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Mystery Festival

Melissa Lindsey & Kristen Lugar

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Concept Map
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Lesson Plan 1
Lesson Plan 2
Orientation Video
Clinical Interviews
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Mr. Bear Mystery (per class of 32 students)

 Five stuffed animals (one must be a bear)

  6ft of white cotton yarn

  6ft of colored cotton yarn

  6ft of colored wool yarn

  1 long piece of rope to barricade crime scene

  16 pencils

  1 brown felt water-based maker

  at least 1 marking pen

  1 package white paper towels

  3 white sheets of paper

  40ft of butcher paper

  1 roll of universal pH paper

  1 roll of transparent adhesive tape

  1 roll of masking tape

  1 pair of scissors

  16 clear plastic cups

  3 empty film canisters

  1 ice cube tray

  2 white test trays

  1-4 small dropper bottles

  2 empty cola cans

  ¼ cup of cola

  ½ ounce of iodine

  2 tablespoons of red food coloring

  1 tablespoon of green food coloring

  ¼ cup baking soda

  5 tablespoons of corn starch

  ½ teaspoon of salt

  1 ½ teaspoons of sugar

  ¼ teaspoon

  1/8 teaspoon

  yardstick

  stir stick

  1 paintbrush

  1 paint container

  2 colognes or perfumes

  1 wastebasket

  4 small mirrors

  1 large plastic trash bag

  1 sponge

  30 strands of pet hair

  1 handful of grass

  (optional) Polaroid or video camera to record pictures

  paper

  crayons