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Unit Plan
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning

Forensic Sciences: A Crime Scene Investigation Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Mr. Bergman has been murdered and we need you to solve the crime! The cross-curricular unit covers 11 different types of forensic science and includes 17 activities. Scholars perform blood type analysis, blood spatter analysis, height...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wanted - Butch and Sundance

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils explore forensic anthropology. Given data, students determine which bones might have been the remains of which individual. They discuss how scientists work with inconclusive data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

America's Stone Age Explorers

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners research how mitochondrial DNA is used in determining familial relationships. They complete a worksheet in which they attempt to help solve the identity of bones found in Africa.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Last Flight of Bomber 31

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils act as forensic scientists to help solve a long-standing missing persons case. They study nuclear DNA and mtDNA.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

New World Meets Old

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate understanding of basic facts about Christopher Columbus and different theories regarding his background. They try to solve the mystery of Christopher Columbus' background and write an essay offering their own opinion.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th Century Chesapeake

For Students 9th - 10th
This very thorough site will fascinate those interested in forensic anthropology. You will learn what you can read from bones, how a face can be reconstructed from a skull, clues you can read from a burial, and about forensic cases both...
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Lesson Plan
Google

Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 8: Written in Bone: Unit Files

For Teachers 7th
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the text, Written in Bone.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Wanted Butch and Sundance: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine how forensic anthropologists use data to investigate skeletal remains and use a data chart to estimate how tall a person might have been from the length of his or her bones.