Feel like a detective yet? Pupils first watch a brief clip from the movie The Bone Collector. Using a photo of the suspect's footprint next to a dollar bill, they then use proportions to determine the size of the suspect's shoe.

Concepts

scale, proportions, crime scenes

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a forensic scientist to give a presentation
  

Classroom Considerations

• Scholars should have experience with proportions
• Note that the subject matter of the movie The Bone Collector may not be appropriate for some age groups
  

Pros

• Use of a movie may help motivate young learners
  

Cons

• Some information needed to solve the problem is missing (relationship between shoe length and shoe size)
  

Common Core

6.RP.A.3.a MP4