The Forensic Science Project is a
project in which students will use
Primary Sources, Computer
Simulations, and the Internet to
discover how forensic scientists
solve crimes. Students will conduct
both on-line and off-line activities to
determine which forensic tests will
be needed
to solve a crime given certain
forensic clues.
Warning: This Topic should be
handled with sensitivity as to what
"Primary Sources" is shown to
middle school students.
Learning Objective
Upon completion of
this project, students
will be able to
1) Find Primary Forensic Sources
on the Internet.
2) Determine which forensic tests
scientist would need to conduct
based on the crime scene evidence.
Links
DETECTIVE
and Hand Print
A Multidisciplinary Team of historians,
anthropologists and forensic scientists help to
reconstruct 145 year French Acadians found
in two badly deteriorating graves in Louisiana.
Working on the Anthrax coated letters.
Photographs and other useful information.
forensic scientists.
4) Conduct some of the forensic tests off-line.
5) Discover how certain real-life crimes through
"Primary Sources" were solved using the scientific
method and forensic science.
Sunshine State Standards
SSS:S.H.1.3
The Student uses the scientific processes and habits
of the mind to solve problems.
SSS:S.H.1.3.2
The students knows that the study of events that led
scientists to discoveries can provide information about
the inquiry process and its effects.
ESOL Strategies
- Peer Grouping
- Problem Solving
- Manipulatives
Classroom Management
- One Computer in classroom with Internet access,
slow connection
- Most students have Internet connections at home
- Instructional Strategy: Implement the project using
cooperative groups (see above ESOL strategies)
- Develop "Behavior Plan" to facilitate cooperative
groups
Simulations Links
This site features fictional crime cases in a
unique combination of interactive fiction and
gaming.
Witness Game
Plans
Forensic Approach to
Teaching Chemistry
"What the Blowfly Saw"
A lesson in using insects to determine how
long a body has been dead.
A Thematic Unit for Elementary and
Intermediate Students
Carlyn E. Little
forensics@alittlecreation.com