week3

=Week 3 - May 11 to May 15=

The focus this week is to get ready for asking the Science experts some questions and conducting science experiements. You need to be asking - what makes a good question?
To help you out.... You can ask questions of the Scientists in the MuM09 website next week. Each team is allowed only **3 questions**, so think carefully before submitting them.
 * Dr Adjete will upload a quiz in the Game Strategies section of the Investigators' area this Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.**

You may also like to try out some science experiments below, designed to help students better understand the issues of salinity, climate change, land use etc.

Science Experiments
Try out these experiments ideas listed below. Each of them complements the content of several Activity Cards. (Use the back button when you are finished to return to wiki home.) Check out the the links on each Activity Card. They will allow you access to a range of activities and experimentation ideas to supplement your teaching of MuM09 and consolidate concepts for your students.

This experiment supports work on both Accidents and Land use.

This experiment supports work on both Climate change and Vegetation.

This is a quick and easy experiment well suited to younger students.

This versatile experiment supports work on Land use, Water temperature, Vegetation, Nutrients, Run off and Flow, silt and sediment.

This experiment supports work on Run off, Stormwater and Flow, silt and sediment.

This experiment supports work on Salinity, Vegetation and Land use.

This experiment supports work on Stormwater, Run off, Nutrients and Land use.

This experiment supports work on Water temperature and Land use.

This experiment supports work on Stormwater, Land use, Run off and Nutrients.

If you have not already visited the Investigators' area of the website this is the last week in which you can complete your team badge and profile. Students will also enjoy reading about other teams from all over Australia and beyond. Teams can complete their team badge and profile up until 15 May.

Also, make sure you continue to view and review all the messages and videos on the website. These will help you to gather clues and eliminate the crime sites so that you know which one is the real crime site.

We have received some calls from busy teachers who have had trouble getting in to the current MuM website. For those still having trouble: 1. Ensure that you are on the current site by typing in [|www.microscope.edu.au], rather than selecting MuM09 from your favourites. 2. Select from Broadband hi, Broadband lo or Non-Flash (HTML); see below:


 * Run out of work for week 3 of Murder under the Microscope 2009? See week 8. **