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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Dna a Molecular Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan site, students learn about DNA and examine three different situations where DNA was used to solve a case.
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Other

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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Other

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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Other

Crime Scene Investigation: Proper Tagging and Labeling of Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the purpose of tagging and labeling items of evidence? What information belongs on the tag? These questions are answered in this concise but competent site.
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Other

Crime Scene Investigator: Practical Methods for Processing a Vehicle

For Students 9th - 10th
Practical methods are suggested to secure and not contaminate any evidence found in a vehicle at a crime scene.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: The Invention of Photomicrography

For Students 9th - 10th
The technique of photographing objects observed under a microscope is discussed in this succinct site. Various pictures taken under a microscope are displayed on this site as well.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Crime Scene Creatures

For Students 3rd - 8th
Become a detective with this interactive crime scene! Use tools and animals at the crime scene to help you determine the time of death of the body. By collecting specimens at the scene, students try to determine how long the person has...
Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: N Squad: Alcohol in the Body

For Students 6th - 8th
Online interactive game consists of three consecutive episodes. The storyline addresses three different body systems and their functions while teaching about alcohol's interaction with each of them, misconceptions about alcohol, medical...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Eeeeew! Maggot Mass Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're looking for an experiment that will gross out just about everyone, you probably can't do much better than this. This project investigates an important question in the field of forensic entomology. Just make sure to get...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Logarithmic Expressions and Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about logarithmic expressions and equations. The tutorial includes class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource consists of application to forensics.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Analysis of Organic Materials Analysis of Organic Materialsv

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive interactive tutorial continues to explore the forensic science field. Learn how organic materials of evidence are analyzed and what the various types of chromatography are, especially why they are so important to this...
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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 7 7 14: Amelia Earhart Disappearance: Answer in Photos?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what modern forensic technology might be able to tell us about the disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How Dna Evidence Works

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article by An Meeker-O'Connell, discover how DNA evidence is processed before it goes to court.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Crime Science Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn the basic components of a crime scene investigation and how they are implemented. You will also learn various evidence collecting techniques, as well as how to properly document...
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Cyberbee

Cyberbee: Who Dunnit?

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you are a crime scene investigation (CSI) fan, then you will love this site! You get to be the detective by examining the evidence, viewing the crime scene, dusting for fingerprints, interviewing the suspects, and solving the crime.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Laetoli Footprints

For Students 9th - 10th
This Evolution video segment describes how the famous track fossils known as the Laetoli footprints might have been formed and what they can reveal about the creatures who left them.
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum (London): Tutankhamen: Beneath the Mask

For Students 9th - 10th
See and experience how modern science has been used to create a three-dimensional portrait of Tutankhamen, based not on Tut's famous golden but on X-rays of his mummy.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing for Bias in a Photo Lineup

For Students 9th - 10th
You may have read about criminal cases where innocent people have been wrongly convicted of a crime. Sometimes, modern DNA analysis techniques have provided the evidence to exonerate these innocent people. In many cases, mistaken...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Chromatography: Who Wrote the Note?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate who stole the class pet by testing the chromatograph of different markers as a way to find the evidence that points to the perpetrator.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Polymerase Chain Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive, self-paced lesson on polymerase chain reaction. Students read information and watch descriptive animations to aid in understanding. A self-check quiz follows the activity.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:america's Stone Age Explorers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover how mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is inherited, and complete a pedigree chart by determining which individuals might share mtDNA with an unknown ancestor.
Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: N Squad: Alcohol and Body Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Three problem-solving detective games involve players in investigations of the effect of alcohol on the body's digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Gridlocks: Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of grid puzzles that cover a wide variety of topics in intermediate high school chemistry. These are excellent for topic review and reinforcement. The puzzles can be played online and also downloaded as worksheets. Answers...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Molecular Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive learning module allows AP Biology students to explore DNA and molecular genetics. The study also covers the concepts of biotechnology.

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