Area of 2D shapes Math Murder Mystery Printable Activity

Need an engaging, fun, Math printable activity to practice finding the area of 2 dimensional shapes including rectangles, triangles, circles, parallelograms, trapezoids and composite figures with your 7th and 8th grades? This easy to prep, Math Murder Mystery classroom scavenger hunt activity allows junior high school students to solve a crime while improving their measurement skills of 2 dimensional shapes and also includes a blank template so your class can create their own crazy crime.

Questions are posted around the classroom, corridors , school, playground for students to find and by the end of the scavenger hunt students will find all the details of a Crime Report including the victim, weapon, punishment and more.

Murder Mystery is editable too so you can add the names of some teachers or even students as the victim and the criminal in the crime. Your students will love. working collaboratively to discover details about the crime, including what, where and why it happened, and what the punishment for the crime was. Especially if the criminal is the Principal of the school!!

This Murder Mystery activity is ideal as an end of topic recap and consolidation exercise. It can also be helpful in the assessment of your student’s knowledge of key skills so grab it for your next lesson and have some fun!

Whats included?

Teacher Guide
Working Out sheet
Ten question sheets
Blank Crime Report
Answer Key
Completed Crime Report

I hope your classes love this resource as much as mine do. There are many other Murder Mystery activities on all things mathematical. See my store for more.