{"product_id":"middle-school-math-review-csi-math-mystery-drone-heist","title":"Middle School Math Review CSI Math Mystery Worksheets | Grades 6–8 | The Drone Heist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive evidence pages spiral back through last year's math — one skill per page\u003c\/strong\u003e — so students revisit two-step equations, integer operations, composite area, the coordinate plane and the Pythagorean theorem while they work out who flew the media club's drone away. Because each page is a different skill and every page is self-checking, one activity tells you where the gaps are without a single test being handed out. No prep — just print and go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQuick Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSkill:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle school review — two-step equations, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers, area of composite figures, plotting in four quadrants, the Pythagorean theorem · \u003cstrong\u003eGrades:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6–8 · \u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e One full case, 5 clue pages + complete answer keys (printable PDF, color and black-and-white) · \u003cstrong\u003eTheme:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Drone Heist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Case\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 1:52 on Friday afternoon, thirty seconds into the assembly flyover, the media club's camera drone stopped answering the controller. It did not crash — nothing came down, the field was searched twice, and the drone is still transmitting, but the GPS pings plot a route no drone could possibly fly. Fifteen students signed the equipment register that afternoon, and only one of them is feeding the tracker false positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe 5 Clues\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClue One — The Coded Message\u003c\/strong\u003e — Students solve each two-step equation for \u003cem\u003ex\u003c\/em\u003e, then use the key to decode the clue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClue Two — Navy or Grey Jacket?\u003c\/strong\u003e — Integer addition and subtraction answers are already filled in; students tick only the correct ones and the bigger tally names the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClue Three — Media Pass or Sports Pass?\u003c\/strong\u003e — Students find the area of each L-shaped room in feet, locate that area on the strip at the foot of the page, and write the room's letter above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClue Four — The GPS Pings\u003c\/strong\u003e — Each ping gives an \u003cem\u003ex\u003c\/em\u003e and a \u003cem\u003ey\u003c\/em\u003e value to work out with integer multiplication and division; students plot all ten points in the four quadrants and join them in order to trace a letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClue Five — The Hypotenuse Maze\u003c\/strong\u003e — Students apply the Pythagorean theorem to each drawn right triangle, color the path with that answer, and follow it to the next triangle for the drone's log number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Teachers Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComing back in September you need to know what actually stuck over the summer — and you need it to be quiet, independent work while you are still learning names. Zero prep, self-checking pages, and a wrong answer visibly breaks the puzzle, so students go back and try again before they ever reach the key.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSkills Covered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolving two-step equations for a variable, adding and subtracting integers with negatives, multiplying and dividing integers, decomposing composite L-shaped figures into rectangles to find area, plotting and joining ordered pairs in all four quadrants, and applying the Pythagorean theorem to find a hypotenuse — plus logical reasoning and deductive elimination as students rule suspects out clue by clue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story page that sets up the case, five printable clue worksheets, the case chart of fifteen suspects, complete answer keys and clear student instructions — every page in full color and in an ink-saving black-and-white version, all in one PDF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBest Used For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack-to-school math review, beginning-of-year diagnostics, first-week-of-school activities, math centers, early finishers, substitute and relief days, spiral review and test prep for Grades 6–8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMore From This Line\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse every \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/csi-math-mysteries\"\u003eCSI Math Mystery\u003c\/a\u003e, or keep the middle school run going with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/adding-subtracting-integers-csi-math-mystery-bank-heist\"\u003eAdding \u0026amp; Subtracting Integers\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/5th-grade-math-review-csi-math-mystery-missing-school-pet\"\u003e5th Grade Review\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kiwiland Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62265120653682,"sku":"17362147","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/2848\/0626\/files\/csi-math-mystery-middle-school-review-6th-7th-8th-grade-integers-equations.jpg?v=1788147842","url":"https:\/\/kiwilandeducation.com\/products\/middle-school-math-review-csi-math-mystery-drone-heist","provider":"Kiwiland Education","version":"1.0","type":"link"}