In a world where NCIS and
CSI consistently make an appearance amongst
the top 20 most-watched-television-shows, it is pretty safe to say people enjoy
engaging in a good mystery. And I mean “engaging” in the fullest extent of the
word: when BBC started up Sherlock,
everyone I knew was suddenly talking in British accents, smoking calabash pipes,
and inspecting things from table counters to bologna sandwiches. People love
cracking a case, even if they have to make up the case themselves.
Consider feeding off that energy by introducing mystery to
the classroom. You could have students gather clues to figure out why a
hypothetical market crashed, or inspect properties of different bacteria to
identify what killed the infected murder victim. By framing the lesson as a
mystery, you get your students to engage in the material in a way many of them
engage recreationally.
For ideas and
templates of established ‘mystery lessons,’ visit Mystery Spot at http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/.
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