We started off our year in science with a mystery - Who borrowed Mr. Bear? This activity came complete with a crime scene, clues, suspects, and experiments. The kids have had an incredible time piecing together the clues, while at the same time learning about observation, inference, and the scientific process. I was able to snap just a few pictures today. Here are some of our kids at work...
Who Borrowed Mr. Bear?
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This sounds great. I would love to hear more!
It's been a lot of fun. We started off viewing the "crime scene" and making observations and inferences. Then we heard some back story about each of the charaters - we tracked our clues with a clue board grid. For the next two days, we conducted various experiments (testing liquid for sleeping poitions, fingerprint tests on cups, determining the make-up of some powder left at the scene, and so on). Tomorrow we'll put it all together and create a "story" from the clues. I love the fact that our kids will be able to create multiple stories - there are different ways to interpret all the clues. If you're interested, the resource came from LHS GEMS - it's called Mystery Festival.
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