Activities for Middle School Students To Sleuth a Chemistry "Whodunit" and Investigate the Scientific Method

作者：Meyer Audrey F; Knutson Cassandra M; Finkenstaedt Quinn Solaire A; Gruba Sarah M; Meyer Ben M; Thompson John W; Maurer Jones Melissa A; Halderman Sharon; Tillman Ayesha S; DeStefano Lizanne; Haynes Christy L^*

来源：Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91(3): 410-413.

DOI：10.1021/ed4006562

• Elementary/Middle School Science
• Analytical Chemistry
• Laboratory Instruction
• Problem Solving/Decision Making
• Forensic Chemistry
• High School/Introductory Chemistry
• Public Understanding/Outreach

The recent increased public interest in forensic science, sparked in part by television shows such as CSI and Bones, presents an opportunity for science educators to engage students in forensic chemistry-themed activities to introduce fundamental concepts, such as the scientific method. In an outreach setting, mysteries were used as a way to engage middle school students to select forensics tests, form hypotheses, make observations-while conducting the tests, consider positive and negative controls, and use the results to reach conclusions. Student data shows that the outreach activities generally increase student understanding of the scientific method. These activities have been translated from outreach activities into accessible activities for middle and high school classrooms.

• 出版日期2014-3