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- 6th - 10th
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Students read a paragraph describing various insects and decomposition rates, then fill in the table indicating when the three insects arrived or left the body. They write paragraphs explaining when the person died, and how they know. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students apply the concepts from forensic science lessons to do a lab. They solve a mystery using experimentation and observation. They write a technically correct lab report. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explain how to use a light microscope, describe how to care for a microscope, and solve a forensic science problem, using a microscope to analyze data and draw conclusions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students list three descriptive characteristics and three functions of DNA, describe two ways that genetics is important in a forensic investigation, and list the four major human blood types. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students engage in DNA manipulation using forensics techniques. Students investigate topics involved in forensics studies such as cloning, electrophoresis, gene mapping, replication, and transcription. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students discuss methods used by forensic scientists and the basics of DNA and how it can be used to identify an individual after reading an article from The New York Times. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore how forensic scientists collect, analyze and process evidence to solve a crime. They participate in a classroom "simulated" crime. Through deductive reasoning and scientific inquiry, students analyze evidence to solve the crime. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discover how coroners use insect life cycles to estimate the time of death in cases. they describe how forensic entomologists combine environmental factors with insect life cycles to note the changes. Students examine an actual murder case and how the evidence was gathered to estimate the time of death. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students evaluate a forensic mystery involving an archaeological find. They view a video presentation of an investigation of skeleton that was buried and recently found in Illinois as well as the investigation of an ancient mummy found in Peru. They compare the methods used for each investigation and write a background story for one of the investigations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize the importance of details when gathering evidence in forensic science. They study physical evidence by making their fingerprints, looking at them with a hand lens, and then identifying the type of fingerprint. Full Review »
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