Sparking Interest with Technology Laced Forensics
Forensics in the Middle School Classroom
Online Resources
Fingerprinting Activities http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/fp.html
Follow-up. Use police department chart to have students record individual fingerprints>scan as jpeg.
Wikipedia- Fingerprinting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint
Whodunnit? http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crime.html
CSI Handbook http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/handbook/index.php?section=evidence
CSI Web Adventures http://forensics.rice.edu/html/funstuff.html
Educators Guide to Forensics
http://forensics.rice.edu/html/educators.html
It Takes a Thief http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/ittakesathief/interactive/interactive.html
Who Killed King Tut? http://dsc.discovery.com/anthology/unsolvedhistory/kingtut/interactive/interactive.html
Who Did It? http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/forensics/index.html
The National Health Museum http://www.accessexcellence.org/
Especially The Blackout Syndrome http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/tbs/index.html
The Art of Crime Detection http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/crimedetection/
Follow-up self portrait>scanning activity> As part of personal PowerPoint portfolio
CourtTV – Forensics in the Classroom http://www.courttv.com/forensics_curriculum/
Mummy Tombs http://www.mummytombs.com/
Forensic Videos Available from Discovery Education Streaming – LPB Cyber Channel
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm? Search for forensics.
My Favorites are:
Who Killed the Iceman?
Life Science: Forensics
Forensic Detectives: Mysteries and Solutions – esp. Napoleon’s March
Forensic Detectives: Archeology at Work – esp. Case Closed
Student Projects
Follow up videos w/discussion. Have groups of 2-3 students capture part of the video in a script and perform, video it and use MovieMaker to create personal account. Use the Internet to gleam additional information on historical events. Ex. Napoleon’s March into Russia
Create How To? Photostory. Stage several scenes from a problem or mystery, take individual pictures. Use Microsoft Photostory 3 to create a video, voice over or add music.
For free download, search for Microsoft Photostory 3, also requires Media Player 10.
Personal PowerPoint portfolio. Create class template, can include snazzy title slide, personal pictures, fingerprints, personal description, self-portrait, myself as a superhero, what do I want to be when I grow up. Can incorporate videos from Photostory or Windows Movie Maker.