Fun Fab Forensics

Forensic science students love deductive reasoning activities that encourages them to think! If your class loved the Deadly Picnic, then this lesson will be the perfect follow up with more details and illustrations to help visualize the suspects and the crime scene. The scene is set: a crime has been committed in the tent of the camp's Director! Someone has brazenly stolen items and ransacked his belongings, leaving behind a trail of clues and suspicion. With no access to vehicles and the neare

Crime scene sketches, eyewitness reports, investigation mistakes...this real life crime story will have your students engaged! This quick easy filler assignment can be used as sub plans, homework or a lesson during the glass unit or crime scene processing unit in Forensic Science. Your students will be so intrigued to read about the night that bullets struck the White House and the secret service failed to respond! The article provides a detailed reconstruction of the events and highlights the c

Engage them on day one! The first day of school can be so boring with students moving from one teacher to another listening to the rules in the syllabus. The rules are important but I'd rather do this Walk About on the first day to get the students out of their seats and moving around the room. It gives me a chance to observe them as they interact with one another and me. It also allows students the opportunity to preview the course as some do not know what Forensic Science encompasses. Here's h

Easy print and go lesson plan for the day before Thanksgiving break or anytime you need quick subplans. Students will research some fascinating science facts about plants and then use those answers to color a turkey. This activity can be used with high school seniors or middle school science students!