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Sniff out the clues in this true crime caper

The location: A family car trip.

The crime: A fart

The weapon: Someone's butt.

Using the Soundcloud or Spotify links here, start at episode one. Pause between each episode and chat with each other, Weigh up the evidence, find the clues and try and get to the bottom who did it.

What you will need:

  • A notebook (this is your DETECTIVE NOTEBOOK now)

  • A pen

  • A peg for your nose. Just in case.

  • A toilet roll.

Grown ups: You’re the detective sidekick. Keep track of the clues and try not to look too suspicious

Tips:

  1. It might be useful to draw a picture of the suspects and note the clues that point to them.

  2. Get a giant pin board, some red string, thumb tacks, a Sherlock Holmes hat and a side kick. Parents make excellent side kicks.

WANT TO KEEP GOING?

BONUS ACTIVITY: DUST FOR FINGERPRINTS

Fingerprint of the person who ate the last choccie biccie….

Everyone has a different pattern on thier finger tips. Have a look: They have whorls and loops and ridges that are unique to you.

Sometimes when people touch things the natural oils on their finger tips leave a unique mark- called finger print.

You can see them but can can detect them. Real life Detectives use this fact to solve crimes and so can you!.

Here is how to dust for finger prints in your own house. Find out who ate your favourite snack, drained the battery on your iPad, changed the channel or slipped a sloth into your schoolbag!

What you will need:

  • Talcum powder

  • Sticky tape

  • Scissors

  • A very soft, clean and dry paintbrush or an old makeup brush (ask first)

How to do it:

  1. Find a smooth surface where the crime took place. The shiny fridge door, a mirror or even a TV remote.

  2. Dip your paintbrush into the talcum powder. Just a little. This is science, not a snowstorm.

  3. Very gently brush the powder over the surface in small circles. If there's a fingerprint hiding there, it will slowly appear like a sloth from a school bag.

  4. Once you can see the print, carefully lay a piece of sticky tape over it and press down gently.

  5. Peel the tape off slowly and stick it into your a DETECTIVE NOTEBOOK. Write down the date time and location of the finger print.

  6. Compare it to the fingerprints of your suspects. To get their prints, press each suspect's finger onto the powdered surface first, then lift with tape.