I actually did this assignment as an "Ask the Expert" session with my good friend B. Scott Williams who played an instrumental role in getting me up to speed on this topic.   After covering basic electron counting and some basic types of organometallic reactions including oxidative addition and reductive elimination, and a few catalytic cycles, I did a half day lecture on why we'd want to convert methane to methanol from an economic and environmental perspective (Scott and I are working on getting a 5-slides about on this topic but it isn't posted yet--hopefully soon).   After the introduction, I provided them with the 3 Chem Draw files with 3 different catalytic cycles (referred to in the handout and available below)  then asked them to complete the questions on both the cycles and the paper in groups of 3 for homework.   The next week we did a 1 h videoconference with Scott to go through the discussion questions.  After our conversation, the students were allowed to edit their work and turn it in the next day.   What was great about that interaction was his broader perspective as someone who has worked in the field.