CSI Program Resources
CIA
The CIA has a number of resources available on their website, including:
Lesson Plans with Activity Ideas
.gov/kids-page/parents-teachers/teacher-resources/index.html
Online Games
.gov/kids-page/games/index.html
Information for Teens about the CIA
.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/index.html
NSA
The NSA also has a Kids Page:
.gov/kids/
It includes online games, information on the agency, a section on secret codes, and a page of cipher machines you can make at home.
CSI
e.edu/html/onlineactivities.html
There are also a number of high quality activities associated with the CSI TV show, including scavenger hunts, handwriting analysis, memory tests, educator activities, and a family guide.
There’s also “Web Adventures” you can play around with:
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And here’s a worksheet a teacher created to go along with them:
/Media/FrnsScience/CSIWebAdv_Rookie.pdf
Crime Library
tv.com/library/crime/index.html
Features articles on forensic sciences, classic cases, and the latest news in law enforcement.
ThinkQuest: Forensic Science
nkquest.org/04oct/00206/index1.htm
Provides a wealth of information about crime scene investigation, laboratory analysis, even a forensics glossary.
Crime Museum
memuseum.org/
View online exhibits from the Crime Museum.
Interactive Investigator
tualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Myst/en/game/index.phtml
Learn about several different forensic disciplines as you try to solve the murder of playboy Robert Hughes.
Program Ideas
· Let your teens play out the scenarios in Crime Scene Detective and Crime Scene Detective: Theft by Karen Schulz and see if they can solve the case. You can do it simply just by sitting around a table and going through it “reader’s theater” style or supply props and have the teens dress up as their assigned characters.
· Make multiple color copies of the crime scene photos (pages 14-15, 28-29, 40-41, and 52-53) in the DK Crime Scene Detective book. Divide you teens into teams and give them each a picture of each crime scene. See which team can find the most pieces of evidence in each crime scene.
· Use the science experiments in Crime Scene Investigations by Pam Walker, Crime Scene Science by Karen Romano Young, and Science Sleuths by Pam Walker to create a crime scene science program. There are so many experiments in these books that you could use them to hold a whole series of programs.
· Assign each of your teens a famous crime or criminal from history to research in the library. Have the teens come back together when they are finished to share what they learned.
· Unsolved crimes: Present your teens with the details of famous unsolved crimes. Have them discuss and come up with their own theories about the perpetrators. You can find some examples of unsolved crimes here:
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