Fun Thanksgiving Activity: 8th Grade Thanksgiving Math Mystery

This Thanksgiving Math Mystery "Case of the Gobbler's Curse" is a fun way to engage your students. This is the 8th Grade Edition or please check the math content and skills listed below to see suitability for your class and curriculum. In this math detective story, people have all started to lose the power of speech and cannot stop making "gobble, gobble" noises! Students must solve the worksheets to reveal clues as to which potion will cure those under the Gobbler's Curse.

Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.

Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Slides link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive. Parts of the pages are editable so that your students can complete without having to print the pages. Please note, you will need to make a copy of the Google Slides to your drive before you can edit.

Make your day a little easier and try one of our math mysteries, your students will love them!

There is an optional Video Hook available to introduce this activity to your students in a fun way.CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO HOOK

BONUS: Ending video added to wrap up the case!

Editable cures list added to the folder. You can alter the mystery outcome if your students have already done this mystery story or change the cure names if you wish. I've provided two premade alternative cures lists that you can quickly swap out with the original if you need.

5 Clues to Crack!

MATH Skills Addressed in this grade level version:

• Clue 1 - Solving Two-Step Equations
• Clue 2 - Identifying Rational and Irrational Numbers
• Clue 3 - Evaluating Exponents with Negative Bases
• Clue 4 - Simplifying Surds
• Clue 5 - Convert from Scientific Notation to Standard Notation

Want different math skills?

The Case of the Gobbler's Curse is available in the other Grade editions listed below. Click to check out the math skills covered in each packet.

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 1)

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 2)

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 3)

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 4)

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 5)

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 6)

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 7)

Thanksgiving Math Mystery: Case of The Gobbler's Curse (GRADE 8)

Differentiation and Important Note about the other Grade Editions when the Mystery is the SAME Story Title:

The clues are the same in the other grades if the mystery story is the same. The math is what is different between the grade packs. I designed the mysteries this way to enable differentiating the task within your classroom (without your kids knowing that they might have an easier or harder version than their peers.) You can also 'clue swap' across grades (except for the 1st grade version) as long as the clue number is the same if you find that you'd prefer the math skill for a particular clue from a different grade edition. For example, swap clue 3 from the 4th grade edition with clue 3 in the 5th grade edition and it will still work the same (just the math will be different). I've added an alternative suspect list to the pack to change the mystery outcome, including two pre-made lists for you to swap out if you want a different mystery solution.

There are many different mystery titles in my store available if you'd like more Math Mysteries with different clues and solutions.

All of our Math Mysteries can be found here!

Thanks,

Mrs J

Happy thanksgiving!