Grade Range:
9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Resource ID:
13558
Grade Range:
11, 12
This lesson explores the history, legal aspects, and career options within forensic science. It also guides students to identify and illustrate roles, functions, and responsibilities of professionals in the criminal justice system, including crime scene…
Resource ID:
13594
Grade Range:
11, 12
This lesson will identify and categorize controlled substances and common drugs, and show how forensic science is used to fight crimes of this type.
Resource ID:
13569
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students learn about various critical steps like obtaining, photographing, and preserving evidence at a crime scene. This lesson also, encourages an understanding of crime scene investigation, that is crucial for the forensic scientist to…
Resource ID:
13586
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students will learn about the different types of fingerprints and the chemicals used to pick them up at crime scenes. A lab is included.
Resource ID:
13590
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students will experiment with DNA, one of the most valuable tools to verify identities, exclude suspects, and solve crimes. This lesson includes a laboratory experiment.
Resource ID:
13560
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students will research and create a presentation over the code of ethics and professional practices in the field of forensic science.
Resource ID:
13598
Grade Range:
11, 12
In some cases, a single bullet or tool mark can reveal many clues that will eventually lead investigators to a suspect. This lesson familiarizes students with firearms/tools marks and its analysis.
Resource ID:
13580
Grade Range:
11, 12
Impression evidence found at the crime scene often provides important investigative leads. In addition to defining class characteristics, it can also provide unique, individual characteristics that may lead to a specific source. This lesson is a lab in…
Resource ID:
13571
Grade Range:
11, 12
Glass fragments located at a crime scene can be essential to determining the identity and sometimes the location of a suspect. However, in all cases, the forensic scientist is required to draw comparison samples and determine the class or category of the…
Resource ID:
13578
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students get an overview of paint elements and the steps involved in forensic paint analysis. The lesson also includes a paint layer determination lab.
Resource ID:
13588
Grade Range:
11, 12
This lesson introduces students to forensic serology. Forensic serology is the detection and the classification of various types of human bodily fluids such as blood, semen, and saliva. Serology can also involve the identification of bloodstain patterns…
Resource ID:
13592
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students will learn about forensic toxicology, the role of the toxicologist, collecting and preserving toxicological evidence, and techniques used to measure toxicology. Students will also conduct a chromatography lab and compute blood…
Resource ID:
13576
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students learn how to use a UV light to collect evidence. Students will complete a lab experience to better understand this process.
Resource ID:
13582
Grade Range:
11, 12
This lesson gives students an introduction to fingerprinting and includes the history and development of fingerprinting.
Resource ID:
13562
Grade Range:
11, 12
Forensic science is the application of science to criminal and civil law making the scientist in the crime laboratory an active participant in the criminal justice system. An understanding of the origin and development of forensic science is imperative…
Resource ID:
13550
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students learn the safe way of operating in the forensic science labs. Students will be expected to create lab safety posters as well as complete an MSDS activity for various chemicals.
Resource ID:
13600
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students will learn about forensic anthropology, excavation, forensic odontology, decomposition, and forensic entomology. Students will conduct a human anthropology lab, forensic odontology lab, and forensic entomology lab.
Resource ID:
13567
Grade Range:
11, 12
In this lesson, students will understand the importance of crime scene evidence and the different divisions who handle evidence from collection to courtroom.
Resource ID:
13596
Grade Range:
11, 12
Document examination is a well-respected field of scientific study. Crimes such as forgeries and counterfeiting are on the rise. As these increases so does the need for the field of questioned documents. This field allows us to analyze handwriting,…