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7th grade forensics laboratories under $5
Forensics Blood Typing Lab Investigation- Print & Digital
Save yourself the hassle (and $) of ordering blood typing kits for your Forensics class! My no fail blood recipe and blood typing serum recipe uses household products to simulate those expensive kits.Challenge your students to solve the case by presenting them with blood samples from a crime scene along with blood samples from suspects and a victim. Your forensics class will follow the instructions presented in their PRINT and GO student data worksheet to solve the case! This lab is a FAVORITE i
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Forensics Lab Bundle: 10 "Must-Do" Labs for Forensic Science
DNA Crime Lab! Can you solve the case?
Each group is given a long paper strip of DNA, a 3-page story of the missing necklace and directions on how to fingerprint and sequence their DNA. Scissors act as the restriction enzyme, cutting the DNA between every GGCC into varied length segments. As the segments are pasted into the corresponding rows on the sequencing board (imitating gel electrophoresis), the DNA fingerprint of each suspect will emerge. So, who stole the necklace? Be a crime stopper!With a focus on literacy and collabora
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7th - 10th
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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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MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Science Inquiry and Process Skills Lab Activity Bundle
DNA Activity Modeling DNA Fingerprinting and Forensics Paper Lab
So much fun! DNA fingerprinting & forensics simplified specifically for middle school! ⭐Get this activity at a big discount in our DNA & Chromosomes BUNDLE!In this activity, students will:Read a silly (not scary) murder mystery. The scene is set for students to figure out who killed Mr. Henry Lord Whippleton. There are two suspects... and one of their DNA fingerprints will match the DNA found at the crime scene! Get an introduction to DNA fingerprinting with a 1-page introduction a
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6th - 8th
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MS-LS3-1
, MS-LS3-2
Also included in: Chromosomes and DNA ACTIVITY BUNDLE for Middle School SAVE 30%
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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MS-ETS1-3
Forensic Chemistry Virtual Drug Identification Lab DIGITAL RESOURCE
FORENSIC SCIENCE DISTANCE LEARNING What better to showcase the work of a forensic chemist than a virtual lab that can be completed 100% digitally! This Virtual Lab features Case 104: Medication Mixup as an engaging way for students to try their hand at visual pill identification with the help of a database. This NO PREP digital activity simply needs to be shared to your student and will then have them complete the lab all digitally. A step by step teacher guide will help you through the proc
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Forensic Course The ENTIRE WISEflamingo Forensics Product Line
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
Lab Activity Forensics Unit 3: Investigating a Crime Scene (Virtual Friendly)
In this lab, students will investigate a mock crime scene and evaluate a mock scenario. All resources you need are provided includingStudent lab sheetCrime scene processing formCrime scene sketch formCrime scene staging resourcesEvidence tagsUse this lab alone, with my Unit 3 Lesson Plan, or get the Complete Unit 3 Resource File that includes:Unit/Daily Lesson PlanUnit 3: PPTLab: Investigating a Crime SceneCrime Scene Setup Resources (images, scenario, sketch form, evidence processing form...)U
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Forensics Unit 3: The Crime Scene Bundle (6 Products!)
Physical vs Chemical CHANGES- C.S.I. Mystery White Powdery Substances LAB
Just as forensic chemists and CSIs test unknown crime samples of skin, hair, paint, and other unmentionable strange substances --found at CRIMES SCENES, Students will use both Physical and Chemical Properties and CHANGES to CORRECTLY IDENTIFY several UNKNOWN White Powdery Substances found at a recent CRIME SCENE. In order to determine the IDENTITY of these UNKNOWN SUBSTANCES, students will use Observable Physical Properties, & TESTABLE Chemical Properties-- which can ONLY be shown by their
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6th - 8th
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MS-PS1-2
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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4th - 8th
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MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Christmas Science Inquiry Activity for Middle School
BLOOD SPATTER ANALYSIS
Blood Spatter Analysis in three parts. Can be used as a Worksheet, Activity, Mini-Lab, or Homework. In Part 1, the students diagram the direction of blood drops. In Part 2, the students have to classify pictures of spatter as Swipe, Wipe, Pool, Transfer(Contact), Passive Drop, or Cast-off. In Part 3, the students have to estimate the Angle of Impact for various blood drops. The last page includes Reference Materials with definitions and Impact Angle examples.Included: Answer Key, PDF Version,
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Mystery Powders Lab
The Mystery Powder Lab is used in my 9th grade physical science class as an introduction to the importance of understanding and being able to identify chemical and physical properties and chemical and physical changes. This lab is set up as a forensic, crime scene investigation where the students test several similar looking powders, complete a chart of all the observations, and try to identify two unknowns from the crime scene/suspect's clothing using their testing observations. There is backgr
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7th - 11th
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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
Forensics Lab
This lab can be done in groups of 2, 3 or 4. It could also be done alone if need be. All that is needed are the lab papers. Students feels like forensic investigators as they look at the evidence from a crime scene like blood type, fingerprints, lip prints and DNA segments. No prior knowledge of DNA or blood types is needed as all of the needed information is given in the lab. It is a fun lab to give students at the beginning of the Biology year to get them working as a group or at the end
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7th - 12th
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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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Shoe & Tire Impressions Activity / Lab
This shoe/tire impression matching assignment/worksheet could be used as an activity or lab. It has seven cases.Case I, Case II, & Case II: students match a crime scene shoe impression to several suspects shoes.Case IV: Students are asked to identify six accidentals (unique marks) on a suspect's shoe.Case V: Similar to cases I,II, & III.Case VI: Students need to identify four accidentals and match them to prints found at the crime scene.Case VII: Students are asked to match tire impress
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Electrophoresis: DNA Fingerprinting Lab Simulation
This product offered by Spyglass Biology contains a DNA fingerprinting lab activity. The lab begins with a short story leading up to the crime scene scenario (I am featured in the story as the heroic biology teacher that helps solve the crime. You may want to change Mrs. Clelland to your name). Students then follow directions to determine who committed the crime. The lab simulates the procedure for prepping and running DNA samples through an electrophoresis gel. The students will first cut eac
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7th - 12th
Forensics Lab Activity: Investigating a Crime Scene
In this lab, students will investigate a mock crime scene and evaluate a mock scenario. All resources you need are provided includingStudent lab sheetCrime scene processing formCrime scene sketch formCrime scene staging resourcesEvidence tagsUse this lab alone, with my Unit 3 Lesson Plan, or get the Complete Unit 3 Resource File that includes:Unit/Daily Lesson PlanUnit 3: PPTLab: Investigating a Crime SceneCrime Scene Setup Resources (images, scenario, sketch form, evidence processing form...)U
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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My First Crime Scene Forensic Activity Parts One and Two BUNDLE
Get students up, moving, and thinking with this hands-on, inquiry-based activity that includes both Parts one and two! Part One is ideal for kicking off a unit on crime scene investigation and the 7S's, or as an introduction to forensics activity. Students investigate a crime scene with very little instruction from you. They will consider observation vs. inference, crime scene sketching, physical evidence, and the experts who study evidence. This activity is a wonderful way to start a conversati
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7th - 12th
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Valentine's Day Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Activity
Your students will love this Valentine's Day Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) activity that uses LIP PRINTS to solve a mystery! This activity is a perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day without sacrificing valuable instructional time. This activity is low-prep, NGSS-aligned and fun for kids! AND.... Unlike other forensics activities, this lab will not give your students nightmares! In Fun Forensics activities, no one dies!!!NOW INCLUDES HIGHT SCHOOL VERSION!This activity is per
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5th - 12th
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MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-3
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
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5-PS1-4
, 5-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-2
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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4th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-3
Also included in: Christmas Science Inquiry Activity for Middle School
Terrariums: Water Cycle & Greenhouse Effect Lab
In this hands-on, interactive experiment, students will build a terrarium in a soda bottle. In doing so, they will model the atmosphere, the greenhouse effect, and the water cycle. They will follow experimental procedures practicing all parts of the scientific method. The laboratory packet includes, pre-readings, pre questions, experimental procedures, observations and data, and follow-up questions. The end of the laboratory report connects the terrarium growing experience to agriculture sci
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5th - 9th
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Calculating Height Forensic Anthropology Worksheet or Lab
Great addition to your Forensic Anthropology Unit. Students either use given measurements or measure in-class models if you have them of the human arm and leg bones to calculate the height of the person that once used those bones. Calculation chart give students a formula for calculating the height in centimeters -- then walks them through converting that height to inches and feet and inches. Successfully used with 7th & 8th graders in my CSI exploratory course. Answer key included for th
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6th - 12th
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