ABSTRACT
Watch the excitement ripple through your classroom as students use their intellect to find out who committed the "crime" at your school. Enliven your students as they practice critical thinking skills. Students are often taught skills such as the scientific method, scientific research, critical thinking, making observations, analyzing facts, and drawing conclusions in isolation. Studying forensic science allows students to practice these skills and see theories put into practice by using circumstances that model real-life events, meanwhile letting students explore a variety of career options.
This exciting unit includes:
- background information on forensics,
- exploration of careers in forensic science and law enforcement,
- a simulation involving a fire in the school library, and
- instructions for writing your own crime scene simulation.
Let your students solve more mysteries with Mystery Disease, Mystery Science, Detective Club, and The Great Chocolate Caper.
Grades 5-8
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
General Information
part |14 pages
Pre-Simulation Information
part |55 pages
Crime Scene Simulation
part |3 pages
Customizing the Simulation