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Mixed Reception Tutorial

Introduction

Mixed Reception is a fully interactive chemistry activity in which the user, Detective Stapleton, must solve the mystery of graduate
student Nelsons death. To do this, you must interview suspects (their responses to your questioning are QuickTime movies), gather
evidence by searching rooms with QuickTime Virtual Reality, and analyze evidence in a crime lab environment.
Navigate between actions (interviewing, gathering evidence, and analyzing evidence) with the menu on the bottom of the screen.
Instructions appear in a side bar as you begin each action. You can begin by interviewing suspects or by looking around for clues.

Interviewing Suspects

Scroll down to see all questions that can be asked of a suspect.

You can switch back and forth between suspects during questioning by clicking on the person youd like to talk to.
Left panel: Click on the
person you want to
interview

Gathering Evidence

How to navigate using QuickTime Virtual Reality

When you first visit a location, it will be rotating. To make it stop
moving, click the mouse anywhere within the room.
To move around within a room, click and drag with the mouse.
For example, to look to the right, hold down the left mouse
button and drag the mouse to the right.

Right panel: Suspect

responds via QuickTime
movie

How to look at evidence

When you move the mouse over an object and a red outline
appears, you can zoom in on that object by clicking on it. You
cant zoom in if there is no red outline.

Middle bottom panel:

Choose question to ask
suspect
Bottom panel: Navigate
between interviewing,
searching for clues, and
analyzing evidence

Analyzing Evidence

How to retrieve evidence from collected items

When youre ready to look at evidence, click on analyze evidence on the bottom of the screen. Then click on an item in the
collected items bar. This will display a picture of the evidence
and a menu of information that can be obtained about it.
You must click on analyze evidence before you can click on a
collected item to obtain information about it.
Left panel: Choose what
type of analysis you want
to perform

How to pick up evidence

When youre zoomed in looking at evidence, you can only pick up
items that have a white outline around them when you hold the
mouse over them. Pick up items by clicking on them. They will
appear on the bottom of the screen, in the Collected Items bar. If
you decide you dont want evidence youve gathered, you cant
put it back.
Youve gathered all the evidence to be found when the collected
items bar contains 10 items.
How to navigate between rooms
To return to looking for evidence, click on gather evidence on the
bottom of the screen, and choose a location from the menu on
the left side of the screen. When youre done looking for evidence in a room, click on another room in the menu.
Left panel: Click on the
room you want to search
Center panel: Click on
items to examine

Right panel: Displays

evidence

Right panel: Displays

information about
evidence

Middle bottom panel:

Choose the collected
item to analyze

Middle bottom panel:

Displays collected
evidence

Solving the Case

When you have finished interviewing the suspects and analyzing the collected evidence, and you can complete a report on the Head
Quarters page of Mixed Reception. An internet connection is required to send the report for grading.
If you have any problems using Mixed Reception, or would like to send us your comments,
please email us at: mixedreception@chemcollective.org

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Mixed Reception Worksheet

Each group has one worksheet, so work on them together. Take notes on them and use them to help
you solve the problem. We are going to collect them, but the task at hand is solving a murder, not
filling out a worksheet.
While you watch the introduction video, note below your preliminary thoughts about which
person/people you personally suspect, and why & how they might have done it.

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*NOTE: Assume the terms Molar Mass and Molecular Weight (MW) mean the same thing for
this activity.*
While you interview suspects and gather evidence, make notes below about each suspect do
you personally suspect them? What reasons might they have had to commit the crime, and most
importantly, how might they have done it? What were their means?
Do you suspect this person?
What is their motive?
How might they have done it?

Dr Yervin
Do you suspect this person?
What is their motive?
How might they have done it?

Sam

Do you suspect this person?

What is their motive?
How might they have done it?

Joanna

Do you suspect this person?

What is their motive?
How might they have done it?

Vince

Do you suspect this person?

What is their motive?
How might they have done it?

Nelson

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While you gather evidence, make notes below about how each piece of evidence might relate to a
suspect, how it might have been used in the crime, etc.

Drug Info
Sheet

Joannas
Emails

Anti-Toxin
Report

Punch

Coroners
Report

Nelsons
Journal

Peanuts

Peanut Pie

Nelsons Pills

Pills from
Joannas
Office

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Use this page for additional notes, calculations, and conclusions you make as you analyze the
evidence and form your conclusion.

When youre ready to report your findings, call a teacher over and she will give you a Case Report
Form to turn in.

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Case Report Form
1. What is the Molar Mass of the allergy drug (show all of your work)?

2. What is the Molar Mass of the anti-venom (show all of your work)?

3. Did Nelson take his peanut allergy medication that day? Provide evidence that he did
indeed take his medication. (Hint: Look at Coroners Report )

4. An unknown substance (Molar Mass: 765.82 g/mol) was present in Nelsons blood.
CLAIM: What was this substance(s) and describe in detail how did it get into his blood?

EVIDENCE: Provide specific evidence that you have to support this claim.

REASONING: Explain why this substance was responsible for the death of Nelson.

5. Using your analysis of the evidence:

a. Who was the murderer that gave Nelson Pohgline the Anti-Venom?

b. Describe why you think this person is the murderer?

c. How did this person know the anti-venom would kill Nelson?

d. What do you think was this persons motive?

6. CHALLENGE QUESTION: You determined from the Coroners Report that Nelson had
his allergy medication in his blood. Examine the Coroners Report and the Prescription
Information and come up with an explanation as to why Nelson still had an allergic
reaction.