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Who Done It?

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Pick and choose which activities to include in this crime scene investigation. Junior detectives can examine fingerprints, DNA, blood samples, or bone structure.  The plan suggests you have teams solve a mystery, but it does not give you a specific mystery for them to solve. Although many suggestions are provided in the outline, you still will need to use your creative and planning powers to make this lesson complete.

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blood types, blood, soil analysis, soil, chromatography, fingerprints

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blood typing, fingerprinting, soil analysis, chromatography, dna analysis, spectrophotometry, skeletal anatomy, textile analysis, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
3 hrs
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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