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Teaching

Timeline

GROUNDWORK
Before conducting this laboratory exercise, the details of The Investigation should be shared with the class to
provide the context of the crime. Covering this material once should be sufficient for all laboratory modules.

DAY 3
SCHEDULE 1:
This lab schedule is designed to take Discuss the experiments that were performed
5 days, with one hour of class time on the previous day.
per day. Instruct students to log on to the website
www.firearmsid.com Explore the website and
discuss at the end of class.

DAY 1 DAY 4

Cover the background material on Ballistic Instruct students to follow the procedures for
Imaging. Lab 2 while completing the data collection
Distribute lab procedures. sheet, then answer the post-lab questions.

Assign pre-lab questions for homework. If time permits, discuss the results of this activity.

DAY 5
DAY 2

Discuss student theories about the case.
Review the lab procedures and the data
collection sheet. Instruct students to follow the If this is your only lab from The Mystery of Lyle
lab procedures for Lab 1. and Louise, prepare for a mock trial.

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