Geometry Game- Murder Mystery:
The Scene: The police are called to a high school, lying on the floor in the library is a dead student. As police search the library they find 5 clues written down by witness. They have sent the clues to you to decipher. They also provide a list of those present at the time of the murder. (This list is all the students in the class, with specific details on each of the students). There are 32 suspects, each clue will eliminate half the number of suspects remaining. When all clues have been solved the suspected person will be revealed.
Clue One: Get into Shape:
The answer to each number is a letter A=1, B=2, etc.
1. Total number of sides of all four squares.
2. An octagon has ? sides.
3. A square based pyramid has ? vertices.
4. A pentagon has ? sides.
5. A parallelogram has ? sides.
There are many more questions about 20 but I'm just giving you an example of questions you can ask.
Clue Two: Look From a New Angle:
I will provide the students with different kinds of angles and they will have to figure out the angle measure of each line. By the same system as above a = 10 degree, b = 20 degrees, and so on.
For example:
The rest of the clues also have to do with things the students learned from this particular lesson, they will have a clue on compass/directions, and also coordinating points on a plane. The last clue i will give them a story and they will have to find the error that is wrong in that story to find the suspect.
I got this idea from another teacher but put my own spin on it, I will use my actually students as the suspects and I will let them choose if they wanna work together or not. None of the students will know who the suspect is until the game is over. This gets them up and moving around and also has them use their ipad's for clue number two. The story I also provide them with will also be available on their ipad's so they can see if they can spot what doesn't belong in the story. I have never done this game before but am looking forward to trying it in my classroom one day. I think this game can be for any grade and for any subject. The teacher just needs to have fun creating the questions, and the students need to have fun trying to figure out the clues.
This is a great lesson. You are not only teaching geometry but you are doing it in a fun and engaging way. I have always disliked math but I think that if my past teachers would have used scenarios like this I could have learned to like it. Nice post!
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Hello Richelle, Great blog! I like your colors, content, and all of your equations. I can see the passion that you have for math and it is inspiring! Great job!
ReplyDeleteWow, There is so much good information here. In posts where you share specific content, I can see students using it as a reference throughout the year. Perhaps you could take their math questions and blog the answer to some of them... Nice blog!
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