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Curated OER

Human Fingerprints: No Two The Same

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners will be offered numerous opportunities to further enhance their observational skills as well as the integration of math with their continual exposure to the metric system, measurement, and graphing to represent their data....
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Curated OER

DNA: The Human Body Recipe

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students describe DNA and the roles in which engineers are involved with the human body.  In this DNA lesson students participate in a class demonstration. 
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Curated OER

Human Fingerprints: No Two the Same

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore scientific observations by analyzing a group of data. In this fingerprint identification lesson, 6th graders identify the reasoning behind fingerprinting and create their own ink fingerprints. Students discuss the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cracking the Genetic Code

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate different purposes for manipulating DNA. After reviewing the structure and functions of DNA, students explore topics related to the use or manipulation of DNA and the potential benefits and problems, later making a...
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Curated OER

Get a Life!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read a New York Times article associated with the issue of the decoding for genomes, the creation of life in scientific laboratories and various genetic engineering topics. They present speeches of the pro's and con's of these...
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Curated OER

The Mysterious Tragedy at Lake Nyos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students present a convincing explanation of the Lake Nyos event and propose a solution to prevent future tragedies at central and western African lakes.
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Curated OER

What Is It?!

For Teachers 4th
Working individually or in groups, 4th graders are presented with unusual or at least unfamiliar objects and are asked to speculate on what they are and/or how they are used. The intention is to get students to make careful observations...
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Curated OER

Bones and Math

For Teachers 5th - 12th
students identify and explore the connection between math and the bones of the human body. Students collect data about bones from their classmates and from adults, apply formulas that relate this data to a person's height, and organize...
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Curated OER

Potato Launcher Energy Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate conservation laws using a potato launcher. In this physics lesson, students measure angles, time and distance of the potato. They discuss applications of experiments like this.
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Curated OER

DNA-a Molecular Identity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore about what DNA is and several different DNA typing techniques. They examine three different situations where DNA typing was used to carry out justice. Students also identify and evaluate different uses of DNA typing...
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Curated OER

Who's the Father?

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze gels to determine parentage in this lesson about scientific evidence, investigation, and DNA concepts. The lesson includes a pre-activity worksheet, a final individual assessment, and student handouts for in-class...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Forensic Science Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
With the advent of many crime-solving television shows, there is increased interest in the career of forensin science technician. Read this Science Buddies career profile to find out all the kinds of things the forensic scientist gets to...
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Read Works

Read Works: Focus on Scientists

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different types of scientists including: an inventor, a forensic scientist, an astronomer, a primatologist, and more. A question sheet is available to help students build...
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Other

American Academy of Forensic Science: Choosing a Career

For Students 9th - 10th
What is forensic science? What do forensic scientists do? What's a forensic scientist? This complete site answers these questions and provides a wealth of information about the field of forensic science.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Science

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive learning tutorial you will be provided with a brief introduction to Forensic Science and the history of Forensic Science. You will explain the different specialty areas of a forensic laboratory and discuss the...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: On Maggots and Murders: Forensic Entomology [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Five-page article explains how forensic scientists, when investigating crimes, analyze maggots and blowflies to determine approximate times of death.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the components of forensic science. There is also a link to a simulation in which you can apply your skills to solve a crime.
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Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Csi: The Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on the CSI television show, this series of four role-playing games helps students learn the scientific method and try their hand at solving crimes. Discover if you have what it takes to be a forensic scientist.
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Science Buddies

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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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Dead Men's Tales: Splatter Spread

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Emulate the work of a forensic scientist by observing the relationship between scatter and distance. Assemble a projectile-hurling device called a potato cannon and analyze the spread pattern of paint soaked projectiles.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Early Forensics and Crime Solving Chemists

For Students 9th - 10th
In a CSI age, we take forensic science for granted. New York did not have a medical examiner or forensic toxicologist until 1918, whose eventual arrival changed the landscape of crime investigation forever. Deborah Blum prompts the TED...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Dead Men's Tales: Inferring Height From Bone Length

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore the work of forensic scientists by inferring an individual's height from the length of certain long bones. Create bone/height relation charts and measure length using metric units. This activity was created to be used with the...
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the history of forensic medicine. Learners examine significant cases, technologies, and people that have had an influence on the history of forensic medicine. Educational activities are also included.
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Indiana University

The Case of the Missing Computer Chip

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Have your teams of students solve the simulated crime scene using clues presented in this thorough forensic lesson plan.