Category Archives: Murder under the Microscope 2012

This term we will be competing in the Murder under the Microscope competition.
Murder under the Microscope is Australia’s largest online environmental game.
In this project, students are presented with a mystery, an environmental ‘crime’. We must do our research to find out the villain (the cause), the victim (the effect) and the crime site (the place).

All information related to our investigation will be placed here. We all need to work together and do our part to solve this problem! ALL parts of the investigation will be important!

Murder under the Microscope Villain Homework

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Murder under the Microscope Villain Homework

We have just done (or are completing tonight!) a research project on potential victims of our environmental crime. We now need to know what may be killing or damaging our victims. These are the potential villians.

We know some information about some of them, but not a lot of them!

Your homework for this weekend and the start of next week will be to investigate these! Some topics are tricky!

If you want to make an early start, you can begin to investigate your villain. CLICK HERE to access the sheet.

Here is a list of the potential villains we need to investigate.

Baiting (eg 1080 poison) –Eryn, Liam M
Cane toads – Lachlan, Callum
Gamba grass – Maddison, Monique
Inland taipan – Niamh
Land clearing– Jazmin, Zane
Lantana – Sophie, Bonnie
Laughing kookaburra – Josh, Ross
Perentie lizard – Casie, Crystal
Powerful owl – Cameron McC, Zack
Red-headed mouse spider  –Nikita, Liam S
Red fox– Bree
Rising temperatures– Abi, Tara
Sewage– Maitane, Jay
Toxic chemicals – Hannah, Cameron McK
Wildlife trade – Amy, Todd

As we discuss out victims in class, I will write up some information or show some pictures on the blog.

Do not forget to check out the Murder under the Microscope website, and log in with the badge number I have given you in class.

www.microscope.edu.au/

This will be due on WEDNESDAY of Week 4.
We are getting close to the end of our investigation so we need to get working hard!

Murder under the Microscope Victim Homework

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Murder under the Microscope Victim Homework

We have now been given a list of potential victims for our Murder under the Microscope environmental crime.

The problem is, we do not know ANYTHING about most of them!

Your homework for this weekend and the start of next week will be to investigate these!

Some of you were not here today, so you have not received the homework sheet, so you can Click Here to see the sheet to make a start.

Here is a list of the animals or plants you will need to investigate.

The Black-headed Python –Eryn, Liam M
Boab tree – Lachlan, Callum
Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby – Maddison, Monique
Diamond firetail finch – Niamh
Dollarbird – Jazmin, Zane
Echidna – Sophie, Bonnie
Green tree frog – Josh, Ross
Green turtle – Casie, Crystal
Northern Quoll – Cameron McC, Zack
Orange-spotted ladybird –Nikita, Liam S
Red-headed Honeyeater – Bree
Bilby – Abi, Tara
Sturt’s desert pea – Maitane, Jay
Sugar glider – Hannah, Cameron McK
Ulysses butterfly – Amy, Todd

As a part of the activity, you will need to match your animal / plant to a crime scene. This is a map of our ten crime scenes across the country (You can click on it to make it bigger).

You were also given the Murder under the Microscope website that you can have a look at. You will need the ‘badge number’ that I gave you in class. If you were not here you will need to wait until Monday or get mum or dad to email me.

www.microscope.edu.au/

This homework will be due WEDNESDAY next week. It is very important that you do this!

Murder under the Microscope- Homework Week 1 (Environmental Issues)

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Murder under the Microscope- Homework Week 1 (Environmental Issues)

In our first week we will be investigating the different environmental issues that may be involved in our environmental crime.

There are a lot of potential issues (ten in total- Mr Sim will do one), so I have given one issue to each group. This will mean you will need to do a lot less work!

Click Here if you have forgotten which group you are in.

This week’s homework involves investigating an environmental issue. EVERYONE must complete their homework task. DO NOT leave it until the last day, as it will take approximately 30 minutes per night to finish the whole activity. On Monday of Week 2 we will be using all this information.

Click on your group number in order to access your homework for the week (You will also be given this on Tuesday at school).

Group 1- Climate change
Group 2- Water temperature
Group 3- Runoff
Group 4- Nutrients
Group 5- Land use
Group 6- Flow, silt and sediment
Group 7- Stormwater
Group 8- Salinity
Group 9- Vegetation

This is a tricky homework assignment! If you find a great website, please add a comment so others can use it. I will also do the same!
Do not forget to ask mum or dad or anyone else for help as well!

Good Luck!