teaching resource

Mini-Mystery – Who Won the Race?

  • Updated

    Updated:  07 Jun 2023

A fun, logic-based activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  2 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

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teaching resource

Mini-Mystery – Who Won the Race?

  • Updated

    Updated:  07 Jun 2023

A fun, logic-based activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  2 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

A fun, logic-based activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.

This teaching resource can be used as an engaging warm-up activity or task for fast finishers.

Use it as a stimulus for the whole class or distribute it to individual students.

Students read the statements made by the characters and the Cold Hard Facts at the bottom of the page.

They use logic and reasoning to eliminate ‘red herring’ characters and mathematical knowledge to determine the winner of the race.

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  • Jessica Varano
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    The answer is wrong? Shouldn't it be the flower?

    • Paul (Teach Starter)
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      Hi Jessica, SPOILER ALERT! Even though the flower usually can finish a 500 m race in two minutes, which is true, they didn't actually finish the race because they went off with another character for milkshakes! Alas, if the flower did not finish the race, they could not have been the winner. Must have been a good milkshake!

  • Zuriette Du Plessis
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    Wow! You never seize to amaze me. These Mini-Mysteries are looking great. I am looking forward to using these as a fast finisher activity, a fun quiet activity or even small "solve the mystery"-group with my students. Thank you.

    • Dean Hughes
      ·

      Thanks once again, Zuriette! The team always appreciates hearing such positive feedback!

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