Forensics
This October, treat your students to a spooky mystery or turn your classroom into an immersive crime scene to add some science to your Halloween celebrations.
Forensics
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Ballistics is the study of projectile motion and a critical area of investigation in forensic study. When a projectile is fired from…
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It’s not your parents’ biology High school biology can no longer consist merely of traditional lecturing, dissecting frogs, viewing prepared slides, or…
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Life was long gone from the cold, bloody corpse when the crime scene investigators arrived. The seasoned team soon confirmed the death…
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Abstract Thinking about incorporating forensic science into your classroom? Expose your students to the fascinating world of forensics by using real-world techniques…
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Development of Latent Fingerprints with Silver Nitrate
Background Three types of fingerprints can be found at a crime scene–plastic, visible, and latent. Plastic impressions are fingerprints left in soft materials such…
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Forensics is the interdisciplinary application of science to investigate and analyze evidence of historical, and most often criminal, events. In the classroom, training forensic scientists requires preparing students to be able to identify, compare, and analyze a breadth of evidence types using skills across biology, chemistry, and physics.
Forensic toxicology is the analysis of biological samples for the presence of drugs, chemicals, or other toxins. Forensic toxicologists look specifically at…
Blood is among the basic types of physical evidence often encountered at a crime scene. Investigators use blood evidence to identify individuals…
Science educators at the Metro Nashville Public Schools were looking for something different for their 2021 middle school summer camp. Something that…
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