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Elementary forensics laboratory pdfs
Science Inquiry Lesson Plan | Observation and Inference Activity
Teach good observation and inference skills in this fun, easy to prep, inquiry science activity. Students use observation and inferences to solve the mystery of the broken pencils. Perfect for forensic and inquiry units, and the beginning of the school year.This is an exciting mini-inquiry lab that uses a common everyday classroom supply, pencils! In this inquiry lab activity students read a short newspaper article about a pencil thief who is sneaking into classrooms and breaking pencils. The
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Science Inquiry and Process Skills Lab Activity Bundle
CSI Forensics 2 Escape Room
In this hands on escape room activity, students solve a forensic mystery using science, teamwork, and critical thinking. In the crime scene activities, students analyze 4 different pieces of evidence and keep track of evidence and suspects. They use their power of observations to “crack the case” and determine which suspect is guilty.This activity can be done all at once in the format of an escape room to try to “beat the clock” – about 45 minutes to complete or it can be broken up into differ
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4th - 8th
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Evidence and Investigation Forensics Unit
It's time to think like CSI! Turn your students into a bunch of top-notch crime scene investigators with this ENTIRE UNIT on forensics! Featuring eight different investigative topics and chalk full of labs and activities, this packet is all you need to start teaching. Keep on reading below to see what’s included! (Note: This is a comprehensive unit for Evidence and Investigation, and lines up with the Alberta Program of Studies.) ===============================WHAT YOU GET======================
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Evidence and Investigation Forensics Bundle
Fall Halloween Science Observation and Inference Lab Activity Middle School
An exciting Halloween themed mini-inquiry science lab! Teach and reinforce observation and inference skills in this fun easy to prep activity. Your students will love solving the mystery of the candy corn catastrophe! Perfect for forensic units, inquiry units, and the fall season.ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONThis is an exciting mini-inquiry lab that uses candy corn! In this inquiry lab activity students read a short newspaper article about a candy corn criminal who is sneaking around town destroying
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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Crime Scene Investigation Mystery- Teaching the Scientific Method with Inquiry
Included in this lesson is a 9 day unit plan, instructions for all the experiments and activities, and packet for a crime scene investigation. You will receive a PDF download which includes the teacher notes/lessons plans as well as the student packets. This is a highly authentic and engaging unit- it's designed so that you are able to teach the scientific method using real world and inquiry based application. It's easy to follow, and amazingly fun. Sally Scarecrow has suffered a deadly hiccup a
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5th - 7th
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Chromatography Lab-Jolly Rancher Raider
This lesson is part of my Beginning of the Year Experiments Bundle 2 that contains three experiments at a reduced price.
In this lab, student's are asked to figure out who stole the teachers' Jolly Ranchers by using scientific process skills. This fun and easy to do lab uses chromatography to separate water based black markers to determine who is the culprit. I've used this lab with my students for years. After the lab is finished, I use the students testing samples, lab sheets, and an e
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Beginning of the Year Experiments Bundle 2
Digital Science Inquiry Lesson Plan | Observation and Inference Holiday Activity
An exciting Christmas themed mini-inquiry science lab! Teach and reinforce good observation and inference skills in this fun easy to prep activity. Your students will love solving the mystery of the candy cane crime! Perfect for forensic units, inquiry units, and the holiday season.***This version is DIGITAL ONLY.***Click here for print and digital bundle.ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONThis is an exciting mini-inquiry lab that uses candy canes! In this inquiry lab activity students read a short n
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Christmas Science Inquiry Activity for Middle School
The Cookie Jar Mystery: Classroom Forensics and Mock Trial Complete Set
Welcome to The Cookie Jar Mystery- An exciting adventure in the world of forensic science!(Please Note: This version of the Cookie Jar Mystery is geared for older students in grades 5-7 due to the pace and complexity of the activities. This set also has the mock trial built into the last module and slightly different lab activities and format versus the Cookie Jar Mystery for Grades 4-5.)The Cookie Jar Mystery is a fun, forensic science mini-course consisting of six separate modules designed to
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5th - 7th
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Checks Lab: Discovering the Nature and Tentativeness of Science Activity
My students LOVE this lab because they get to be like detectives as they pull out clues and use critical thinking skills to solve the puzzle.The basic premise: students are divided into small groups. Each group has an envelope with 20 different checks and documents. They will draw out five documents at a time and try to hypothesize what is happening. For example, one check is to the "Regional Hospital." They could hypothesize that someone was in an accident, got sick, had a baby, etc. Each time
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Earth Science Large Bundle of 33 Activities, Labs and Worksheets
Discover Fingerprints: A Science Center for Primary Grades
Discover Fingerprints in a fun, hands-on science center that is appropriate for students in the primary grades.
Students are asked to use hand lenses to examine their fingerprints and those of a partners.
Students will then lift their own fingerprints and compare and contrast them with partners. They will also find out the "pattern" type of their fingerprint.
Included is: full teacher directions and discussion masters, student activity sheets, a center sign, center directions, and a fingerpri
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PreK - 3rd
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Fossil Formation Lab - Simulate How Fossils are Formed
Need an engaging way to teach your students about fossils and how they are formed? This lab will help your students “see” how fossils are made with cheap, easy to find supplies.
Materials Needed:
-Plastic bowls - Flat toothpicks
-Sand - Packing peanuts (corn-based/biodegradable)
-Water - Pipettes
Fossils can be a tough topic for students to understand. This simulation lab will help students “see” how fossils form, with the soft parts dissolving and the hard parts remaining. Students may
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4th - 6th
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DNA EXTRACTION- MAKE THE COOLEST NECKLACE from your own CHEEK CELLS!
After participating in a Science Teachers' Workshop offered by Carolina Biological Supply called "Make a DNA Necklace, " I have created my own recipe for a DNA extraction buffer that generates the same results as the company. In fact, the DNA yields for my lab are much higher than the company's while saving me hundreds of dollars over the years. Here is my secret recipe contained in this lab, along with a series of Analysis and Discussion questions for the students. An answer sheet is provid
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Magnets--Attract or Repel? Sorting Worksheet
A way for students to test and then cut and sort the everyday objects (picture-word cards) as magnetic (attract) or non-magnetic (repel). Essential vocabulary is reviewed--attract and repel. It can also be done as a follow-up or quiz after a magnets investigation/lab is performed.
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K - 5th
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Also included in: MAGNETS Bundle! Grades 1-3 - Sorting Center and Worksheets
Mystery Powders Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) NGSS Activity
In this forensic science activity for middle school students, students will identify unknown substances to solve a "crime." Unlike other forensics activities, this lab will not give your students nightmares! This activity is perfect for traditional classrooms, enrichment programs/camps, homeschool co-ops, and homeschool students. This is a great alternative to graphic or scary CSI activities. This lab is easy to set up with common materials you can easily find at your local grocery store. Teste
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5th - 9th
NGSS:
5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-2
How easily do diseases spread? Lab activity
Show your kids how diseases like the flu or common cold are passed by facilitating this fun activity.
Each student is given a dixie cup filled with water. One of the cups has mix of cornstarch and water in a diluted solution. *note - you want there to be just enough cornstarch so that the water isn't cloudy. I also use white plastic cups as opposed to paper.
You instruct students to exchange liquids by pouring the water back and forth between their cups a couple of times.
They repeat this p
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2nd - 12th
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Science Inquiry Lesson Plan | Observation and Inference Christmas Activity
An exciting Christmas themed mini-inquiry science lab! Teach and reinforce good observation and inference skills in this fun easy to prep activity. Your students will love solving the mystery of the candy cane crime! Perfect for forensic units, inquiry units, and the holiday season.***This version is PRINT ONLY.***Click here for print and digital bundle.ACTIVITY DESCRIPTIONThis is an exciting mini-inquiry lab that uses candy canes! In this inquiry lab activity students read a short newspaper
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Christmas Science Inquiry Activity for Middle School
The Case Of the Missing Artifact At The Museum Of Fine Arts
Do you want to get your class more engaged in learning after spring break or a holliday. Most teachers are looking for class lessons that are fun but engaging after your school break. Unit Summary In this unit, students take on the role of helping out a crime scene investigator to solve a mystery theft that has occurred at the Museum. They will integrate math, science, language arts, and critical thinking into the study of forensic science and associated health sciences. In this case they will b
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4th - 9th
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Dollar Bill Analysis Exploratory Lab Activity (Counterfeit Unit)
This introductory lab kicks off our Counterfeit Unit by putting enlarged replicas of real dollar bills in students hands and letting them analyze and explore all the facets that go into money that the average person overlooks. Students will explore the $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 enlarged replica bills and document various things about each.For lab, I print enlarged bills double sided and laminate for longevity. Students analyze bills in lab groups to collaborate and share materials. There i
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4th - 12th
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Fingerprint Science Lab
This is an investigation into fingerprint types and occurrences. It is a science and math lesson that involves the students classifying their own fingerprints and finding out the most common type of fingerprint. It takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours depending on the amount of background knowledge the students have. The students also have the opportunity to work with a buddy and as a class. This could be done as a science fair project!
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1st - 6th
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Thanksgiving Forensics CSI DNA Extraction & Fingerprinting Gel Electrophoresis
Who stole Mr. Gobbles, the famous Thanksgiving parade turkey? Students will extract DNA from strawberries to learn about DNA extraction. Then, they will run paper "DNA" evidence through a simulated gel electrophoresis chamber to make a DNA fingerprint. Your students will love this Thanksgiving-themed, engaging FUN FORENSICS activity! Feathered Fiasco is a comprehensive classroom resource designed to introduce middle school and high school students to the exciting world of forensic science and D
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5th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-LS3-1
, MS-LS1-1
Forensic Science Chromatography Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Fun Activity
Looking for fun end of the year activities, middle school teacher? Introduce your students to chemistry in forensics and how investigators use chemistry (chromatography) in forensics to solve crimes. You will definitely want to add this not-so-scary, hands-on experiment to your list of mock crime scene investigations (CSI) activities. Your upper elementary or middle school students will love this mock crime scene classroom activity! This activity was designed for my homeschool co-op, but it can
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Grades:
5th - 9th
NGSS:
5-PS1-3
Forensic Science Fairytales Cinderella and the Glass Slipper
This is a complete 10 lab forensic unit based on Cinderella and the Glass Slipper appropriate for elementary students.
Did Cinderella really lose the glass slipper? Many girls wear the same shoe size, can you prove that the shoe really belongs to Cinderella?
The labs include:
1. Shoe Print
2. Lip Print
3. Handwriting Analysis
4. Chromatography
5. Tire Tracks
6. Hair Analysis
7. Blood Typing
8. Fingerprint Analysis
9. Fiber Analysis
10. Character Analysis
Complete student lab sheets and teac
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2nd - 5th
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Forensics Unit 14 Resource Bundle: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)
Make teaching Forensics easy with this complete Forensics Unit 14 Bundle that includes:Forensics Unit Plan 14: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)Forensics Unit 14 PPT: Human RemainsForensics Unit 14.1 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Overview of the SkeletonForensics Anthropology Unit 14.2 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Classification of Human BonesForensics Anthropology Unit 14.3 All-in-One Lab Activity and Review Worksheet: Human Bone StructureForensics Unit
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Forensic Science Fingerprints Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Low Prep Activity
Look for fun end of year activities, middle school teacher? This forensic science fingerprinting activity is a CSI-type lab investigation for middle school students, students will identify FINGERPRINTS to solve a "crime." Unlike other forensics activities, this lab will not give your students nightmares!This activity is perfect for traditional classrooms, enrichment programs/camps, homeschool co-ops, and homeschool students. This is a great alternative to graphic or scary CSI activities. This la
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-3
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