The Forensic Science Pathology Packet includes a lesson with a PowerPoint with embedded video clip links, illustrated Student Guided Scaffolded Notes, Teacher Notes, Worksheet with Answers, a Cause of Death Case Study Activity, and a Video Reflection Activity.

The PowerPoint is fully editable. The Notes & Worksheets are editable Word Docs too. This will allow you to modify the lesson to your individual classroom needs. PDF versions of the notes and worksheets are also included. The activities are PDF files. (You cannot copy or modify any part of this lesson to offer others for free or for sale.)

The following topics are covered:

• Forensic Medicine
• Forensic Pathologist
• Medical Examiner
• Types of Manner of Death
• What happens to the body after death
• Rigor Mortis
• Livor Mortis
• Lividity
• Perimortem
• Postmortem
• Decomposition
• Marbling
• Liquification
• Putrefaction
• Desiccation
• The Body Farm

Cause of Death Case Study Activity

This is designed to be a group activity. The class is split up into groups. Each group is given an article about a particular historical crime where fingerprints were used to solve. The groups then read through their article, and fill out the Cause of Death Case Study Activity Handout. The handout has the following areas to be filled out:

Name of case

• Date
• Location
• Significance
• Description of the case
• Conclusion

After the students fill out their handouts, they brief the class about their case.

There are 6 separate Cause of Death Case Articles and a student worksheet included.

Secrets of the Body Farm Video Reflection Activity

This assignment is a Video Reflection of the National Geographic video about the Body Farm located at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Bill Bass started the Body Farm to investigate decay rates of human corpses.

“This video from National Geographic, released in 2010, gives viewers an inside look at one such facility, and what researchers are learning about the morbid, but essential, study of human decay. The Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee is a two-acre facility, according to Nat Geo, where there are upwards of 100 bodies in various stages of decomposition every day.”

This video is available on YouTube for free. The link to the video is included with the download.

Several years ago I stopped using accompanying worksheets to videos I show in class. Too many times students are more focused in answering the questions, rather than absorbing what they are watching. But, I wanted the students to be actively engaged with the video. So, I started using “Video Reflections”.

The video reflection handout has two columns on it. Student write what they have learned on the column on the left. They write down any questions they have on the column to the right. At the end of class, each student needs to tell the teacher something they learned, or a question they have.

When given a choice, most students would rather have this type of assignment, compared to a worksheet.

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