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CSI: Variables & Expressions Activity - Printable & Digital Review Game

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Clark Creative Math
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6th - 12th
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I had my higher ability students complete this challenge. They enjoyed the story behind it and it was a fun project for them.
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Description

Nothing like a good criminal investigation to liven up variables and expressions! In this project, students will work in teams to investigate the culprit of six fictional thefts. The criminal has left six messages, layered with algebra. Teams will work to build a case and present their findings to the court. Hopefully they are convincing enough to win the verdict.

I like to use these puzzles as review before the unit test. The puzzle solving hook causes many different students to engage in solving traditionally mundane problems. Be the cool teacher :-)

In this 20 page document you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, and six crime scene puzzles.

This puzzle includes problems featuring the following skills: Order of Operations, Translating Verbal and Algebraic Expressions, Open Sentences & Combining Like Terms

An answer key has been added to the end of the file for your convenience.

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Total Pages
20 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
Write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers. For example, express the calculation “Subtract 𝘺 from 5” as 5 - 𝘺.
Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas V = s³ and A = 6 s² to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = 1/2.
Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities.

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