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Abstract
The goal of this lesson is for students to recognize the
importance of analyzing all information from a crime scene and
evaluating its accuracy. Students will read a case study while in
small groups. They will write short paragraphs demonstrating what
they have learned by reading the information and responding to the
questions: How is the information presented in the case study
important to the forensic investigation of the crime? How is
eyewitness testimony similar to forensic testimony? How is it
different? Which would have greater influence on a jury's decision?
Why?
Lesson fundamental understandings:
Essential
Questions: Fundamental Understandings:
Upon
successful completion of this lesson, the students should be able to
determine the importance of forensic evidence and recognize its
value in a crime scene investigation.
Essential
Question:
What are the legal ramifications of blood spatter
analyses and how are these analyses used in forensic
investigation?
Standards
National Standards NSES CONTENT
STANDARD: Unifying Concepts and Processes INFORMATION LITERACY
STANDARDS: Standard 2: The student who is information literate
evaluates information critically and competently. Standard 3: The
student who is information literate uses information accurately and
creatively. Standard 7: The student who contributes positively to
the learning community and to society is information literate and
recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society.
State Standards Georgia: Process Skills
Nevada: Process Skills #19
Lesson
Prerequisite Skills
Students should be able to discern information from reading and
differentiate its importance.
Teacher
Information/Situations/Setting/Time Time Frame: 50
minutes for 1 crime scene investigation
Situation: Students
should work in small groups of two or
three.
Materials/Resources:
Case study
Pre-lesson
preparation:
Case studies can be selected from acknowledged
journals.
Select groups.
Print case study for
groups.
Assessment
The teacher can determine understanding by reviewing student
responses to the questions from the activity or by having students
share their answers through class discussions of the case analysis.
Student Activity/Tasks Students will
read a case study and discuss within their groups the information
that is vital to the case and what information is not important to
the case. Students will prepare a case analysis demonstrating what
they have learned by reading the information and responding to the
question: How is the information presented in the case study
important to the forensic investigation of the crime? How is
eyewitness testimony similar to forensic testimony? How is it
different? Which would have greater influence on a jury's decision?
Why? Why are good data collection techniques so important in a
forensic investigation?
Enrichment/Alternate Activity:
Cross-Curricular:
Language Arts Forensic Science Social Studies/Government Social
Sciences
Technology
Requirements/Tools/Materials
Acknowledgements:
Criminalistics by Richard Saferstein ISBN # 0-13-592940-7
Blood Stain Patterns by Herbert Leon MacDonell
Flight Characteristics and Stain Patterns of Human Blood by MacDonell and
Bialousz Experiments and Practice Exercises in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis by Laber and Epstein
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