The Ultimate Crime Scene Performance Final
Your performance final exam project will call upon all of your creative juices! You will create a virtual
crime scene (PowerPoint) that will be presented to the class. Your crime scene must be thoroughly
documented (photography, notes & sketches) and provide evidence from at least five of the units we have
covered/will cover this year (Anthropology, Arson, Ballistics, Blood, DNA, Documents, Drugs,
Fingerprints, Glass & Soil, Hair & Fiber). Display the information as effectively as you can. Apply
information presented in this class, along with what you have learned in other classes and life.
Your crime scene will be presented to classmates, and the teacher will evaluate its accuracy. The final
grade will be based on your creativity, difficulty, and technical accuracy.
Specific Requirements:
You will create a PowerPoint presentation that will take the viewer step by step through the
investigative/forensic process. Your PowerPoint will include the following:
Number of Slides
(minimum)
Topic of Slides
5
5- 10 may put more than
one photo on a slide
Optional
5
5
1
1
2
Overview photos of the crime scene that you have staged. Don’t forget to take
pictures of entrances and exists as well as the actual crime scene.
Photos of each piece of evidence: close-ups and shots that show the orientation of
each in the crime scene. Don’t forget to include a scale in each photo!
Photos of suspects or other points of interest that may aid in the analysis of the
crime scene. (Optional)
A slide for each piece of evidence describing how it was collected, processed at the
crime scene and the type of lab to where it was sent.
A slide describing how each piece of evidence was processed at a lab. Include any
databases that may have been involved. Also, give results of these analyses.
Rough Sketch of the crime scene – include triangulations for each piece of
evidence, a legend, and a compass rose.
Formal Sketch of the crime scene - include triangulations for each piece of
evidence, a legend, and a compass rose. Here is a website that you can use for free
for 30 days: http://www.trancite.com/pro_spd.php
Notes taken by the lead investigator. Include any interviews given by eye witnesses
or character witnesses.
NOTICE: Sexually oriented crimes will not be accepted/presented. These types of crime
scenes will result in a zero for this project grade!
GRADING: Following is a rubric that will be used to grade your project. * This will count as your
Performance Final* 10% daily deduction for each day late. Your due date is ___________
Photograp
hy
Total
points
earned
1. Photos should include the area in which the crime scene
actually took place.
2. All adjacent areas where important acts occurred
immediately before and after the commission of a crime.
2 pts
3. Overview photos of entire scene and surrounding area.
4. Point of entry and exit.
2 pts
2 pts
2 pts
Physical
Evidence
1.
As items of physical evidence are discovered, they are photographed
to show their position and location relative to the entire scene.
2. Close ups should be taken to record the details of the object.
Include measuring scale in picture.
Rough
Sketch*
Final
Sketch*
Evidence
Submission
Form*
Notes
Presentation
1. Case Number 1pt.
Crime Scene Address 1pt.
Date of crime 1pt.
Time 1pt.
Classification of crime 1pt.
2. Sketch Measurements-Wall to wall –includes measurements 4pt.
3. Objects are located in the sketch by distance measurements from 2 fixed
points 1pt.
Angles are also included.
1. Case Number 1pt.
Crime Scene Address 1pt.
Date of crime 1pt.
Time 1pt.
Classification of crime 1pt.
2. Sketch Measurements-Wall to wall –includes measurements 4pt.
3. Objects are located in the sketch by distance measurements from 2 fixed
points 1pt.
Angles are also included.
http://dofs.gbi.georgia.gov/vgn/images/portal/cit_1210/39
/62/115986662OPOPS%20FORM%2001_Submission%20form.
pdf
Evidence submission form is filled out completely. You may use the
one found on the above link or one from another website.
2. Descriptions on how each piece of evidence was collected,
processed at the crime scene and the type of lab to where it was
sent.
3. Detailed descriptions on how each piece of evidence was processed
at a lab. Include any databases that may have been involved. Also,
give results of these analyses.
1. Notes on initial crime scene. Include notes taken during
photographing and evidence collection.
2 pts per piece
of evidence. 10
pts total
2 pts per piece
of evidence. 10
pts total
5 pts
4 pts.
10 possible pts.
5 pts
4 pts.
10 possible pts.
10 possible pts.
1.
50 points
50 points
8 pts. total.
2. Any ephemeral features? (recall: ephemeral means “Lasting for a
markedly brief time” – like alcohol or accelerants
2 points
3. Do your notes support all the photos, sketches, and any written
reports.
2 points
4. Eyewitness interviews?
5. Who (if anybody) was at the crime scene and when did they arrive and
leave?
2 points
2 points
Level of Detail - Attention to detail, placement, figures,
groundwork, physical evidence
Technical Accuracy - Accessories, consistency, story line
Degree of Difficulty/ Overall Feel
Accurate and creative presentation of crime scene
10 points
Oral presentation – smooth, memorized presentation. Presenter was
dressed professionally. 10 bonus points - included
20 points
 207 pts = A
184-206 pts = B
170- 183 pts = C
160– 169 pts = D
10 points
10 points
Total Score _______
<159 pts = F