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West
Melbourne Using
Science to Solve a Mystery |
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Mystery Festival 2002 |
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Coordinator: Staff: |
Mrs. Nickerson
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Susan
Whybrew |
Mrs.
Butcher |
Bonnie
Spagnogle |
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The Mystery Festival combines mystery and investigation in a highly exciting, engaging and educational experience. During the Festival, our students visit a “crime scene” and may conduct from 1-5 hands-on forensic tests on evidence found at the scene. In the “Case
of the Borrowed Bear,” for grades 1-3 (optional for
Kindergarten), students hear a story about a group of friends who all
love stuffed animals. During
one-play session, the friends decide to take a nap.
When they wake up, they discover that Mr. Bear is soaking wet.
It seems that someone had not taken a nap.
It is our students’ jobs as crime lab scientists to try to
solve the mystery by figuring out who stayed awake and played with Mr.
Bear without asking permission. In the “Case of the Missing Millionaire,” for grades 4-5 (optional for grade 3), students are confronted with what a detective squad has “dug up.” The victim in this case is Felix Navidad. He is a rich kid who happens to have a lot of expensive stuff, but not very much love. The suspects are: Gene Poule, Kendra Goode, Vera Cruise, and Alfredo Fettuccine. When the police arrive at Felix’s house, they find no external injuries, and no blood on the victim’s body. The body is sent to the morgue, but unfortunately is stolen before an autopsy can be performed. Did Felix stage the crime scene for some reason? If Felix is dead, who committed the murder? The task of solving this crime now rests in the hands of our young forensic scientists assigned to collect and examine the physical evidence left at the beach house.
This case remains unsolved. Credits:
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS GEMS) Sunshine
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