Rate, Eye Witness Accounts, and the Case of the Sugar Shaker

This week we were able to finish our Digging for Data math lesson on rate. Each student completed three trails counting the number leaps they could do in one minute. We used this data to understand the concept of the median in a group of numbers and how it can be used when looking for a "typical" result from the set.

     We spent some time talking about interrogation and students were tested on their questioning skills as well as their powers of observation.  Through our various activities they came to realize that eye witness accounts aren't always accurate and our memory can be altered.

We also took a pre-assessment on forensic science and learned some at-home techniques for dusting for fingerprints. We checked those prints with our suspect samples to determine the culprit in The Case of the Sugar Shaker!