Forensics Curriculum:

Intro/History

hand out daily challenge works sheets (drills)

SLIDE Shows

1

Discussion--Handout

Questions

What’s the difference between CSI TV versus real life?

What type of degree/background do you need?

What type of classes should you specialize in?

Salary?

What are some specific areas you can work

What is physical evidence?

How is evidence collected?

Where do you find it?

CSI Effect

PPT of Units of Science (Brendan)

History of Forensics

Forensics Topics (Brendan)

Worksheet PPT Crime Scene Processing (Brendan) with question that go back to Units of Science PPT.

CD-Video- Scientific Investigation Modern Forensics (0-4:00min)

Video\Scientific_Investigation__Modern_Forensics.asf

Requirements of a Crime Investigator (Nick’s in other stuff)

Other Stuff\Requirements of CSI Job.ppt

Crime Lab sample tour

YouTube-Leave No Trace Forensics Lab #49 (1:52)

PPT Crime Scene Basics (Trippe)

(worksheet)

Crime Scene Tour (discovery Channel-Delicious)

BCP Crime Lab procedures PPT (The Crime Lab-Crime Scene-Other Stuff)

Crime Scene-Glass-Soil\The Crime Lab-Crime Scene.ppt

Crime Scene cleaners YouTube.com

Famous Crime Scene Photos PPT (Mine-Crime Scene)

Crime Scene-Glass-Soil\Crime Scenes photos.ppt

CD-Video- United Streaming Forensics (~45 min)

Video\Life_Science__Forensics.asf (flashdrive)

(worksheet)

(online)

CSI HW (Brendan): watch and answer questions.

The New Detectives case studies in Forensic Science Medical Examiner's Casebook Part 1

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Hunt for Info Questions (Computer Lab questions-Quest)

CSI—Rookie game

(worksheet)

(link)

Forensic crime Games (delicious)

Learning about cases: Crime 360

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Websites to visit Data Bases

MD State Sexual Predator Registry

MD Judiciary court

Dragon fly forensics episode

Physical Evidence

PPT Physical Evidence

(worksheet)

YouTube #4Crime Scene Evidence (1:02)

CD-Video Forensics Detectives: Mysteries & Solutions Part 2 (15:00-28:20)

Topics include UV light, casting, soil, tire tracks

This worksheet includes the Art of Crime Detection activity as well as other observation type activities found on the Forensic Science page at the Kid Zone.

Reference Cards:CrimeScene Basics (PDF)Eyewitness Basics Card (PDF) - These handouts replace the worksheets for Crime Scene Basics and Eyewitness Basics.
Questions about the reference cards?See the note at the top of this page.

Types of Evidence PPT (Brendan)

PPT Physical Evidence

2010

2010

(PPT 2009)

Students complete this worksheet as they watch the United Streaming video segment titled "Value of Evidence" It is a segment from the "Forensic Detectives:Mysteries &Solutions"movie. The video segment is available at the

HowStuff Works website

United Streaming:Value of Evidence Movie Worksheet (PDF)

Trace Evidence Online (PDF)- Visit the Forensic Science page at the Kid Zone for the sites.

Forensic Files - , Students complete the worksheets as they watch the various episodes from Forensic Files DVD. The DVD set is available for rent fromNetflix and may be found at online stores. Worksheets (includes answer key) are available for the following episodes:Tourist Trap (PDF), Past Lives (PDF), Zodiac Killer (PDF), Over &Out (PDF)
Also available ....Forensic Files Video Worksheet (PDF)- Thanks to Luann Snider for submitting this worksheet that can be used with any of the Forensic Files episodes.

Entemology

Death Scene BCPS slide show

  • BCPS Forensics\Death SR.ppt
  • BCPS Forensics\Time of death.ppt
  • Video

Flame Test

Eyewitness

  • Discrediting Eyewitness’s testimony -

Students: How many times the team in white passes the ball to each other, NO comments allowed?

After video-anyone see anything odd? Only 42% notice

  • PPT Eyewitness Basics (Trippe)

(worksheet)

  • Online Eyewitness activities, Faces video clip (Delicious)
  • Video-Helper Changes?

IMPRESSIONS

PPT (Trippe)

(worksheet)

Practice Impressions Sheet

Video-CD Forensic Detectives: Mysteries and Solutions (15-28:20min)

Video\Forensic_Detectives____Mysteries_and_Solutions.asf

Foot PrintsYouTube video

Shoe Casting Lab

PPT Tool Mark Challenge

(worksheet)

PPT Tire Track Challenge

(worksheet)

Microscopes

SOIL

BrainPop Soil

Soil PPT (Brendan)

Video-CD Forensic Detectives-Archeology at Works (24:25-Soil 14 years)

42:25 – Sifting, Seive soil, bones

Video\Forensic_Detectives___Archaeology_at_Work.asf

Soil Lab (Brendan)

Soil Sample Pictures

UV light

GLASS

PPT Glass (Brendan)

Show samples of Glass/broken/melted

Glass Article

Sugar Glass Samples YouTube.com

FIRE

  1. Video-CD Forensic Detectives Chemistry at work (24:50-35:07)-Fires, Dog, house fires Video\Forensic_Detectives___Chemistry_at_Work.asf
  1. Fire Basics (Trippe)

Worksheet

  1. BrainPop Fire
  1. Inquiring Minds Fire Questions/Answers (6:35-12:30)-Fire Basics, Starting Fires (12;30-18:20) Video\Inquiring_Minds__Fire_Questions_and_Answers.asf
  1. Arson Video
  1. YouTube video Fire analysis

HAIR & FIBERS

  1. Hair & Fibers PPT (Trippe)
  1. Generic Hair/Fiber Drawing worksheet

HAIR

  1. BrainPop-Hair
  1. PPT Hair (Brendan) Homework sheet
  1. Hair Analysis
  1. Hair lab (Brendan)
  1. Trippe
  1. Video-CD Forensic Detectives Mysteries & Solutions (28:20-33:25-Hair) Video\Forensic_Detectives____Mysteries_and_Solutions.asf
  1. Hair Species Match up
  1. Real life Species sample lab
  1. Roller Lab
  1. Hair Review (Brendan)
  1. Unknown Hair Lab Tru TV Hair Lab Unit 4

-Clear mounting lab

-sample evidence black

Fibers

Finger Prints

  1. History of Prints
  1. PPT Finger Print Basics 101 (Trippe)

Worksheet

  1. Video-CD Life Sciences Forensics-Fingerprints (00-3:19) Video\Life_Science__Forensics.asf
  1. PPT Finger Prints (Brendan) work sheet/Questions
  1. PPT Types of Finger Prints-Students guess what kinds (Brendan)
  1. Finger Prints Video
  1. PPT Fingerprint Ridges worksheet
  1. Pattern Hand out samples /Ridges
  1. PPT Classes of Finger Prints-Specific Ridge, Whorl, Arch Patterns ( Brendan)

Worksheet guide

  1. PPT Reading Fingerprints-even more details in prints
  1. PPT Practice Prints
  1. Blank Fingerprint Page
  1. Student Finger Print Lab (me & they practice)
  1. latent Prints worksheet
  1. PPT Developing Prints
  1. Video-Fingerprinting
  1. YouTube Fuming
  1. Fuming Lab Activity
  1. Video -
  1. Lifting Prints Lab
  1. Tru TV unit 3 examples
  1. Finger Print Challenge
  1. Finger Print online Game

Firearms & Ammunition

  1. Cutting Injuries PPT (Nick) Guns-Ammo\Cutting Injuries.ppt
  1. BrainPop Guns
  1. Hand Guns PPT (Brendan) worksheet Hand Gun Anatomy
  1. Gun Video
  1. Fire Arm Terminology
  1. Fire Arm Questions
  1. Gun Shot Wounds ppt Guns-Ammo\Gun shot wounds.ppt
  1. Ammunition PPT (Brendan)
  1. 12 Gauge shot gun YouTube.com
  1. Round Point Vs. Hollow Point Bullets Youtube.com
  1. Bullet Analysis & Striations (Brandon)
  1. YouTube.com NRA: The Truth about “Ballistic Fingerprinting.”
  1. Ballistic Gel/Bullet types YouTube.com
  1. When a bullet is fired PPT (Brendan)
  1. Bullet’s Hitting objects (Vermin) YouTube.com
  1. Bullet Trajectory rods
  1. Samples of bullets lab

CHROMOTOGRAPHY

  1. Video-CD Forensic Detectives Mysteries & Solutions Forgeries (35:30-47:00min) Video\Forensic_Detectives____Mysteries_and_Solutions.asf
  1. Thin Layer Chromatography (Brendan)
  1. PPT Chromo (Trippe)
  1. Life Sciences Forensics Video\Life_Science__Forensics.asf

(7:44-11:56)-Mona Lisa

(15:11-20:00)- Fire/Chromatography

  1. Chromatography Pen Lab
  1. Harder Chromo Lab
  1. Chromatography Worksheet (Trippe)
  1. Flame Test TruTV Unit 3
  1. A House Divided-CSI

Drug

  1. Drug Classes ppt (Brendan)
  1. Drug Information Sheet PPT (Brendan)
  1. Drug information Sheet (should go with web search)
  1. Drug Types (Brendan)
  1. Drug Paraphernalia (Brendan)
  1. Toxicology

BLOOD

  1. BrainPop – Blood
  1. Blood Basics (Trippe)
  1. Video Movie Blood
  1. BrainPop – Blood Type
  1. Blood Typing Lab ----Ernie’s Exit-Blood Typing PPT

Worksheet

  1. HW; find your blood type

Blood Splatter

  1. Youtube.com Science of Murder Blood Spatter
  1. Blood Stain Science PPT

Worksheet

  1. YouTube.com Blood Spatter outube.com/watch?v=xYuzAtH6RCw
  1. Angel of impact worksheet
  1. Blood & Splatter lab
  1. TruTV Case Unit 4 Blood Type Matching Cut out
  1. Article on Blood

DNA

  1. BrainPop – DNA
  1. Video- DNA Evidence
  1. Share MAP of DNA with Human Genome Project
  1. Decoding DNA CVU
  1. DNA fingerprinting CVU
  1. DNA PPT (mine) DNA\DNA Evidence.ppt
  1. Interactive Match up
  1. Life Sciences Forensics 4:25-7:44 Video\Life_Science__Forensics.asf
  1. BrainPop.com Genetics
  1. Strawberry Lab
  1. Pulling your own DNA
  1. DNA Question Sheet
  1. Touch DNA article YouTube.com
  1. We are most like these other animals
  1. Video-CD Forensic Detectives: Mysteries & Solutions (33:25-35:30) Video\Forensic_Detectives____Mysteries_and_Solutions.asf
  1. Video-CD Genes_Genes & DNA DNA\Genes__Genetics__and_DNA.asf

14:13-Chromosomes

18:35 Chromo to Blood

19:17 Blood to DNA

FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

  1. Medical Imposition (Brendan)
  1. Skeleton Reconstruction
  1. Autopsy Sketches PPT (mine) Autopsy\autopsy sketches.ppt
  1. Human Bone ID

AUTOPSY

  1. Autopsy Overview PPT (Brendan)
  1. Autopsy Question Sheet
  1. Dr. G Medical Examiner Tools of the Trade:
  1. Real Life TV show Autopsy YouTube.com
  1. HBO Interactive Autopsy
  1. Chicken Dissection Lab

Video

  1. Jon Benet Ramsey Autopsy Sheet
  1. Ron Goldman

Serial Killers

  1. My ppt Serial Killers\General Serial Killer info.ppt
  1. websites TIMELINES
  1. PPT on Serial Killers

4. Photos

Anthropology

  1. Video-Clues to a culture
  1. Forensic Anthropology YouTube.com
  1. Video-CD Life Sciences Forensics 11:56-15:11-mummies
  1. Forensic Detectives Who Killed the Ice Man

Generic Stuff

Testing a Boot Video No audio

Chemistry Matters