6/30/2023 0 Comments The body in the library![]() ![]() ![]() To solve the crime, students viewed the crime scene, looked at photographic evidence, read various ‘official’ forensic and crime reports, watched video-taped evidence of the crime in action watched interviews of the suspects read testimonies of different suspects and analysed many forms of written and physical evidence! Students employed deductive thinking skills, analysed all available evidence and established motives for the suspects in an attempt to determine who committed the crime. ![]() ![]() These skills were then put to the test when boys were asked to solve a ‘body in the library’ type crime which the library team spent weeks preparing! In Science, students learned about how use a variety of scientific methods including analysing dental records, fragments and fibres, fingerprinting, shoeprinting and DNA samples in order to solve a crime. In English, students learned about the literary conventions of forensic fiction in their crime novel, Framed, and how to use them to solve a crime. The focus of the project was to facilitate deeper learning in our students by creating an ‘authentic learning’ experience to strengthen writing and literacy skills across the curriculum. So here are some more of the details!īoy’s body found in the Resource Centre! Year 8 suspected! I promised to share this after talking about it at EduBloggerCon 2010 in Denver. Last term the Library Team at Joeys excelled themselves in launching an amazing “Body in the Library” investigative program in collaboration with the Science and English faculties. ![]()
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