Detective Clue Board

The Detective Clue Board is a tool designed to enhance the learning experience of the "City Detective Challenge". Serving as a common thread throughout the sequence stages, this board provides a space for students to gather and organize their findings, observations, and solutions. It is structured into sections that correspond to each stage of the activity. Each section is filled with templates for notes, sketches, data tables, and reflection prompts to facilitate comprehensive documentation of the learning journey. Students are encouraged to update the booklet after each activity, allowing for a continuous integration of learning. One board is designed per class, collaboratively. In each step of the experiment, students are assigned specific roles and tasks that contribute to filling in the board:

• Step 1 - Introductory Game to Citizen Services: During the debrief session after the game, a clerk is named. The clerk's responsibility is to register the findings on each service and department in the board, specifically in "Section 1 - Discovering public services". This starts the process of building the content of the final lesson.

• Step 2 - Data Walk and Mapping: After the students complete their online research and real-world observations, they prepare a short presentation or a written summary of their findings. These findings are then registered in the Detective Clue Board, specifically in "Section 2 - Deepening knowledge on public services". Each group can register their findings directly on the board.

• Step 3 - Simulation Game "City Detective Challenge": During the "City Detective Challenge" simulation game, the Detective Clue Board is used in each crisis roundtable discussion. A clerk is assigned the responsibility of reporting the different solutions proposed by each department in “Section 3 - Crisis Alert Meeting”. These documented solutions are then used to construct the final solution to the crisis, facilitating a collaborative problem-solving process.

When filled in fully, the board will enable to keep the traces of learning and building knowledge documentation through investigation. It can be printed or distributed individually to each student.