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dc.contributor.authorCresswell, Sarah L
dc.contributor.authorLoughlin, Wendy A
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-20T02:48:57Z
dc.date.available2017-06-20T02:48:57Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0021-9584
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00183
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/101622
dc.description.abstractAn effective guided inquiry forensic case study (a pharmacy break-in) is described for first-year students. Four robust introductory forensic chemistry and biology experiments are used to analyze potential drug samples and determine the identity of a possible suspect. Students perform presumptive tests for blood on a “point of entry stain” sample; perform chemical presumptive tests on the “suspected drug” alongside known standards of codeine, morphine, and amphetamine; and carry out thin-layer chromatography analysis of the drug samples. They examine the specificity of the Kastle–Meyer and tetramethylbenzidine tests, prepare polymerase chain reaction samples from the suspects’ DNA samples, and perform gel electrophoresis to analyze the results. Students are required to analyze and integrate the results and to apply their acquired knowledge within the context of an engaging forensic case study. This first-year laboratory is part of a forensic case study vertically integrated into the curriculum.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1730
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1735
dc.relation.ispartofissue10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Chemical Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume92
dc.subject.fieldofresearchChemical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther chemical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther education not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode34
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode349999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode39
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode399999
dc.titleAn Interdisciplinary Guided Inquiry Laboratory for First Year Undergraduate Forensic Science Students
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyrightThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in the Journal of Chemical Education, copyright 2015 American Chemical Society and the Division of Chemical Education, Inc., after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00183
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gro.griffith.authorLoughlin, Wendy A.
gro.griffith.authorCresswell, Sarah L.


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