Project Includes
- Teacher Guide
- Student Workbook
- Customizable Resources
- Assessment Tools
- Extension Activities
- Sample Files
- Templates
- Parent Letters
- Certificates
TechnoClue
Item Number: INT-CLUE
Technology Integration: Language Arts, Math, Visual Arts
Technology Skill: Database, Graphics, Presentation
Program: Access, Paint, PowerPoint, Word
Includes: Mystery Lesson Plans, Teacher Guide, Printable Student Workbook, Paperless Worksheets, Review Questions, Extension Activities, TechnoClue Parent Letter, TechnoClue Certificate, Summary of Skills Checklist, News Story Checklist, News Story Marking Sheet, Clue Database (database includes more than 40 suspects), Investigation Folder, Composite Drawing Samples, Crime Solved Sample, Evening News Presentation Sample, Flip Badge Template, Wanted Poster Template
Session 1: Examine the Clues
Use the clues to narrow the suspects in a database and solve the case.
Session 2: Composite Drawing
Transform a photo into a composite drawing of a possible suspect using Paint.
Session 3: Book the Criminal
Enter data into fields to add a new database criminal record.
Session 4: The Missing Keys
Find hidden clues using Windows Search to reveal the crook’s identity.
Session 5: Inform the TechnoVille Citizens
Write a news bulletin in PowerPoint about the capture of the Keyboard Crook.
Session 6: The Evening News
Prepare to air the news bulletin with slide animations and transitions.
Optional Mystery Lesson Plans
- Flip Badge: Make a badge in Microsoft Word.
- Solve Mysteries: Who trashed the tulips?
- Bike Bandit: Use database skills to capture the bandit.
- Wanted Poster: Reward for the Keyboard Crook.
Mystery Lesson Plans for Middle School
Integrate technology into a mystery unit in language arts or a problem solving and data management unit in math. Students become detectives deciphering clues and other evidence.
- Organize categorical data in a database form
- Filter records in a database to solve a mystery
- Add, view, find, filter, and print database records
- Apply deductive reasoning to decipher clues
- Predict the suspect in a mystery story
- Create a composite drawing using digital tools
- Create a news bulletin about an investigation
- Use technology tools to enhance learning
- Communicate information using various media
- Process data and report results
By the way, just wanted to let you know that my students are thoroughly enjoying your curriculum. I have 8th graders right now working on TechnoClue and they are having a lot of fun with it. Thanks so much!!!
L. Carver,
James E. Bazzell Middle School,
KY, USA
Customer Reviews
Students become detectives. They narrow suspects using a database, create a composite drawing, book a criminal, and produce a news story about the Keyboard Crook. Use TechnoClue mystery lesson plans to integrate technology.
By the way, just wanted to let you know that my students are thoroughly enjoying your curriculum. I have 8th graders right now working on TechnoClue and they are having a lot of fun with it. Thanks so much!!!
L. Carver,
James E. Bazzell Middle School,
KY, USA