Cookie Jar Mystery: Preparation Overview

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Lesson 1
Heads Up:
Observation Skills
Student Book
pages iii-9
• Sets of practice
pictures
• Cookie Jar Mystery crime scene photos
• Pencils
• Read Instructor’s
Guide Preface and
Introduction
• Select and name
your suspects
Lesson 2
Think Ink: Ink Chromatography
Student Book
pages 10-12
• Suspect pens
• Isopropyl alcohol
• Plastic cups
• Foam plates
• Plastic straws
• Chromatography paper
• Pencils
• Scissors
• Paper clips
• Rolls of tape
• Make crime scene
chromatography
strips for each group
• Paper Towels
Lesson 3
The White Stuff: White Substances and Toxicology
Student Book
pages 13-14
• Iodine and dropper
• Vinegar
• Permanent marker
• Dropper bottles
• 2,000 mL container
• Set of white powders
• Black paper squares
• Foam plates
• Hand lenses
• Portion cups
• Wooden splints
• Pencils
• Fill and label dropper bottles with water and vinegar
• Set up chemical
distribution center
• Water
Lesson 4
Pull Some Strings:
Fiber Analysis
Student Book
pages 15-17
• Black fiber samples
• Tweezers
• Fiber samples cardstock
• Wide tape
• Hand lenses
• Pencils
• Unravel fabric
samples
• Tear pieces of tape
Lesson 5
Hair We Go:
Hair Samples
Student Book
pages 18-20
• Hair samples
• Hand lenses
• Tweezers
• Scissors
• Hair samples
cardstock
• Rolls of tape
• Pencils
• Set up activity demonstration
• Print Hair Slide
Transparencies from
master on Teacher
Resource CD.
• 30 blank
transparencies
Lesson 6
Follow The Grain:
Pollen Analysis
Student Book
pages 21-22
• Pollen samples
• Hand lenses
• Toothpicks
• Pollen samples
cardstock
• Rolls of tape
• Pencils
• Scissors
• Print Pollen Slide
Transparencies from
master on Teacher
Resource CD
• Cut transparency
sheets into columns
• Set up activity
demonstration
• 10 blank
transparencies
Lesson 7
Make an Impression:
Bite Marks
Student Book
pages 23-25
Foam cups
• Hand lenses
• Plastic bag
for cut slides
• Scissors
• Pencils
• Rulers
• Permanent markers
• Print Cookie
Transparencies from
master on Teacher
Resource CD.
• Cut cookie
transparences
into slides
• Paper Towels
• 10 blank
transparencies
Lesson 8
Bloody Brilliant:
Blood Types
Student Book
pages 26-28
• Simulated blood and
anti-sera
• Blood exam trays
• Permanent markers
• Pencils
• Toothpicks
• Disposable gloves
• Blood typing guides
• Set up activity demonstration• Lined Paper
• Paper Towels
Lesson 9
One of a Kind:
Fingerprint Evidence
Student Book
pages 29-32
• Ink strips
• Ink towelettes
• Ten cards
• Hand lenses
• Pencils
• Set up activity demonstration
Lesson 10
Crack the Code: DNA
Student Book
pages 33-36
• 2,000 mL container
• Dish soap
• Salt
• Isopropyl alcohol
• Measuring spoons
• 250 mL containers
• Plastic spoons
• Resealable
plastic bags
• Coffee filters
• Plastic cups
• Wooden splints
• Pencils
• Foam plates
• Remove any
strawberry leaves
and stems
• Put isopropyl alcohol
into the freezer
• Put water into the
refrigerator
• Fresh or Frozen
Strawberries
• Water
Lesson 11
Let’s Talk:
Questioning the Subjects
Student Book
pages 37-43
• Pencils• Organize groups of
students
Lesson 12
Who Dunnit?:
Piecing Together the Evidence
Student Book
pages 51-53
Certificates of Completion
• Pencils• Print and fill out
Certificates of
Completion