Page 7 - Prescription for Crime Drug Testing

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.

SCHEDULE 1:

This lab schedule is designed to take 5 days, with one hour of class time per day.

DAY 1 DAY 3

Cover the background material on Drug Testing Discuss the experiments that were performed
and Analysis. on the previous day.

Distribute lab procedures and review so that
students will be prepared for the lab the following Watch the video clips about drug testing,
day. Assign pre-lab questions for homework. pausing between each clip to talk about
what is being performed. Emphasize
the need for both presumptive and
DAY 2 confirmatory tests.

Instruct students to follow the lab procedures Read through the procedures for Lab 2
for Lab 1. They should fill out their data so students will be prepared for the
collection sheet for this lab by the end of class. following day.

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