1. Distribute the students’ version of the “Pratibha Kale” case study to your class. Divide the students into groups of two or three.
   
2. Read aloud to them or let them read one section of the case study at a time. Don’t let them read ahead. After each section, use the discussion questions included with the teaching notes to get students to brainstorm what Pratibha should do next.
   
3. Finish by reviewing with students the basic concepts behind memo writing using the attached “Tips on Preparing Business Memos.” Ask students to prepare a memo from Pratibha to the Logistics group that clearly explains the problem and offers help from Pratibha’s team.
   

Closure/Assessment:
Review students’ memos for basic writing and presentation skills, as well as for students’ ability to explain the scientific information Pratibha and her team have come across during their research.

Then, in small groups or as a whole group, have students review the steps they should follow when they are confronted with a problem and have to learn something new to solve it. Ask them to share personal experiences of having to collect and understand information to make a decision or solve a problem. What did they do? How did they use the information they gathered? What did they do right or wrong? What would they do if they were confronted with the same problem today?