Use food coloring in electrophoresis. The last segment in a four-part series mimics DNA fingerprinting by using chromatography. Teams conduct chromatography on food coloring to find colors that use similar pigmentation in their makeup.

Everyone loves a good mystery ... can your class actually solve one? Partnered pupils take on the role of forensic investigators during a three-part activity focusing on DNA evidence processing. Learners discover the methods used to...

Forensic scientists depend on their observation skills to analyze evidence down to the molecular level. Middle and high schoolers practice making observations and predictions with a series of crime scene activities, which includes a...

It's a classic case of whodunnit - with a forensic twist! Learners observe a crime scene and compile evidence, along with emergency phone calls, fingerprints, and interview statements to find the criminal and solve the crime.

Great investigation topic revolving around DNA fingerprinting. Worth a look, educates and involves!

DNA fingerprinting (also known as DNA profile analysis and DNA typing), is a method of distinguishing between individuals by analyzing patterns in their DNA. This project focuses on the first method of DNA fingerprinting to be developed,...

Do you like solving mysteries? In this experiment, you can find out how a DNA fingerprint can help you figure out whodunit. The answer might just be in the "sequence" of events.

This site, which is provided for by Access Excellence, gives a detailed article outlining DNA fingerprinting, how it is used, and how it works.

Students perform DNA forensics using food coloring to enhance their understanding of DNA fingerprinting, restriction enzymes, genotyping and DNA gel electrophoresis. They place small drops of different food coloring ("water-based paint")...

At this site from Access Excellence, you can read a transcript from a lecture at the University of California, San Francisco by a biology professor discussing the use of DNA in criminal identification.

Students reinforce their knowledge that DNA is the genetic material for all living things by modeling it using toothpicks and gumdrops that represent the four biochemicals (adenine, thiamine, guanine, and cytosine) that pair with each...

Investigate how fingerprinting works, determine what sorts of evidence and questions are important in deciding a court case and understand the issues involved with using DNA evidence in a courtroom trial.

Discover from a student's point of view what a "DNA fingerprint," is and how it is extracted.

Students use DNA profiling to determine who robbed a bank. After they learn how the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is used to match crime scene DNA with tissue sample DNA, students use CODIS principles and sample DNA fragments...

An activity to create gel electrophoresis on a budget! This activity has students building their own gel electrophoresis and then using electricity to separate the dyes.

Biometrics has come to refer to the identification of individuals through distinguishing biological features. This article discusses what that might mean to us as individuals.