About+online+tasks

Welcome to Murder under the Microscope for 2014. Typically, Murder under the Microscope hosts an interactive mystery game for students in Years 5 to 10. This year, Murder under the Microscope provides a series of online investigative tasks, called ‘Environmental issues’ ‘Quizzes’, ‘Eco-disasters & eco-successes’ and ‘Solve the mystery’ to support student learning in the syllabuses listed below.

The tasks comprise:
 * **NSW Stage 3** || **NSW Stages 4 and 5** || **States outside NSW** ||
 * NSW Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus and || Years 7 and 9 * New NSW Science K-10 (incorporating Science and Technology K-6) Syllabus || Australian Curriculum: Science Years 5 to 10 ||
 * New NSW Science K-10 (incorporating Science and Technology K-6) Syllabus || Years 8 and 10 * NSW Science Years 7-10 Syllabus
 * NSW Geography 7-10 ||  ||
 * **Environmental issues** - 10 PDF cards about environmental issues, 9 PDF cards outlining experiments and a list of supporting web links. The issues and experiment cards are highly suitable for pair or group work. You may like to have the students report to the whole class on their environmental issue and/or experiment. The estimated completion time for each issue and experiment card is //approximately// 2 hours when done in small groups.
 * **Four quizzes** for primary and secondary students. Each quiz has around 10 multiple choice questions. Feedback is provided for incorrect answers. After two incorrect answers, the quiz automatically progresses to the next question. The estimated completion time for each Quiz is //approximately// 20 minutes, excluding video viewing and reading time, that is //approximately// 80 minutes for 4 quizzes.
 * **Eco-disasters and eco-successes** is a series of significant environmental events that have occurred somewhere in the world. Students are given clues which they use to research and work out the answers. Answers may be submitted online and successful teams will be listed on the website. The estimated completion time for the eco-disasters and eco-successes task is //approximately// 8 hours.
 * ** Solve the Mystery ** is a past //MuM// case. It will be made available for your students’ investigation. Answers to the mystery may be submitted online and successful teams will be listed on the website. The estimated completion time for the past case task is //approximately// 12 hours