FORENSIC SCIENCE CLASS: FORM 2 AGE GROUP: 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 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