Forensics Fun - Murder Mystery for Middle School: Getty Palace Hotel

There has been a murder the old historic hotel in downtown. The concierge has been found dead in the basement elevator. Your detective team has been assigned to the case. Can you solve the murder?

Click here to save 20% on our TRIO Murder Mystery Bundle

Using their skills critical thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and team work, the Junior Crime Detectives work in partnerships or teams to solve the murder mystery.

Everything you need for your Junior Detectives is included in this kit including 6 DIFFERENT case files with 6 DIFFERENT murderers for the SAME murder mystery. The 6 cases files focus on the same murder scenario, same victim, same suspects, and use the same crime scene photos. The differences in the cases files include: times of death, DNA fingerprint card, and which suspect is guilty. The case files are NOT 6 different murders scenarios. The variance between case files is designed to keep students from copying each other's results or if a student blurts out info it does not ruin it for others.

Each case file has it's own police report, Medical Examiners report, DNA fingerprint evidence card, and results page in the PowerPoint. This activity includes fill set of printables, crime scene photos, and a Powerpoint to use with the class to set up the case and review the results. The answers to both the TOD calculations and the murderer are included in the PowerPoint portion of the activity.

Included with this activity is a 3-page teacher guide with prep plans, grading guidance, timeline for executing the murder mystery, and suggestions on how to extend the lesson.

This activity can be completed in 1 or 2 classes given students are able to complete some of the work without a pre-lesson. This murder is designed to use their analytical skills and reasoning process more than their science and math accuracy.

If you like this Forensic Science activity you might also like:

• Calculating Time of Death with Powerpoint Lesson and Results
• Evidence Puzzler
• Comprehensive DNA Lesson and Powerpoint
• Who Killed Dr. Cosmo? STEM Murder Mystery
• Robbery Gone Wrong Murder Mystery #3
• Who Killed Santa Murder Mystery #4
• Write your own Murder Mystery kit.

Looking for MORE Forensics based Activities? Click here to view our extensive line of Forensics lessons, mysteries, task cards, worksheets, and activities.

***************************************************************************

How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases:

• Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you.

Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches:

• Look for the green star near the top of any page within my store and click it to become a follower. You will then receive customized email updates about this store.

**************************************************************************************

Copyright © Activities to Teach (DBA A2T) and Dr. Nicole Yemothy. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader / purchaser / subscriber only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.