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Forensics handouts for Microsoft Word
How to Perform DNA tests- PCR and Gel Electrophoresis
In this lesson, students learn how to make and read gel electrophoresis tests in an interactive, inquiry inspired way. The steps of the lesson are listed below. 1. Students watch a video about how PCR is performed and describe it. 2. Students perform "PCR" by writing in the complementary strand to each side of a split DNA. 3. Students use "restriction enzymes" to cut a DNA strand and count the number of nucleotides in each piece. 4. Students draw "bands" on the proper spot on a gel based on thei
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9th - 12th
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Forensics Ballistics Unit: Firearms Guided Reading
In most criminal investigations involving the use of firearms, Forensic scientists typically examine three types of firearms: HAND GUNS, RIFLES and SHOTGUNS. Each type of firearm is unique in terms of its structure and function, the types of ammunition that can be used with it, and its ballistic properties defined by velocity, kinetic energy and trajectory.
This lesson could be used to describe the three different types of fire arms and the evidence they leave behind in Forensic Investigati
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9th - 12th
Scooby Doo - Clue Analysis and Video Guide for Criminal Justice Students
Scooby Doo - Clue Analysis and Video Guide for Criminal Justice Students.Track evidence, sketch the villain, build an evidence board and determine who done it!Law & Public Safety students love it!Episodes can be found for free on Youtube.
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5th - 12th
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Forensic Science 101 - Questioned Documents (Article and Assignment / Sub)
Forensic Informational Reading Article : Questioned Documents (Handwriting Analysis)This assignment is perfect for class work and discussion, homework, or extra credit.The assignment is a 2-page article that highlights the specifics surrounding the forensic science field of working with handwriting and various documents.There is a 2-page question sheet to accompany the article.The article and questions are provided as MS-Word documents so you can modify as needed to fit the needs of your student
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10th - 12th
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Fingerprint Assignment - The Dynamite Family Crimes (article / crime scenario)
This is a fun and short assignment that is ideal for homework, a warm-up, or in-class work. It is perfect to use at the start of any lesson or unit focusing on forensic science or fingerprints.Included:1) Fingerprint Science Reading Minute - Article and Question Sheet (introduction)2) Fingerprint Pattern Assignment - Page for 9 suspects (1 fingerprint per suspect) and Question Sheet detailing each crime and allowing students to match prints to exonerate or accuse suspects of committing a crime.
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6th - 9th
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Toxicology Case Report
Included are 5 medical and autopsy reports describing the symptoms of individuals exposed to a toxic substance. I created this assignment to try to provide some differentiation for my students who are learning from home. There is a link included to n online resource with the information that they need to solve each case. The document is in microsoft word, and it is editable to suit the needs of your students. The answer key can be found on the last page.
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9th - 12th
Autopsy Report Template
Use this template to provide your forensic students with death investigation cases catered to your individual content. I created this for my students to determine cause of death in our unit on death investigation, but I have found them useful in other units as well! You can even print out a blank copy and have students fill it out over the course of an entire unit with mock crime scenes and data from labs.
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9th - 12th
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Hair Analysis Web Quest
This web quest is aimed at introducing students to hair analysis in a forensic science setting. Topics included are the parts of hair, types of hair, how hair is analyzed, and the reliability of hair analysis.
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9th - 12th
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Forensic Hair Analysis Activity Sheet/Lab
This is an in-depth worksheet/lab activity that includes identifying types of hair and matching hairs to other hairs.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Forensic Hair Analysis Lesson/Lab
Blood Spatter Identification Activity
Need a no easy, no prep blood spatter activity? Here you go! Students are asked to give the pattern or category of different blood spatter patterns. They also have to provide reasoning for why they think that. Easily adaptable to whatever level your students are at!Includes: - Blood Spatter Identification Activity- Answer Key
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9th - 12th
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Forensic Toxicology Guided Notes and Review Questions (Digital Resource)
This is the best way to introduce one of the BEST units in Forensic Science: Forensic Toxicology! The study of drugs and poisons is so important and applicable to your students. This unit is interesting, engaging, and can lead to many great discussions about the changes in laws surrounding drugs and poisons. This student note sheet is perfect for use with my "Forensic Toxicology Slideshow"At the end of the guided notes, you will receive a BONUS item for this unit! The "Unit Review Questions" con
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9th - 12th
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Bertino Forensics, 2nd. Edition Guided Notes - Ch. 5: Forensic Botany
These guided notes follow the Power Point presentations that come with the Bertino & Bertino Forensics 2nd. edition textbook. You will need access to these Power Points in order to complete the notes. The file is a MS Word (.docx) so you may edit it as necessary for your classroom needs. **Any images used are taken from Wikimedia Commons.**
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7th - 12th
Create and Process your own Mock Crime Scene Group Project
This 7-page group project allows students in small groups to create and process their own mock crime scene. This can be modified as needed. I teach all components of this group project before I assign it to my students. We also process several scenes in class before this project is given. I use this group project at the end of my Crime Scene Introduction Unit in Criminal Justice II. The primary focus is on creating and demonstrating the correct process for processing a crime scene and then prese
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Crime Scene Introduction Unit Bundle
Crime Lab...Missing Monkey!
Do your students love forensics? This lesson takes about 1 week to complete (You can make it more complex or easier as needed). The teacher sets up the crime and the students investigate! The investigation includes interviews with suspects (other teachers), chromatography, and fingerprinting! My students LOVE this lesson! I used a big blow up monkey, but you could change what's stolen. The lesson is in Word to enable you to change things. If you'd like pictures of what my crime lab looked
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3rd - 5th
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A Complicated Case
Students will read about a case and answer questions about the case. The photographs in the document can be disturbing, so this assignment is best for students who are Juniors or Seniors in high school. This assignment can be a handout, or it can be assigned online as a quick web quest or homework.
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11th - 12th
Lab - Handwriting Analysis
In this activity, the teacher provides a standard set of text for all students to create a personal exemplar (handwriting sample). I suggest making this fun by choosing music lyrics, a favorite monologue from a movie, or something else that the students might connect too. Students are then asked to analyze their own handwriting and identify individual characteristics found in their own handwriting. This Activity can be taken a step further by having students swap exemplars and performing a se
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6th - 12th
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Observation vs Inference Worksheet with Key
Observation vs Inference Worksheet with Key
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6th - 12th
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Blood Spatter Activity
In this activity, students will analyze blood spatter and see how the following affect spatter created at a crime scene:1. Height and Velocity of Blood Drop2. Effect of Surface Type3. Motion of Victim4. Angle of Impact
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7th - 12th
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Bertino Forensics, 2nd. Edition Guided Notes - Ch. 10: Handwriting, Forgery, etc
These guided notes follow the Power Point presentations that come with the Bertino & Bertino Forensics 2nd. edition textbook. You will need access to these Power Points in order to complete the notes. The file is a MS Word (.docx) so you may edit it as necessary for your classroom needs.
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7th - 12th
The Cell Cycle Diagram
Need a resource that contains the whole Cell Cycle in one place? Use this material for anything you need! An entrance or exit ticket, homework, review, notes or quick quiz!
This material features a Cell Cycle Diagram students can write all over and annotate to their hearts content. At the bottom is a table to neatly organize their understanding of the stages of the Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Interphase!
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6th - 12th
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DNA Coding
Students work on practicing skills for "coding" DNA.
They practice pairing DNA and mRNA, chunking base pairs into three and finding the "protein" that each codon codes for.
Each DNA or RNA sequence will make a three letter word that they will discover using the coding charts.
Fun, easy way to get students to begin learning how the process works!
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7th - 8th
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Fingerprint Cryptogram
This puzzle helps students with their deductive reasoning skills and reminds them about fingerprint evidence once they solve the puzzle.
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11th - 12th
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Synovial Joint Movement worksheet
Students are challenged to identify the function of joints using a definition or image, and identify the type movements performed by synovial joints.
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9th - 12th
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Criminal Podcast Listening Guide with Answers- Ep 3: The Buck Stops Here
DescriptionReviewsQ&AThis listening guide (questions with answers, along with discussion questions) in an editable .docx format goes along with an episode of Criminal, my favorite true crime podcast. Listen to the episode titled The Buck Stops Here HERE. GREAT FOR REMOTE AND HYBRID CLASSROOMS!!!Episode 3: The Buck Stops Here- With the advent of the Inkjet printer, counterfeiting money became as simple as a trip to Staples. By the year 2000, there were 72 million of these homemade dollars in
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Criminal Podcast Listening Guides - 10 episode bundle
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