During your visit you will learn about facsimile and photocopying identification, ink dating, details of fingerprints, and forgeries. Videoclips demonstrate a few of the processes involved with removing obliterating ink on documents. This is a cleverly constructed teacher page in which three crime scenes are presented to solve. Included are police reports, updates, and suspects. Through a series of tests in areas like powders, chromatography, and fiber, students learn how to deduce who committed the crime.
Students write their scenarios based on the evidence gathered.
They even have the option of explaining that no crime was committed and the suspect was seen hopping the train that runs near the school. Hair analysis, chromatography, DNA fingerprinting, and blood analysis using simulated blood are the main topics studied. Handouts, lab report forms, materials list, and an evaluation sheet are supplied. Forensic Files Solve an international heist of an endangered species by gathering facts and studying the evidence. Then, think about the motive, the players involved, and why they did it.