Forensics: Crime Scene Investigation
Suggested Time Frame: 1 week
Unit Designer: James Hook
Link to Content Standards
- SIS1. Make observations, raise questions, and formulate hypotheses.
- SIS2. Design and conduct scientific investigations.
- SIS3. Analyze and interpret results of scientific investigations.
- SIS4. Communicate and apply the results of scientific investigations.
Brief summary of Unit
- Understand the steps taken when processing a crime scene
- Understand that different types of evidence requires different packaging
- Isolate, record and search for evidence at a mock crime scene
Objectives to be covered:
- Steps involved in processing a crime scene
- Collecting, packaging, and storing evidence from a crime scene
- Understand how evidence is used in the legal system
Enduring knowledge:
Students will be able to;
- Practice the steps used when processing a crime scene
- Isolate, record and search for evidence at a mock crime scene
- Collect and package evidence at a mock crime scene using proper forensic procedures
- Explain the difference between direct and indirect evidence
- Understand what physical evidence can and can not prove in court
- Understand the limitations of eyewitnesses
Essential questions
What type of evidence is collected at a crime scene?
How is evidence collected at a crime scene?
How is evidence used in a courtroom?
Terms:
Crime scene modus operandi
evidence testimonial (direct) versus physical
individual evidence class evidence
Teaching topics:
Preserving and isolating the crime scene
Observing and documenting the scene:
notes
photographs and video tapes
sketches
Searching he scene for evidence
Collecting and packaging evidence
Lab 2.01 Look and record
