Description
37 pages including a scripted lesson plan and interactive class activities and projects to introduce students to forensic science.
Welcome to the world of Matter Mania! I hope you enjoy my lesson plans for fun, interactive, and stimulating science classes. My lessons encourage the STEM fundamentals: becoming critical thinkers and effective problem solvers through real world examples and project based learning.
The objective of this lesson is to introduce students to forensic science. They will learn basic terms such as detective, investigator, evidence, and clues. Through class activities, students will learn the importance of being observant, paying careful attention to detail, and using logic in order to solve crimes. They will see that while eyewitness accounts can be very helpful, they are also not always reliable. Students will test their own powers of observation both when they encounter expected and unexpected situations. They will discuss how a detective's questions can both help and mislead witnesses. Students will become “Junior Detectives” and try to help solve multiple crimes using many different forensic methods including photography, handwriting analysis, finding meaning in indentations on paper, fingerprint and DNA analysis, bone studies, trilateration, and blood spatter analysis. The activities are interactive and allow students to take home ideas they can test on other friends or family members.
This lesson plan is appropriate for grades 3-5. It can be completed in 3 class periods. The lesson is fully scripted, easy to use, and appropriate for teachers, homeschoolers, parents, and substitute teachers.
Included in this packet you will find:
- A list of the items needed to run these lessons
- The teacher script
- Instructions for class activities, demonstrations, and projects
- Classroom diagrams and handouts
An Introduction To Forensics -- In-Person and Distance Learning
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Description
37 pages including a scripted lesson plan and interactive class activities and projects to introduce students to forensic science.
Welcome to the world of Matter Mania! I hope you enjoy my lesson plans for fun, interactive, and stimulating science classes. My lessons encourage the STEM fundamentals: becoming critical thinkers and effective problem solvers through real world examples and project based learning.
The objective of this lesson is to introduce students to forensic science. They will learn basic terms such as detective, investigator, evidence, and clues. Through class activities, students will learn the importance of being observant, paying careful attention to detail, and using logic in order to solve crimes. They will see that while eyewitness accounts can be very helpful, they are also not always reliable. Students will test their own powers of observation both when they encounter expected and unexpected situations. They will discuss how a detective's questions can both help and mislead witnesses. Students will become “Junior Detectives” and try to help solve multiple crimes using many different forensic methods including photography, handwriting analysis, finding meaning in indentations on paper, fingerprint and DNA analysis, bone studies, trilateration, and blood spatter analysis. The activities are interactive and allow students to take home ideas they can test on other friends or family members.
This lesson plan is appropriate for grades 3-5. It can be completed in 3 class periods. The lesson is fully scripted, easy to use, and appropriate for teachers, homeschoolers, parents, and substitute teachers.
Included in this packet you will find:
- A list of the items needed to run these lessons
- The teacher script
- Instructions for class activities, demonstrations, and projects
- Classroom diagrams and handouts
