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Crime Scene Investigator: Searching and Examining a Major Case Crime Scene

For Students 9th - 10th
An engrossing explanation of the appropriate behavior needed at a major crime scene. What should be done with the body? How is photography handled? What about fingerprinting? How are curious onlookers dealt with? The answers to the...
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Crime Scene Investigator: Evidence Collection Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of specific types of evidence that could be collected from a crime scene. Links to methods for collecting the following kinds of evidence: blood stains, seminal stains, hair, fibers and threads, glass, paint, flammable liquids,...
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Crime Scene Investigation: Protecting the Crime Scene

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief but informative site examines how a crime scene should be protected with emphasis on the role of the first officer(s) to arrive. Points are made about the arrival of additional personnel, eating and drinking at the crime...
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Crime Scene Investigator: Developing and Lifting Footwear Impressions

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough explanation of how to make a footwear impression at a crime scene. Topics include equipment needed, the technique used, documentation, personal safety, and more.
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Science Buddies: Science Fair Csi: Can You Predict the Spatter?

For Students 9th - 10th
There is evidence to be gathered at every crime scene. The hard part is making sense of it all. That's where crime scene investigators and forensic scientists come in. In this science fair project, you will investigate blood spatter...
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Science Spot: Forensic Science Lesson Plans

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Huge collection of teacher-created lessons, activities, PowerPoint presentations, and worksheets for classes in forensic science.