CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS

Maths Week4th – 8th February

2008

Maths and Crime

Tutor Activities

Thinking skills:

Logic/Inverse problems

Citizenship:

Fingerprinting

Literacy:

Crime in the media

Assembly follow up:

Competition: Using crime statistics

Key Stage 3• Themed lessons:

– Bank robbery (Speed, Distance, Time)

– Overflowing prisons (Research the facts and figures)

– Diamond robbery (using real-life graphs)

– Millionaire’s Mansion

Key Stage 4

• Themed lessons:– Stolen Goods

(solving by simultaneous equations)

– Policeman’s Dilemma (Sequences and patterns)

Visitors

James BloweyDurham University• Using maths to prevent crime

• KS3, KS4 and KS5

Chris BuddBath University• How maths can help in the fight against crime (lecture/workshop)• KS4 and KS5

ITT StudentsDurham University• Carousel of activities for KS3

Extra-curricular activities• Staff competition - can you

solve the crime?

• Daily competitions for

pupils

• Interactive online

competition for the local

community

• Lunchtime showing of

Numb3rs Series.

• KS3 STEM Club Theme

How you can get involved?Modern Foreign Languages:Solving numerical problems in French based on crime.

English:Using crime statistics to write and present a news report.

ICT:Fraud.Database containing crime statistics.

Art:Photography of crime scenes linked to sequences

All proceeds to South Africa Expedition