Description
Make using the slope formula more fun with this engaging activity! In this activity students use the slope formula to solve the mystery! You’ll love the quick and easy set-up; your students will love solving the case.
This item is customizable using Adobe Acrobat Reader! Using Adobe Acrobat, you can customize:
- The title of your mystery — If you don’t want to use the game model where the students investigate a murder, you can now change the setting to be anything you would like! Ideas that other teachers have used include a robbery, a case of mixed-up identity, what the teacher did last weekend… whatever you can imagine!
- The suspects, the weapons and the locations! Students enjoy seeing their teachers, administrators, rival schools, and local and national sports heroes included in their assignments.
Please note that the user is NOT able to edit the individual questions or answers.
This feature of the file may not function correctly in all PDF Readers, so please use Acrobat Reader to ensure best functionality.
The default scenario of this mystery is Who Killed Mrs. M?, but you can change IT to be any crime/mystery with any person. When the students complete the activity with these default settings, they will discover criminal, the weapon and the location.
This kit offers THREE ways to use this activity.
Use as a Scavenger Hunt: The download includes full-color or black and white cards for you to print and hang around your room for a class activity. As students solve the equations, they look around the room for their answer to see what clue they should eliminate.
Use as an Individual Activity: The download also includes a version that has all of the necessary clue information so students can complete this activity outside of the classroom.
Use as a Digital Activity: The download includes a link to the activity recreated in Google Sheets.
In all versions, the worksheet contains 20 pairs of coordinates, and each answer is associated with either a suspect, a weapon or a location. When a student gets the answer, that option is eliminated from the mystery. When they are finished, students will only have one suspect, one weapon and location left, and they will have solved the mystery!
HERE’S WHAT TEACHERS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Courtney B. says, “My students loved that we were able to make this activity customizable. They loved seeing their teachers and locations around us as part of the activity.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Melissa R. says, “Great way to review how to find slope using the slope formula before starting my geometry lesson on parallel and perpendicular lines.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Elizabeth B. says, “My students loved doing this activity. They hated it when the bell rang and class was over. I had them work in groups and try to solve it together.”
