Students from Holland Christian and Zeeland Christian have been working
together to solve the crime of the Felix Mystery. They've incorporated
a recorded Skype call, audio files (suspect statements), pictures, wiki
template pages, and ongoing reflection journals. Students in each
class, Mr. Lowe (ZCS) and Mrs. Kamps (HCS), comment between one another
to share ideas. Information about the crime is accessible to everyone
all of the time and they can read each other's postings for ideas and
direction.
A movie was created using iMovie and Keynote to teach
students how to do the forensic testing before they had to perform the
tests. The movies were downloaded onto their computers and their
homework was to watch the movie to prepare for lab.
The project used
Pbworks which is a free wiki. To get a flavor of the project view the short screencast below.

Why was this project done:
Students learn to experiment, analyze,
and gather information both qualitative and quantitative. They
collaborate, discussed and came to conclusions from the data.
Tools used by students:
PbWorks, Keynote, iMovie, Skype, Garageband
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