Examples: toolmark, caliber, scatter pattern

The Celebration
A big football victory prompts a rowdy celebration, and police are called to the scene. Students use a gunshot residue test to determine who may have fired a weapon.

Toolmarks Lesson Plan
1. Students will be able to list and describe the six steps of the scientific method.
2. Students will be able to describe lab procedures and rules.
3. Students will be able to determine who committed a crime based on the evidence and their experimentation.

Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System

CSI Resources

Nova Resource:  The 1954 Sheppard Murder

Six different cases to solve

Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science

Evidence Collection Guidelines

Fingerprints & Palmar Dermatoglyphics

Forensic Science Tutorials

Recipes for fake urine, blood, and others

Pathology of drug abuse

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