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20 Virtual Labs & Activities for Forensic Science

As a new school year approaches, Forensics teachers across the world are scrambling to find virtual labs and activities for their Forensic Science classrooms. In my collaborative Facebook group for Forensic Science teachers, the question “ How do we virtually teach such a hands-on course? ” comes up in conversation on a weekly basis. (If you are a Forensic science teacher that is looking to collaborate with other FS teachers, we invite you to join us. Click HERE to join the group!) It is for that reason that I decided to put together a resource for all of my Forensics teacher friends – 20 Virtual Labs & Activities for Forensic Science . Let’s get started!

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#1: Virtual Microscope Lab

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First up in my list of 20 Virtual Labs & Activities for Forensic Science is a virtual microscope lab. One of the first concepts that I teach in Forensics is the microscope . This interactive site features a virtual step-by-step guide to viewing a specimen under the microscope. After having my students visit the interactive site, I have them complete the virtual microscope lab . This year, I will be having my students complete this digital document as they maneuver through the two labs.

#2: Observation Skills & Crime Scene Investigation Interactivity

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In this interactivity, students make observations from the dioramas of true crime scenes known as The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death . These dioramas were constructed in the 1940s by Frances Glessner Lee as a way to teach crime scene investigators how to properly investigate crime scenes. To introduce observation skills and crime scene investigation, I have my forensics students complete this web-quest and interactivity over Lee’s Nutshell Studies. This interactive tour and web-quest will provide your students with practice in making observations and inferences and really sets the foundation for the rest of the course.

#3: Disease Detectives (Deductive Reasoning) Digital Lesson

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This next lesson is extremely applicable to what we are experiencing in the world with regards to Covid-19 and can be used to bridge epidemiology with detective work and deductive reasoning skills. This lesson uses a real-life case to demonstrate how epidemiologists and other public health workers respond when there is a suspected outbreak—or sudden increase in the number of cases—of a disease. It shows the importance in using scientific evidence to derive a conclusion. The entire lesson and supporting documents can be found here .

#4: Virtual Crime Scene

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One of my favorite parts of teaching forensics is creating mock crime scenes for my students. Although this year’s crime scenes may look a little different, there is no reason why we can’t still offer our students digital mock crime scenes that allow them to showcase their skills. In this digital crime scene , students will make observations, collect evidence, and use their deductive reasoning skills to solve the crime. Here is the the supporting document that I created for my students.

#5: Virtual Crime Lab Tour

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This YouTube video is a great way to show students what goes on inside of a real-life crime lab. I plan on having my students watch this tour and answer these guided video questions .

#6: Fingerprint Case Study-Digital Assignment

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My students always love discussing the Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker) case and I knew that I wanted to incorporate it into my virtual classroom this fall when we discuss fingerprinting. With the help of one of my Forensics Teachers Facebook Group members, I have a digital case study ready to go. Click  here  to grab the digital assignment.

#7: Fire Lab- Virtual Arson Investigation

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Next up in my list of 20 Virtual Labs & Activities for Forensic Science is one of my favorites- an interactive site that walks students through the science behind how fires burn. Then, they are able to gather evidence from a virtual arson investigation and analyze their collections to solve the crime. This entire virtual activity can serve as both the lesson and the practice, making it great for online or flipped classrooms. It’s also perfect for both high school and middle school students! Want a free resource download that accompanies this website? Click HERE to download the packet that I provide for my students.

#8: Arson Investigation Podcast

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I love a good podcast and this one doesn’t disappoint. It is appropriate for both the middle and high school classroom and takes students through a 13- episode journey through the events surrounding an arson investigation. Don’t worry about creating a supporting document for this podcast! I’ve got you covered. Click HERE to get the resource that I use with my own students as we listen to this intriguing podcast mystery.

#9: Forensic Toxicology-WebQuest & Lab

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My students always enjoyed this activity when we were face-face for instruction. Therefore, I am definitely adding it to my virtual lessons when we get to our toxicology unit. This interactive website showcases the life of a forensic toxicologist and has students solve a crime using lab tests and data analysis. There is a great supporting document that compliments this activity (thanks again to another wonderful Forensic Teacher Tribe Facebook Group member).

#10: Virtual Autopsy

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We are half-way through our list of 20 Virtual Labs & Activities for Forensic Science and I can’t wait to share the next resources!

I have used this virtual autopsy as practice for my infamous PIG AUTOPSY project for several years. However, this past year, I wasn’t able to conduct the anticipated pig autopsy with my students (cue the tears). As a replacement, I did assign this virtual autopsy activity . Although it didn’t bring the same WOW factor as the pig autopsy, it was a good virtual replacement when I needed it.

#11: DNA Fingerprinting Virtual Lab

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In this DNA Fingerprinting virtual lab , students get a first hand experience creating a DNA profile using electrophoresis. I have used this online lab for years and will definitely be adding it to my virtual lessons this year!

#12: Entomology Digital Investigation

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This digital entomology investigation was created by one of our Forensic Facebook Group members. In this activity, students examine insects found at a crime scene to estimate the post mortem interval of a victim whose body is found in a wooded area.

#13: Online Ballistics Simulation

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I just recently happened upon this ballistics simulation and I have mixed emotions about it. The idea of it is great and if you need a digital ballistics activity, this is a good option (if you can get past the typos and a few glitches here and there). This simulation begins with an informative page and has students take a pre-test before moving in to a mock crime scene. Once presented with the scene, students collect and analyze ballistic evidence to solve the case.

#14: Blood Typing Virtual Lab

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Coming in at #14 in our list of 20 Virtual Labs & Activities for Forensic Science is a blood typing lab simulation. In this blood typing online lab simulation , a doctor has a patient that needs a blood transfusion and there are three potential donors . Students use their knowledge of blood types to determine which donor can donate blood to the doctor’s patient. One of our FB group members created a complimentary resource that can be found HERE .

#15: Gel Electrophoresis Interactive Activity

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Gel electrophoresis labs can be costly! If you’re on a shoe-string budget, consider assigning this electrophoresis interactive activity to your students.

#16: Glass Analysis- Interactive (for Google Classroom)

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One of the sweet members of our Facebook group, Forensic Science Teacher Tribe , shared this next resource with our members. This Google Slides activity is perfect for those teachers that are using Google Classroom this year. This activity walks students through the process of glass analysis and provides students with instruction, but in an interactive way. You can check out the resource here .

#17: Decomposition & Entomology Virtual Lab

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One of my favorite activities to use in my Entomology Unit is my Maggot Man lab! Although my students are often hesitant of it, they love it. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to observe the decomposition process as it pertains to blow-fly activity in a virtual setting, so I was happy to find this alternative to one of my students’ favorite labs.

This HHMI web-based activity uses video and an online portal to walk students through the stages of decomp and insect activity. The online activity can be found here , teacher instructions can be found here , and the supporting document for this activity can be found here .

#18: Drug Interactions-Online Simulation

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I have used the Mouse Party online simulation for many years during my toxicology unit. This interactive activity from the University of Utah provides students with the opportunity to digitally investigate how different kinds of drugs alter the natural state of a mouse’s brain. To find supporting documents for this online simulation, click here .

#19: Handwriting- Digital Investigation

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In this digital Handwriting Investigation , students take on the role of a QD examiner to determine if a document has been forged. This activity would be great to use both digitally and in face-to-face instruction for a quick and easy practice for handwriting analysis.

#20: Digital Mock Crime Scene

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Last up on my list of 20 Virtual Labs and Activities for Forensic Science is this Digital Mock Crime Scene- The Case of the Barefoot Burglar . If you ask any of my previous Forensics students what their favorite part of the class was, they will tell you THE MOCK CRIME SCENES. With social distancing guidelines in place, it is making it difficult for in-person teachers to conduct mock crime scenes. Additionally, online teachers are wondering how mock crime scenes can be done online. I am excited to have found this digital option to offer my students. Check it out here .

Well…that’s it! I hope that you have found this post to be super-helpful in easing your mind about this CRAZY school year. I’d love to hear more suggestions from you guys. If you have an online or digital lab that you LOVE, drop a comment below!

As always, HAPPY TEACHING!

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Here are some of the best FREE online forensics activities for High School and Middle School Forensic Science (no Flash Player required)! Resources cover DNA, Anthropology, Autopsies and more! All free and available online. 

The Innocence Project: DNA Exonerates

After teaching about class evidence we transition into individual evidence. First in this category is DNA evidence! DNA changed the world of Forensics, and for some people, changed their life.

The Innocence Project was founded to help people who were wrongly convicted based on faulty evidence and/or shady forensic practices. Years old evidence is re-examined with new techniques – DNA analysis. Over 300 people were set free from jail . Their DNA did not match the crime scene DNA.

The Innocence Project also pushes for policy reform in hopes to stop future injustice. Articles on the website discuss the potential problems with some types of evidence (particularly hair, fiber, bite marks, and eyewitness testimony) and how to prevent wrongful convictions.

We do an Innocence Project Project every year. Students are put into small groups. Each group presents one wrongful conviction case.

The Innocence Project Project

If you go here , and click ‘filters’ at the top right, then select ‘contributing cause’ you will find six different categories. Students also research the general problems with their category of evidence and what policies have been (or should be) put into place to prevent wrongful convictions.

The Innocence Project stories always amaze students. Of particular interest is the compensation that some of the exonerated people received, or did not receive. The differences are huge.

The final part of this project is to watch the amazing story of Ronald Cotton.   The victim identified Ronald as her attacker – but she was wrong!  I will not give away the story, because it is so worth watching the 60-Minute interview with both the victim and Ronald Cotton. Have tissues at the ready, especially for the end!  

Here is the Innocence Project Project that my students do, available on Teachers Pay Teachers.

Interactive Autopsy

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There is no blood or gore in the interactive! Students are guided through the cut, organ removal and weighing, brain examination, and putting everything b ack together! I use online autopsy after direct instruction and before our hands-on Rat Autopsy .

Looking for more info about autopsies, forensic entomology and decomposition ? Take a look at this collection of articles and photographs from the Australian Museum !

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Teach forensic anthropology with real cases - a set of online forensics activities

The Forensic Case Files section contains eight true cases of skeletons found at historical sites. The website goes through each photo and discusses what the bones tell us about the life (and death) of each individual. Some of these photos I pull off of the website and use separately in Stations where students have to figure out what may have happened.

More online forensics activities at the Smithsonian include: an interactive Web-comic, more details about the science of Forensic Anthropology, and stories from skeletons found in the people of Colonial Chesapeake.

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Forensic Files Episodes

It is hard to find a better and more diverse resource than Forensic File episodes on YouTube. All 100% free, and each one showcasing amazing feats of Forensic Investigation in real life!

In my classroom, we have the tradition of Forensic Files Friday. Each Friday we watch one episode that coincides with the topic we are currently learning.

forensic files episode list - find the perfect episode!

The most challenging part of Forensic File Friday is to find that perfect episode! Also, some episodes (though rare) are explicit or graphic and not appropriate for young audiences!

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Forensic Teacher Magazine

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The articles include freebies and lesson plans written by experienced Forensics teachers There are also interview with CSI and experts in their field. Every topic imaginable!

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Following graphical and vector analysis, this lab exercise is an open-ended or discovery activity. Students receive bloodstain pattern evidence from a crime scene. They must then answer a series of questions through inquiry, observation, measurement, and analysis. To complete this challenge, students reconstruct the evidence through four standard models to derive qualitative characteristics and quantitative relationships that address the evidence at the crime scene. In addition, students will utilize the following impact equation and the concept of free fall in which an object falls from rest.

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Students will extract DNA from their own hair roots.A DNA fingerprinting simulation kit with standard DNA samples will also be used in this experiment.The DNA will be digested with a variety of restriction enzymes (e.g.,B am H I and Hin d III).Students will run an electrophoresis gel to examine patterns of their DNA along with standard DNA.The experiment will be based on a crime scene scenario.

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The majority of evidence submitted to crime labs comes from drug-related crimes. Often, this evidence includes unidentified powders that may be illegal drugs. In order to prosecute individuals for possession of illegal substances, it is necessary for forensic scientists to positively identify any suspected drugs submitted to the laboratory. In addition, forensic toxicologists must determine the identity of drugs found in the bodies of drug-overdose victims. Although illegal substances can cause overdose, people also overdose on common over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, like aspirin, when attempting to take their own lives. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is one technique used to identify unknown drugs. Chromatography is simple to perform, is straightforward to interpret, and works equally well for legal and illegal substances. This experiment uses TLC to identify the active ingredients in some common OTC painkillers.

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After a lecture/discussion on fingerprinting techniques, students recover latent prints by iodine fuming, cyanoacrylate fuming, and dusting with powder.Each student will provide a fingerprint for identification by another student. A database of fingerprints of the class will be made to help in the identification of the unknown print.

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This lesson, based on EDVOTEK Kit #109, "DNA Fingerprinting I: Identification of DNA by Restriction Fragmentation Patterns," presents a simulation of a DNA fingerprint (RFLP—Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism). The prelab section introduces the importance of DNA fingerprinting—a form of identification that is being accepted by both scientific and legal experts. The procedure is used in forensic work, paternity suits, missing-person cases, archeology, and animal breeding. The protocol for the lab is introduced. The lab involves students preparing a gel for electrophoresis. DNA fragments, which have been predigested using two different restriction enzymes, will be run on a gel electrophoresis apparatus, and the results will be analyzed to determine which suspect committed the crime. The post-lab section concentrates on the ethical implications of DNA fingerprinting.

This hands-on unit will introduce students to atomic emission and absorption spectra. Chemistry students will "fingerprint" some elements and identify them in some common sources. They will then create spreadsheets to relate the Bohr model of the atom to the observed spectral lines of the hydrogen atom. Raman spectra are used to solve a forensic case study. Finally, students will examine a commercial application of photochemistry called the cyanotype process. This unit will strengthen the students’ organizational and analytical thinking skills through the creation of spreadsheets and will involve the students in some practical applications of quantum chemistry.

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In this activity, students will determine whether a higher-than-normal death rate among surgery patients in a hospital was caused by faulty blood-typing. They will be given a sheet that contains the blood types on record for the patients, the type of blood each patient received, and whether or not each survived the surgery. The students will be provided with simulated samples of each patient’s blood and of the blood provided to each patient during surgery and a blood-typing kit. Students will use the information and materials to determine correct blood types for each patient and bag. They will also be able to determine whether patients were given the correct type of blood or not.

Students will use chromatography to separate plant pigments collected from a fictitious crime scene and suspects. Students will then compare the R f values of the plant pigments to determine whether the plant pigments found on any of the suspects match the plant pigments found at the crime scene. Matching plant pigments would be one piece of evidence linking the suspect to the crime scene.

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Here are some of the best FREE online forensics activities for High School and Middle School Forensic Science (no Flash Player required)! Resources cover DNA, Anthropology, Autopsies and more! All free and available online. 

The Innocence Project: DNA Exonerates

After teaching about class evidence we transition into individual evidence. First in this category is DNA evidence!  DNA changed the world of Forensics, and for some people, changed their life. 

The Innocence Project  was founded to help people who were wrongly convicted based on faulty evidence and/or shady forensic practices. Years old evidence is re-examined with new techniques – DNA analysis. Over 300 people were set free from jail . Their DNA did not match the crime scene DNA.

The Innocence Project also pushes for policy reform in hopes to stop future injustice. Articles on the website discuss the potential problems with some types of evidence (particularly hair, fiber, bite marks, and eyewitness testimony) and how to prevent wrongful convictions. 

The Project:

We do an Innocence Project Project every year. Students are put into small groups.  Each group presents one wrongful conviction case. If you go  here , and click ‘filters’ at the top right, then select ‘contributing cause’ you will find six different categories.  

Student groups are also assigned to research one of the six common reasons for wrongful conviction: faulty eye witness, bad lawyering, false confession, bad forensics, government misconduct, and informants. To save time, I provide links to my kids directly to the information they need so they can make a powerpoint and present to the class.

The Innocence Project stories always amaze students. Of particular interest is the compensation that some of the exonerated people received, or did not receive.  The differences are huge. 

The final part of this project is to watch the amazing story of  Ronald Cotton.   The victim identified Ronald as her attacker – but she was wrong!  I will not give away the story, because it is so worth watching the  60-Minute interview  with both the victim and Ronald Cotton. Have tissues at the ready, especially for the end!  

Click here to purchase this innocence project ready-to-go with full student instructions, links, and rubric! No prep!

Free Forensic Science online activities!

Australian Museum’s Interactive Autopsy

Forensic Science Autopsy Activity for High School

Autopsies are fascinating to students. While there are several very graphic autopsy YouTube videos,  I prefer having my students work through this  digital autopsy  from the Australian Museum website.

There is no blood or gore in the interactive! Students are guided through the cut, organ removal and weighing, brain examination, and putting everything back together! I use online autopsy after direct instruction and before our hands-on  Rat Autopsy . 

Looking for more info about autopsies, forensic entomology and decomposition? The  Australian Museum also offers a whole collection of articles and photographs that can be used for supplementing your Death Investigations unit!

Smithsonian Anthropology : A whole set of Online Forensics Activities

Here is a treasure trove of resources for Forensic Anthropology! This main page brings you to five sections to explore.  Skeleton Keys  teaches students how to read bones to determine age, gender, and ethnicity. 

On several subsections you will find links to printable PDFs (see the middle of  this page ) with the same information  PLUS an actual skeleton for students to analyze!

The  Forensic Case Files  section contains eight true cases of skeletons found at historical sites.  The website goes through each photo and discusses what the bones tell us about the life (and death) of each individual. Some of these photos I pull off of the website and use separately in Stations where students have to figure out what may have happened. 

More online forensics activities at the Smithsonian include: an interactive Web-comic, more details about the science of Forensic Anthropology, and stories from skeletons found in the people of Colonial Chesapeake. 

Forensic Files Episodes

It is hard to find a better and more diverse resource than Forensic File episodes on YouTube. All 100% free, and each one showcasing amazing feats of Forensic Investigation in real life! 

In my classroom, we have the tradition of Forensic Files Friday.  Each Friday we watch one episode that coincides with the topic we are currently learning. 

Forensic Files Video Guide

To get the most out of the experience, my students must fill out the Forensic Episode Guide, which focuses them on the most important parts of each show, and gives them a chance to reflect on the case.  You can download my  episode guide for free!

The most challenging part of Forensic File Friday is to find that perfect episode! Also, some episodes (though rare) are explicit or graphic and not appropriate for young audiences! 

This is why I created a  list of my favorite Forensic Files List – 30+ Episodes organized by topic!  Use this resource to quickly find exactly what you are looking for. It will save hours of your life! 

Forensic Teacher Magazine

Just as their homepage says, this website ‘has it all!’  Lab activities, tips for how to teach Forensic Science concepts, and lists of great links to more resources. You have free access to over thirty issues,  each one focusing on particular areas of forensics. 

The articles include freebies and lesson plans written by experienced Forensics teachers There are also interview with CSI and experts in their field. Every topic imaginable!

Tons of resources available from forensic teacher magazine

Do you have any favorite free online forensics activities that you use in your classroom? Let us know in the comments!

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  • Plan steps to take when processing a crime scene
  • Identify packaging required for certain types of evidence
  • Document and photograph a crime scene
  • Isolate, record, and search for evidence
  • Preserve chain of custody
  • Understand the limitations of eyewitness accounts
  • Explore career opportunities in forensic investigation

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Crime Scene Protocols link to: vocabulary document or to quizlet

**Each day the class meets for 90 minutes

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Day 1: Observation Skills & Careers in Forensics

Day 2: Crime Scene Protocols

Day 3: Documenting a Crime Scene

Day 4: Independent Work Day

Day 5: Assessment

*Each lesson plan is written for a 90-minute class, make adjustments based on different class times.

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Thanks to television, many high school students have a fictionalized view of the highly specialized field of forensic science. However, school forensic science projects can help them understand the complex sciences involved in the field and even spark career interest. Fingerprints, forensic anthropology, ballistics or physical evidence provide a variety of project ideas when approached from the perspective of a high school student.

Fingerprint Science Fair Projects

Explore the similarities between the fingerprints of siblings and compares these patterns to those found in a stranger’s fingerprints. Include a study on whether or not identical twins have the same or different fingerprints. Expand the project to explore whether fingerprints are hereditary--and whether or not families show pattern similarities. Set up a display that shows how to fingerprint a crime scene and display the various pieces of equipment used in the process.

Forensic Anthropology

Skeletal remains help to identify whether a subject is human, how he died and whether or not the remains indicate the commission of a crime. Create a science project that focuses on the use of skeletal remains as a way to identify a victim and understand what happened to him. Projects could include the building of a human face from a skeleton for the purposes of identification. Show how the various forensic anthropological techniques assist in assessing age, sex, size of the victim, possible relatives and ancestry, as well as analyzing disease, traumas and postmortem intervals.

Forensic Ballistics

Forensic ballistics studies bullets found at the scene of a crime to determine if they were used to commit a homicide or other crime. Identify different ways a forensic ballistics expert might show how to identify a bullet and the gun from which it was shot. Beyond the studying of bullets, a forensic ballistics expert is often called into a crime investigation to determine the type of weapon used to perpetuate the crime. Show the different ways such an expert might identify such weaponry.

Forensic Evidence

The evidence found at a crime scene will tell the same story, once the crime scene investigator has put together all the pieces. When investigating a crime scene, investigators find, label and secure all evidence in a particular process and document a chain of custody to ensure the protection of the evidence for use in court.

Demonstrate the different means of collecting and analyzing forensic evidence such as glass shards, fabric, hair or foreign material found at the scene of a crime. Create a detailed display that shows how the chain of custody works and why it is important to a criminal case.

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As a journalist and editor for several years, Laurie Brenner has covered many topics in her writings, but science is one of her first loves. Her stint as Manager of the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in California's gold country served to deepen her interest in science which she now fulfills by writing for online science websites. Brenner is also a published sci-fi author. She graduated from San Diego's Coleman College in 1972.

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Forensic Science Crime Scene Lab Classroom Teaching Activities, Experiments & Resources

Pretend your classroom is the forensics lab for the local crime solving unit. Incorporate these videos and resources to engage your students in solving a "crime."

Ballistics

Bullet analysis or ballistics is an integral component of forensic science. Forensic scientists are able to use ballistics to determine many key components about a crime. Learn about trajectory and ballistics with forensics activities!

Blood Evidence

Blood Evidence

You arrive at a crime scene only to find that all of the blood that may have been present has dried and is no longer visible. How can you determine if and where the blood is present? Fun forensic science activities about blood evidence and analysis!

Comprehensive Crime Scene

Comprehensive Crime Scene

What is included in Flinn Scientific's Comprehensive Crime Scene? What will students learn? Investigate, examine, identify and solve the crime. Watch the videos and review the material to determine what kits would be the best for your class.

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Fibers and Inks

Inks and fibers are important evidence in a forensic science experiment. Learn about how inks can be separated into pigments with chromatography and use forensic tests to identify different types of fibers left a crime scene. 

Fingerprinting

Fingerprinting

See how easy it is to integrate Flinn Scientific's fingerprinting kits in any forensic science lab. Review our resources, search for additional kits and identify the ones that best suit your lessons.

Footwear & Print Casting

Footwear & Print Casting

View Flinn Scientific's video on three possible ways to easily create footwear and print impressions. Which process do you want your students to practice? 

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Student Lab Activities

Flinn Scientific offers numerous student lab activities for you to use in your next forensic science lab. Inspect the resource materials and get your students engaged in these interactive activities.

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