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• Super fun...Students learn about forensic science while solving a mystery!
• Kids learn by doing by jump into role as Crime Scene Investigator
• Stokes interest in science, technology and math learning!
• Includes essential supplies for class of 30 and copy masters for handouts

The Missing Money Mystery is based on the premise that a crime occurred in Mr. Mugg's fourth-grade classroom at Markwell Elementary School. A canister holding the money for an upcoming geocaching field trip disappeared sometime after dismissal on a Monday afternoon. Mr. Mugg knows his students have been looking forward to this special trip and decides to undertake the investigation himself-with the help of your students. He shares this information with your students through a series of emails, then locates the clues and sends them in a box to your classroom. Inside this box are all the materials needed by your students to conduct the investigation; including photographs, scientific equipment and "evidence." Each lesson introduces new intriguing evidence, forensic techniques, and insight toward solving the Missing Money Mystery. Together, your students work toward the most plausible scenarios and conclude their investigation in the final lesson in the intriguing "whodunit" mystery. This fun, interactive learning program immerses students into scientific discovery as they work to solve the mystery of the stolen funds. Kids will test their CSI skills as they work the case and discover the guilty party! Using real laboratory techniques and materials, students create theories about the "crime" of a classroom burglary, much as real detectives use their powers of critical thinking to track down the thief. Along the way, they practice this critical thinking, acquire new vocabulary, explore careers in forensics, and become acquainted with scientific procedures and processes they'll encounter in future classrooms.