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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Toxicology

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the role of the toxicologist in a forensic investigation? In this comprehensive interactive tutorial explore how drugs are analyzed and what their results indicate within a forensic laboratory. Discover what laws govern the use...
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Handout
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Dna Forensics

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise explanation of the use of DNA technologies in forensic identification from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Additional valuable resources are provided.
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Interactive
Other

Tech Museum of Innovation: Forensics

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is part of the overview page for the online exhibit on Genetics from the Tech Museum of Innovation. This particular section focuses on forensic science and its work with modern crime detection.
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Success Link

Success Link: Forensic Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interesting lesson that taps into students' interest in crime solving and forensics. Students examine glass fragments and their density to help them solve a crime.
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Website
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: On Maggots and Murders: Forensic Entomology [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Five-page article explains how forensic scientists, when investigating crimes, analyze maggots and blowflies to determine approximate times of death.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Human Remains Identification

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial the area of forensic science is explored. Learn how are human remains identified and what clues might investigators find that indicate a homicide rather than a natural or accidental death. Also...
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Interactive
Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Csi: The Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on the CSI television show, this series of four role-playing games helps students learn the scientific method and try their hand at solving crimes. Discover if you have what it takes to be a forensic scientist.
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Activity
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Identify Your Fingerprints

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Become a forensic investigator, and follow these simple step-by-step instructions to take, examine, and identify your fingerprints.
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Other

Teachers First: Lessons: Who Did It? Forensics to Hone Science and Lab Skills

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Comprehensive twenty-activity unit, complete with a WebQuest and assessment materials, designed to introduce forensic science to middle schoolers in grades 6, 7, and 8.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Anthropology

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive interactive tutorial explains forensic anthropology and the reason why it is important. Learn how forensic anthropologists differentiate between human and animal remains and also what information they can gather from...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Eeeeew! Maggot Mass Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're looking for an experiment that will gross out just about everyone, you probably can't do much better than this. This project investigates an important question in the field of forensic entomology. Just make sure to get...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Science of Collisons: Using Newton's Laws in Forensics & the Courtroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physical science related activity, young scholars will use inquiry skills and investigative procedures to determine which vehicle is at fault in a collision between a car and tractor-trailer.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Crime Science Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn the basic components of a crime scene investigation and how they are implemented. You will also learn various evidence collecting techniques, as well as how to properly document...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing for Bias in a Photo Lineup

For Students 9th - 10th
You may have read about criminal cases where innocent people have been wrongly convicted of a crime. Sometimes, modern DNA analysis techniques have provided the evidence to exonerate these innocent people. In many cases, mistaken...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Forensics and Dna Profiling

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how DNA profilers analyze bits of tissue to identify human remains. From the NOVA: "Lost on Everest" Web site.
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Website
Other

Fisher Science Education: Headline Discoveries Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
What's new in the world of science? Find the latest articles about the newest discoveries and research in all the science disciplines: anatomy, astronomy, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, consumer science, environmental, forensics,...
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum (London): Tutankhamen: Beneath the Mask

For Students 9th - 10th
See and experience how modern science has been used to create a three-dimensional portrait of Tutankhamen, based not on Tut's famous golden but on X-rays of his mummy.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Autopsy and the Role of the Medical Examiner

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will explore the area of forensic science, particularly the part of an autopsy and why it is used in death investigations. The five manners of death are explained as well as the medical...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Science: Fingerprint Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Why are fingerprints unique to each individual? This comprehensive interactive tutorial explains how fingerprints are classified and stored in AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System). Also explore how fingerprints are...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Alphonse Bertillon

For Students 9th - 10th
On-line encyclopedia provides information pertaining to Alphonse Bertillon's life work and accomplishments, particularly in the area of forensic science.
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Handout
PBS

Nova: Identifying Remains With Dna

For Students 9th - 10th
Mitochondrial DNA has different properties than nuclear DNA which make it beneficial in certain forensic settings. Get the details on the ways mitochondrial DNA is being used in forensic science.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Case of Mistaken Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
Mysteries and detective stories have been popular since the time of Sherlock Holmes. The solutions to these fictional cases often involve untangling seemingly contradictory evidence from eyewitnesses. This project studies one procedure...
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Website
Other

Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.
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Handout
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation: Practical Guide for Human Hairs

For Students 9th - 10th
The FBI gives a detailed analysis of the human hair including how to use it as forensic evidence. Topics covered are hair structure, identification, and methods of hair recovery. Labeled diagrams and electron photomicrographs enhance the...

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