FORENSIC SCIENCE
CLASS: FORM 2
AGE GROUP: 12 -13
LEVEL: MEDIUM ABILITY CLASS
OBJECTIVES OF FORENSIC
SCIENCE
• Been in the syllabus for the last 3 years
• MAIN OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:
1. Guide students to describe the importance of forensic
science to solve crimes and relate observation skills
to forensic science
2. Guide students to collect and process evidence
from a crime scene
3. Guide students to use and apply separation
techniques to provide evidence.
SUB TOPICS COVERED IN
FORENSIC SCIENCE
• DNA
• FINGER PRINTING
• BITE MARKS AND TEETH MARKS
• POWDERS & FLAME TESTS
• FIRE AND ARSON
• CHROMATOGRAPHY
OBJECTIVES OF LESSON PLAN
• To recapitulate concepts learned in Forensic
Science
• Apply concepts of separation techniques
(such as chromatography)
• Use observations and scientific skills to solve
problems
• Match pieces of evidence
• Collect evidence while avoiding
contamination
LESSON OVERVIEW
• STEP 1:
Presentation of crime scene
• STEP 2:
Observe crime scene
• STEP 3:
Discuss evidence to be collected
• STEP 4
Prepare questions for interrogation
• STEP 5
Collect evidence and assign evidence to be
examined to all groups.
• STEP 6
Interrogate suspects and collect samples from
suspects
• STEP 7
Match evidence and conclude who committed the
crime
SCENE OF THE CRIME
Above: Shoe prints created by the
criminal.
Tape shows confined area of the
crime scene
Above: Evidence bag containing
tweezers (to collect hair stands),
magnifying lens and measuring
tape (to measure foot prints and
bite marks)
RESOURCES USED
• Worksheet (prepare by the teacher and to be
filled by the students as the lesson
progressed)
REALIA USED
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Can with fingerprints
Anonymous note (chromatography & calligraphy)
Shoe prints
Blood splatter (food dye)
Piece of fabric on door
Strands of hair
Bitten apple
Broken glassware
Forensic kit
PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE
LESSON
Left: Students examining
the crime scene and
collecting evidence.
Above: Comparing
evidence: teeth marks on
apples.
RESULTS
Left: Chromatography results.
Students compared the pens
collected from the suspects to the
ink used to write the anonymous
note
Right: Apples bitten by the
suspects and apple found on
the crime scene