Did you ever want to be a detective?  This online collaborative project gives elementary students the opportunity to use deductive reasoning skills to find their fellow project participants.  This project incorporates math, geography, science, language arts and social studies into fun-filled lessons and activities that will send your students on a journey across the United States. 

During this journey, every participating class will provide clues about their home state to help fellow participants find them.  Meanwhile, your students take on the role of detectives as they use those clues provided by fellow participants to try and find them in the United States. All the while, your students are using deductive reasoning skills, calculating fractions and demonstrating map skills, all in pursuit of solving "The Great State Mystery". 

This project has been developed by Patrice Enyart and Alberta Weissman, teachers from CJR/#9, Paterson in conjunction with CIESE at Stevens Institute of Technology, Bank Street College, and St. Peter's College with support through an Eisenhower Professional Development Program that is administered by the New Jersey State Department of Education