ADD CREDIBILITY TO YOUR THEORY. Anatomy Archaeology Astronomy Biochemistry Biology Biophysics Botany Chemistry Computer science Medicine Microbiology Neuroscience Paleontology Physical Anthropology Physics Virology Zoology Entomology Environmental Science/Ecology Genetics Geology Hydrology Immunology Mathematics
PUT YOUR FINDINGS IN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO SHOW TO AN AUDIENCE.