Materials for Teaching Forensics Using
Forensic Science: Fundamentals & Investigations*
Bertino & Bertino, 2nd Edition
*These materials are unique to forensics and do not include supplies such as 3 x 5 cards, tape (clear and masking), scissors, transparences, plastic rulers, meter sticks, calipers, protractors, compass, marking pens and calculators (with sine and tangent functions).
A digital camera is optional. Large purchase item is indicated in Chapter 14. Check individual activities in text book for specific ordering information including quantity or item.
Items needed are only mentioned once on the list even thought they might be used in multiple labs.
Teachers may choose not to perform every activity as well reducing the number items.
Chapter
1 Supplies mentioned above.
2 Hand lenses, socks, forceps, latex or nitrile gloves, re-sealable bags, penlights,
compasses, tape measure, wooden corner markers
3 Microscopes, slides, cover slips, clear nail polish, hair samples
4 Fiber samples, alcohol or Bunsen burners, thread counter or 3X5 cards
5 Toothpicks, small beakers, pollen samples, flowers
6 Balloons, fingerprinting pads (ink-less are preferred), ten cards, paper towels, cleansing wipes, magnetic powder, brushes
7 Access to computers, unprocessed wheat germ, alcohol, liquid soap, meat tenderizer
8 H2O2, ethanol, reduced phenolphthalein, simulated (vampire) blood, meter sticks, string, newspaper, dental floss, cardboard boxes
9 Aleve, Tylenol, aspirin, Motrin, test tubes or vials, well plates, (test solutions can be made in small amounts (Marquis solution, sulfuric acid, formaldehyde]), tannic acid 10% solution, ferric chloride 2 g/100ml water, concentrated nitric acid, KOH or NaOH
10 Paper money or projected images of paper money, hand lenses
11 Small jars, hand sanitizer, liver, blowfly larvae (live or preserved), alcohol, large empty coffee cans, kitchen-sized plastic liners, thermometer, stereomicroscope
12 Thermometer, 66 L tub, cart
13 Sand samples, sieve set, acetic acid, HCl, AgNO3, teaspoon, graduated cylinders, pH paper, paint brushes, cheesecloth, magnets, UV light, watch glasses or glass plates, Petri dishes
14 Sherlock Bones Kit (Wards) at least one or two to share (~ $350/kit), 6 preferred
15 Window and tempered glass, hemispheric plastic dishes, test tube racks,
methanol, isopropyl alcohol, olive oil, castor oil, 10 ml pipettes, balances
16 Cardboard boxes, hair spray, Plaster of Paris, wooden paint paddle coffee cans, petroleum jelly, fingerprint powder or chalk, laser measuring ruler, tires (bicycle or car) Styrofoam plates, transparency film
17 Modeling clay, screwdrivers (borrow), hammers (borrow), small pine boards
18 Dental floss, dowels, cereal boxes, spent cartridge casings
Check www.Bertinoforensics.com ,
click on ‘Teacher Resources’,
Supplies/Lab Equipment for inexpensive sources of supplies.
Bottom line for cost: Ask for an open P.O. for about $800 for supplies not on hand
Add 2 Sherlock Bones Kits ~ $700 (but 6 preferred)
Total cost ~ $1500 - $2900 to have what you need to complete all activities for 1-2 classes of 24