Teacher’s Guide

1. Teacher’s Guide By Joshua Underwood Next Page

2. Table of Contents • Lesson Plan • Student Activity • Answer Key • How to Expand this Lesson

3. How to Expand this Lesson • You can insert you own pictures (using microscopes such as the MIC-D and QX3) into the presentation and rearrange the evidence to make the guilty party different people. • Instead of giving them the evidence in the presentation, make a small bag of evidence for them to investigate using their own microscopes. • Back to Table of Contents

4. Tom • Clothes: Hemp • Crystal Associated With: Sugar, Sodium Chloride, and Gelatin are all found in kitchens • Next

5. Becky • Clothes: Cotton • Crystal Associated With: Naphthalene (Moth Balls) • Next

6. Suzy • Clothes: Silk • Crystal Associated With: Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salts) used for soaking weary feet. • Next

7. Hair • The hair in the evidence room belongs to Becky. • Next

8. Crystals • The crystals in evidence are of naphthalene. • Next

9. Fibers • The fibers in evidence are hemp. • The Conclusion

10. The Guilty Party is… • The evidence places all three of the suspects at the scene of the crime (Becky’s Hair, Tom’s Clothes, and Suzy’s Crystals). The three suspects indeed teamed up to steal the cash. • Return to Table of Contents