Lesson One: Processing a Crime Scene

Unit One: Introduction to Crime Scenesroles mod names

Forensics

MissL

2016-7

Introduction

What is Observation?

Digging Deeper with Forensic Science e-Collection

Observations by Witnesses

Eyewitness Accounts

The Innocence Projects

How to be a Good Observer

Digging Deeper with Forensic Science e-Collection

Observations in Forensics

What Forensic Scientists Do

Chapter Summary

Case Studies

Careers in Forensics Paul Ekman

Chapter 1 Review

Activity 1-1 Learning to See

Activity 1-2 You’re an Eyewitness!

Activity 1-3 What Influences Our Observations?

Common Core (CCSS Literacy)

RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science.

RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments

RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms and phrases.

RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science.

RST.11-12.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments.

RST.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms and phrases.

WHST.9-10.1 Write arguments focused on science content.

WHST.9-10.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments or technical processes.

WHST.9-10.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem.

WHST.11-12.1 Write arguments focused on science content.

WHST.11-12.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments or technical processes.

WHST.11-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem.

HSN.Q.A.1 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays.

Step One:

INTRO: how aware are you?? Go here

Your team will be signed one film to walk us through and teach us how to be aware

Show us where we failed to notice something!!

Step Two: Listen to the story the cop who sequestered the scene can tell you.

1. What is your overall impression of what is going on at the scene: what does your gut say?

2. What is a general description of the scene: location, primary activity going on?

3. What is the point of entry/exit for the environmental location? For the house?

4. Look at the picture in the lesson. What method of search would you use and why?

add each object as the runner tells the data table person something
print your crime scene drawing

4.

Name of evidence / What type of exemplar(s) would be needed to compare this evidence to? P26 Book
List every
Piece of evidence
At the Set Up Crime Scene
You will need more lines
If you do not know how to do a table on word, tell me!!

4. Based on the evidence gathered, what do you think the modus operendi of most of the perps is? Usually there is a central theme in a crime.

Now we will share with the class. Please check off the evidence the class talks about as we go so we do not share the same things.

Case Study:

How Does A Homeless Man Spend $100? YOU TUBE
please watch this film and answer the following questions

1. What did Josh THINK was going to happen??
2. What actually DID happen?
3. What is the Homeless man’s story?
4. When in YOUR life was something NOT what you PRE-SUPPOSED it was??