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Publication Date: 2005-Oct
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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raven and the Ambassador's Wife: An Inquiry-Based Murder Mystery
Grove, Nathaniel; Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n10 p1532-1533 Oct 2005
An inquiry-based experiment on Sherlock Holmes adventure stories used to actively involve students in a series of laboratory experiments to prove the guilt of the accused murderer is presented. The result from such experiments showed that students were able to distinguish between sugar and possible poison.
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Chemistry, Inquiry, Active Learning, Hands on Science, Science Instruction, Fiction, Literary Genres
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Language: English
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