The Cabbage Caper Lab

The Cabbage Caper is a Murder Mystery for kids. It is an interactive, hands-on science lab activity where students begin their investigation on the computer and then move to the "crime lab" to conduct lab tests based on the evidence. The interactive PDF document navigates like a web site and will work on any device including the iPad. If computers are not available, the pages can be printed as a booklet or hung at lab stations.
Students will start with the introduction and will be prompted to move through the activity but they are free to follow their own path. After interviewing the 6 suspects and recording notes in the "Investigator's Notebook", students will proceed to the Crime Lab where they will design and perform experiments to solve the crime. Finally, students will write their final conclusions base upon all they have learned.
Complete Lab setup instructions, chemical labels, lab signs and answer key are included.

Files in this packet include:

Begin Here - read this first!
Cabbage Caper Interactive Lab (pdf file with hyperlinks)
Cabbage Caper Student Handouts (pdf)
Cabbage Caper Lab Setup Instructions (pdf)
Cabbage Caper Lab signs (pdf)
answer key