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Go beyond passive definition copying with this vocab activity, designed to introduce terms used throughout the observation skills and eyewitness testimony unit in forensic science. No prior content knowledge needed. No prep needed. ALL resources provided are editable and/or student-ready! Student Reading (2 pages) - Google Slides and PDFVocabulary Worksheet (2 pages) - Google Slides and PDFWorksheet Answer Key - PDFTopics and skills covered include:ObservationPerception and interpretationFact an

This unit bundle includes everything you need to teach impression evidence (shoe prints, footprints, tire marks, bite marks) in forensic science classrooms. Start by introducing impressions evidence vocabulary, teach the basics with interactive notes, assess with a quiz, encourage analytics with a simulation, introduce real-world phenomena with a case study, and finally review with a stations activity and assess with a final test. NO PREP NEEDED. No textbook needed. All resources included have

Students read the case and use their knowledge of bite marks, forensic odontology, and impression evidence to actively analyze the case of Ray Krone. No prep needed. ALL resources provided are editable and/or student-ready! Case Study Reading (4 pages) - PDFStudent worksheet (2 pages) - Google Slides and PDFWorksheet Answer Key - PDFTopics and skills covered include:Shoe print evidenceBite mark and dental impression evidencePatent, latent, and plastic impressionsDNA, hair, & blood type evidenceE

Go beyond passive definition copying with this resource, designed to introduce terms used throughout the impression evidence unit in forensic science. No prior content knowledge needed. No prep needed. ALL resources provided are editable and/or student-ready! Student Reading (2 pages) - Google Slides and PDFVocabulary Worksheet (2 pages) - Google Slides and PDFWorksheet Answer Key - PDFTopics and skills covered include:Impression evidence Patent impressionsLatent impressionsPlastic impressionsC

This resource is designed to review and assess the basics of shoe, foot, tire, and bite impressions in the context of forensic science. ALL resources provided are editable and/or student-ready! Stations Review Activity (6 Stations, Student Answer Sheet, Key) - Google and PDFQuiz (Quiz, Student Answer Sheet, Key) - Google and PDFStandard Test (Test, Student Answer Sheet, Key) - Google and PDFScaffolded Test (Test, Student Answer Sheet, Key) - Google and PDFAdvanced Test (Test, Student Answer She

Cover everything students need to know about impression evidence (shoe, foot, tire, & dental) with this interactive presentation and notes set. Perfect for in-class and distance learning. NO PREP needed - all resources provided are student-ready and/or customizable! 60-slide presentation - Google and PDFFill-in-the-blank notes - Google and PDFBlank notes - PDFTopics and skills covered include:Shoe print evidenceFootprint evidenceTire mark evidenceBite mark and dental impression evidencePatent, l

Observation and eyewitness accounts are the first topics I cover in my forensic science classes. It can be difficult to truly test observation skills in a controlled environment such as a classroom. This quiz is meant to test students’ observation skills using unexpected classroom visitors. The first time I give this quiz, I do it without warning. I wait for a day someone enters the room, or I ask a colleague to enter the room on a certain day, and a few minutes after they leave I present stude

This worksheet helps students review basic concepts covered in a typical handwriting analysis chapter. It reviews questioned documents, using handwriting analysis in court, and the characteristics of handwriting. It also reviews forgery and counterfeiting. This worksheet is great for a practice day, a chapter review, and is easy to assign for a substitute. I also typically use this as an introduction to the chapter in place of notes. The accompanying answer key has a few fun facts to share

Introduce students to proper observation skills used in forensics investigations and evaluating eyewitness testimony with this presentation and interactive notes set. "Observation skills" is typically one of the first chapters in a forensic science course. Perfect for in-class, hybrid, or distance learning. NO PREP needed - all resources are student-ready and customizable! Presentation - Google and PDFFill-in-the-blank notes - Google and PDFBlank notes - PDFTopics and skills covered include:O

This presentation introduces students to the stress response that occurs in the body when we are faced with a threat - real or fake. It goes over topics such as the different nervous systems, the evolutionary importance of the fight or flight response, parts of the brain and their functions, cell communication, homeostasis, and genes that control the release of stress hormones. I use this presentation at the end of the year for my biology students to review topics covered throughout the year

This presentation introduces students to different types of evidence including direct, circumstantial, physical, biological, individual, and class evidence. The presentation is accompanied by an assignment sheet that helps students review what they learned with the notes. One of the assignment sheets is scaffolded as a color-coded version to match the presentation and help guide students to the correct definition. A standard black and white version of the assignment sheet is also available. T

This presentation introduces students to the OJ Simpson case from a forensic science perspective. It includes Youtube videos and podcast clips from "Confronting OJ Simpson". This is a great cast study to use during a crime scene investigation unit, an evidence collection unit, or a specific evidence unit such as DNA or footprints. The product includes editing access to two presentations: a Peardeck and the same presentation without the Peardeck prompts (just the Google Slides). This product incl