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PBS

Pbs: What Jennifer Saw

For Students 9th - 10th
How can eyewitness identification go wrong? What role can DNA play in protecting the innocent? This interesting site answers these questions and gets the opinions of several DNA experts on this fascinating subject.
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Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.
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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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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: The Marsh Test

For Students 9th - 10th
The Marsh Test, developed in 1832, was designed to detect poison in drinks. A short history of this test is provided along with photo of the test apparatus.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Key Accomplishments, Radiology

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of radiology is featured from 1901 until 2003. Succinct paragraphs cover the highlights of each discvery.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Key Accomplishments, Toxicology

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of toxicology is discussed from 1702 through 1966. Explanations of major discoveries are brief and to the point.
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PBS

Pbs: Interview With Bennett Gershman, Former Prosecutor

For Students 9th - 10th
Why does the criminal justice system resist reopening cases based on new DNA evidence? This former prosecutor sheds light on the answer in this informative interview.
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PBS

Pbs: Interview With Jim Liebman, Constitutional Law Professor at Columbia Univ.

For Students 9th - 10th
Does innocence matter in our criminal justice system? Don't the DNA cases show that we are not getting the right outcome in more cases than we previously thought?
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Curated OER

Computer Reconstruction of Bite Mark, 2003

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Ct Section of a Gunshot Wound Shows Bone and Bullet Fragments in the Wound Track

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Curated OER

3 D Ct Reconstruction of Bony Skull With Bullet Wounds

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Curated OER

Classical Ct Scout View, 2003

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Curated OER

Mri Cross Section Shows Wound Track Through the Brain Stem and the Cerebellum

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Curated OER

Skeletal Reconstruction, 2003

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Curated OER

Computer Reconstruction of Bite Mark, 2003

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that delves into how forensic scientists perform minimally invasive autopsies using state of the art technology.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mildred Trotter (1899 1991)

For Students 9th - 10th
Anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter (1899-1991), graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1920 and received Ph.D. from Washington University in 1924; except for serving as a U.S. Army forensic anthropologist following World War II,...