Wednesday, January 28, 2015

CSI: Truman Middle School

What? The Marvin the Martian painting is missing?



Who did it?  Students in 6th grade science must investigate to learn who stole this valuable painting.  Below you see them collecting fingerprints, blood types, and alibis from staff who are suspected of this horrific crime.








Some students get creative, designing their own search warrant to draw out the culprit.



Some suspects deflect blame, trying to frame others.


In the end, despite all the fun and playfulness of this learning activity, students are working hard to deduce information to determine their key suspects.  Check out how they work together in this authentic scientific experience.








Tomorrow, students will spend classtime doing blood type analysis (with Koolaid) and fingerprint analysis to rule out "who done it."

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