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Teacher’s
Notes
hese notes are provided to assist in the RUNNING THE LAB
preparation and execution of the laboratory During Lab 1, students will enter their data into the
Texperiment. A solutions key for the preand spreadsheet downloaded from www.LyleAndLouise.
post-lab questions can be found on pages 11 and 12, com. Visit the “Downloads” page, create/login to an
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supplemental material for this module.
SUPPLIES Prior to starting the lab, the teacher should
First, inventory the supplies included in the measure a distance of 20 meters so that students
lab kit. Supplies have been provided for up to can measure their stride length. This distance
six groups of students. can be marked outside or in the halls by the
classroom. If 20 meters is too long or short, feel
Dental stone for each group (6 bags) free to measure a different distance, however, if the
distance is changed, the teacher needs to instruct
Photos of shoeprint from crime scene (1
envelope with 6 photos) students to change the measurement distance
in their table (cell A3) to the correct number of
Evidence castings (6) centimeters.
Shoe Data Pages from SoleMate (6 sets)
Following this lab, the teacher should collect all
foot length and height data from the groups so
that this information can be compiled into a class
OTHER SUPPLIES AND spreadsheet for comparison.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
Yard stick or meter stick for each group SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Water
1. When pouring the dental stone, cut a small
Computer with Internet access for each group corner of the bag so that the dental stone
can be squeezed out of the bag slowly. If the
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