After the Case · Student Debrief

The Lesson Behind the Clues

If you solved the cases, you already practiced the skills. This page names what your detective brain was doing.

Evidence Desk

Answers Need Proof

You found text evidence. That means you used exact words from a passage to prove an answer.

Number Bureau

You used multiplication thinking when the folders were arranged in equal groups.

Fraction File

You checked the whole, counted equal parts, and named the piece as part of the whole.

Forensics Lab

You separated facts you could see or measure from guesses that needed proof.

Cold Case Archive

You matched places to records and noticed how community parts work together.

Code Room

You sequenced steps so the signal could run correctly.

Choose one case and finish this sentence:

I solved the ___ case by noticing ___, choosing ___, and explaining ___.

That reflection is your proof that the mystery became learning.