Lesson Plan Summary Sheet

Teacher: Howerton

Subject: Forensic Science

Topic: Death Investigation

Date / Essential Question(s) / Activities / Vocabulary / Summarizing Strategies
10/15
thru
10/21 / How are autopsies used to investigate a death? / ·  Students will visit the following links to learn about autopsies.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/autopsy.htm
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Autopsy-16080?page=1
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/science/health-human-body-sci/human-body/real-csi-sci.html
http://www.crimecasefiles.com/forum/autopsies/418-autopsy-video.html (graphic)
http://vimeo.com/6866296
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/education/medical/index.html
·  Students should read pp58-59 of textbook
·  Students will work in groups to complete a pig dissection.
·  Students will write a 1-2 page paper describing the job of a medical examiner. (summarizing strategy) / Autopsy
Rigor mortis
Algor mortis
Livor mortis / A. Write a job description for a medical examiner. Use what you have learned to explain the what, how, and why they do what they do.
(see third activity)
10/22
thru
10/28 / How is forensic anthropology used to investigate a death? / ·  Students will visit the following links to learn about
forensic anthropology.
http://www.anthro4n6.net/forensics/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/education/anthropological/index.html
http://www.all-about-forensic-science.com/forensic-anthropology.html
http://vodpod.com/tag/forensic+anthropology
http://www.knoxnews.com/videos/detail/knowsy_forensic/
·  Students will complete Exercise 17 in lab book
·  Student will complete a paper activity using anthropology tables.
·  Students will use their anthropology skills to identify the skeletal remains of a human body.
·  Students will write a 1-2 page paper describing the job of a forensic anthropologist. (summarizing strategy) / Anthropology
Osteology / B. Write a job description for a forensic anthropologist. Use what you have learned to explain the what, how, and why they do what they do.
11/1
thru
11/5 / How is forensic archeology used to investigate a death? / ·  Students will visit the following links to learn about forensic archeology.
http://www.ehow.com/about_5554508_forensic-archaeology.html
http://archlab.uindy.edu/documents/ForensicArcheo.pdf
http://www.forensicprofiles.com/forensic_archaeology.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11426538
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/8290-forensic-detectives-tools-of-forensic-archaeology-video.htm
·  Students will use their archeologists skills to locate and excavate a “clandestine grave”
·  Students will write a 1-2 page paper describing the job of a forensic archeologist. (summarizing strategy) / Archeology
Excavation
Clandestine
graves / C. Write a job description for a forensic archeologist. Use what you have learned to explain the what, how, and why they do what they do.
11/8
thru
11/17 / How is forensic entomology used to investigate a death? / ·  Students will visit the following links to learn about forensic entomology.
http://www.forensic-entomology.com/
http://lubbock.tamu.edu/ipm/AgWeb/videos/Forensic/Forensicvideos.html
http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=4197
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/darwincentre/live/asx/060704MartinHallhi.asx
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/crime-scene-creatures/video-pig-in-a-blanket/5210/
·  Students should read p61-62 of textbook
·  Students will complete the Entomology in Action lesson
·  Students will complete Exercise 16 in lab book
·  Students will complete the Deductive Reason Exercise
·  Students will use their entomology skills to determine the time of exposure of a “real body”
·  Students will write a 1-2 page paper describing the job of a forensic entomologist. (summarizing strategy) / Entomology
Maggot
Instar
Pupa / D. Write a job description for a forensic entomologist. Use what you have learned to explain the what, how, and why they do what they do.
11/18
thru 11/23 / What tools are used in forensics for the investigation of a death? / ·  Students will receive a case study in which they must determine the mode of death, cause of death, and the time of death. Students will have to use all the skills learned in this unit to complete the assignment.
·  Students will take a multiple choice test on the unit / none / Same as assignment