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Beat the Summer Slide: Solve the "Who Stole Summer?" CSI Mystery!
The "Who Stole Summer?" CSI mystery: a no-prep addition and subtraction case that keeps skills sharp over the break. -
Matariki CSI Mystery: Engage in Addition & Subtraction Fun
Celebrate Matariki with a CSI mystery: solve addition and subtraction problems to crack the case. Upper primary NZ. -
Don't Let Summer School Be a Snooze! Solve the Mystery of Engaging Math Practice!
A low-prep CSI mystery that turns addition and subtraction review into a case to crack. Grades 3–5. -
Prevent the Math Summer Slide with 3-Digit Addition Mysteries
Keep 3-digit addition sharp over summer with no-prep, story-based mystery worksheets. Grades 2–4. -
What Is a Math Detective Activity? How It Works and How to Use It in Class
A story-based activity where solving math problems reveals clues and eliminates suspects. How they work and how to use them. -
Long Division Practice: A Math Detective Case for Grades 4–5
Long division practice as a detective case: students solve problems to crack the mystery. Grades 4–5. -
CSI Mysteries for Math: A Fun and Engaging Way to Learn Math
Ready-to-use CSI Mysteries that turn practice into a case to crack, from elementary to high school.
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Emergency Sub Plans That Teach Themselves: The Self-Checking Trick
The best sub plan corrects itself: how suspect elimination lets a substitute run a real lesson cold, in the words of teachers who've left it. -
What Is a Science Mystery? A Teacher's Guide for Grades 3–8
Students read a nonfiction science passage, answer questions to unlock clues and eliminate suspects. How Science Mysteries work. Grades 3–8. -
Introducing Number Cadets: Online Math Detective Missions That Run Themselves
Our math detective packs are now a self-running online academy for Grades K–5. One complete mystery is free at every grade.
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