Using Critical Thinking to Solve Problems
By Bonnie Lou Risby
Have
your students join J. R. and Ryan as they become amateur detectives aiding
Officer Oscar Matthews in solving one of the most intriguing cases to hit
Brody’s Landing in years. Like J. R. and Ryan, your young detectives will
gather clues and organize them in a logic grid, using both paper and pencil and
gameboards with game pieces. The Great Honey Robbery
is not a simple case; many lesser mysteries must fall into place before the
villains can be brought to justice . . .
·
What can the boys report
to Officer Matthews about the time of the honey robbery?
·
Who reports mysterious
happenings?
·
Who wears which size
shoe? And whose shoe matches the footprints?
·
Does everyone who was
treated for bee stings have an alibi?
·
What did Ross and Mason
observe from the hot air balloon on the day of the robbery?
·
Where did
the blackberry stains lead?
·
Whose raft crossed the
river?
·
Whose signature was on
the laundry receipt?
Students use critical thinking,
deductive reasoning, analytical thinking, the process
of elimination, logic puzzles, and a time line.
