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 March 19th-23rd - Who Dun'it!? toc

As you can see our classroom has been wrecked over the weekend! Now it is up to us to figured what happened and "Who Dun'it"! You all will be working in teams for a majority of this assignment. The teams are as follows:

Group 1(The Sharp Clue Searchers): Bailey Chelsea Kevin Bob Jennifer Katelynn Group 2(The Brainy Thief Busters): Joseph Brianna Jose Rachel Sebastian Ted Group 3(The Intelligent Item Finders): Lenerd Franklin Penelope Leah Charlene Samantha

= **Monday** =

A detective must be sharp on their math skills in order to solve all of the upcoming potential problems in finding out "Who Dun'it"

Individually you must complete this math worksheet and turn it in to Mrs. Collins.



Once everyone in your assigned group has completed the worksheet you will work together to decipher your first clue as to what happened in our classroom!

To decipher your first clue You must use your Order of Operations!

To review and do sample order of operations problems before decoding your clue click here: [|Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally]



Once All teams have finished Mrs. Collins will reveal a clue about the perpetrator. Make sure everyone in the group writes down the clue so that in case someone in your group does not come to school the next day everyone still has all the clues :)

The first group to figure out what is missing from the clues with proper math done will earn 5 stars for their detective badges, at the end the group with the most stars on the badges will be super sleuths! And they will be allowed to keep their hats and magnifying glasses :)

= Tuesday = So now that we know someone has stolen things from us we must work on our detective skills and clue gathering to figure out who could have done this to our classroom! The thief has left three seemingly blank pieces of paper behind. Detective work. Learn about detectives and how to retrieve clues from otherwise blank spaces watch these videos: media type="youtube" key="H8LV-X9DJHU" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="2YKEDTvkAT0" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="dKfzcn8KfLM" height="315" width="420"
 * Now that you have all seen the videos you must determine what seems to be the common way to retrieve hidden messages and what is the safer way as well. Once your team has figured out the process to retrieving the clue, as a group you must write a paper explaining the process of at least 50 words and also explaining your choice in the safer way to extract clues written in hidden ink. Bring the paper as a team to the teacher for grading and to extract your clue from your team's given piece of paper.**


 * The first group to bring an error free 50 word paper to Mrs. Collins will earn 8 stars.**


 * Once all the clues have been figured out Mrs. Collins will give another clue as to who exactly the person is, remember that everyone in the group must copy down this clue.**

= Wednesday =


 * Put all three groups clues together to find the hidden message, then work together in groups to decode the states worksheet.**


 * Once you have completed the States worksheet using your geography and math skills along with the clues given by the thief, your information on the states and this [|state map] you must determine where our perpetrator is located. **




 * Hint: It is not Berlin :) **


 * The first group to successfully find where he is located will earn 7 stars **

Once everyone has found the secret location Mrs. Collins will give the third clue as to who the person is.

= Thursday = Mrs. Collins will first give the fourth and final clue as to who it is and once everyone has copied down the clue we will proceed to the computer lab.


 * Using all the information gathered about the [|perpetrator] from the last few days you must work individually on the computer to research who the perpetrator might be. After gaining the knowledge of "Who Dun'it" You must then write a convincing letter to him or her asking to [|divulge] where our stuff was hidden.**


 * Make sure to research using all of the clues gathered over the week and to work individually. Report back to Mrs. Collins once you figure out "Who Dun'it"!**


 * The first person to figure it out correctly will earn their group 10 stars.**

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= Friday =


 * After reading the letter from the perpetrator we must now decode his math problems in our groups to find the way to our stuff! Once we have figured out all the steps we need we can go retrieve it and celebrate! The first group to figure it out will receive 5 stars for their detective badges.**


 * Start Decoding!! - [[file:Hello my silly detectives.docx]]**

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= Saturday and Sunday! = Now it is your turn! over the weekend I want you to research more information on our thief and get ready to explore the meaning of writing a research paper!