We arrived at school this morning to find that a crime had been committed in our classroom! Our shelf and binders were missing! Using what we have learned about handwriting analysis, we examined the note that had been left and compared it to writing samples from four possible suspects to try and determine who the guilty person was. Based on our analysis, most of us thought the note was written by one of the suspects. We then learned about chromatography. See the video below. Ms. Steeves had collected a black marker from each of the suspect's rooms. In small groups, we used chromatography to see what colours each of the black felts was made of. Ms. Steeves then cut up the note and we tested it. We determined that the pen used to write the note belonged to the same suspect. This happened to be the suspect most of us had identified after the handwriting analysis. We presented the evidence to the suspect and they confessed and our shelf and binders were returned to the class. It was great to see everyone putting their investigative skills to the test and also for remaining objective throughout the investigation.
We finished our day with an art critique of the following painting by Wassily Kandinsky. We will be creating our own artwork using this as inspiration this week.
Reminders:
- Book Fair preview tomorrow
- Conferences are on Thursday evening and Friday. Booking is open. Thursday is an early dismissal day (11:45). There is no school for students on Friday.
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