murDer uNDer thE miCRoScoPe report
Murder Under The Microscope is a website which requires you or your team to
figure out which victim, villain and crimesite it is. There are 15 possible victims
and villains and 10 possible crimesites. This website helps you on problem
solving skills and elimination skills. There are three scientists; Danno, Ajete,
and Alyssa who give you helpful clues about your investigation but they can
also be red herrings. When the time is over, you must report your accusation
to the accusation area on the website.
Our team chose the Superb Fairy Wren for our victim. We chose this particular
animal because Mario Montigari sent us an email which was a picture of a
dead bird and the Superb Fairy Wren is a bird. We were sent the
measurements and the weight of the bird from Dr Ajete which matched exactly
to the Superb Fairy Wren but no other bird. A clue had also said that the victim
was re-introduced to its habitat which means the victim does live in the
crimesite and the Superb Fairy Wren lives in the Murrey River-Renmark which
we chose for our crimesite.
Evidence shows that the villain is the Red Headed Mouse Spider because it is a
prey to the Superb Fairy Wren and can paralyse its prey causing the Superb
Fairy Wren not be physically able to fly away and would be killed, but the red
Imported Fire Ant, on the other hand, cannot kill the Superb Fairy Wren
because it can just fly away. But the bird skeleton was only 8 weeks old so the
bird probably not be able to escape. Later investigation lead us to the Red
Imported Fire Ant, the Red Imported Fire Ant also viciously eats anything in its
path including other small insects, the skeleton still had some of its flesh on it
and a clue had said that there was no trace of insect decomposers – the Red
Imported Fire Ant Eats ANYTHING in its way including other INSECTS.
The crimesite we believed was the Murrey River-Renmark. One message was
that no koalas lived in the crimesite and no koalas live in the Murrey RiverRenmark, the crimesite was also described as a fruit bowl and the Murrey
River-Renmark produces mainly grapes and wine but also other fruits. Both,
the villain and victim lives in this crimesite. Further research lead us to the
North Para River because it can also be described as a food bowl, Koalas do not
live in that area and both villain and victim live there, One of our investigators
also said that the rebus puzzle Dr Ajete sent us was solved to be the North Para
River but we assumed it was a red herring. We also thought the crimesite
could be the Murrey River-Mildura but in some parts of that area is the koalas
habitat.
Our final choice was the:
Victim: Superb Fairy Wren
Crimesite: Murrey River-Renmark
Villain: Red Headed Mouse Spider
Overall our result was two out of three which is an overwhelming result! The
wrong answer was the villain which we decided was the Red Headed Mouse
Spider. Murder Under The Microscope is a great website, not only is it fun but
very educational and hopefully it has helped a lot in my problem solving and
elimination skills! Overall, I am greatful this was my subject for term 3!
By James Gao
5H