1. Warm Up
Objective: Scientists will describe forensic anthropology by analyzing the activity.
What is the topic?
What will you be doing?
Why is this important?
How will you know if you have done well?

2. Warm Up
Objective: Scientists will describe forensic anthropology by analyzing the activity.
What is the topic? Forensic anthropology
What will you be doing? Activity analysis
Why is this important? Evidence; future career choice
How will you know if you have done well? Able to describe forensic anthropology; analyzed activity accurately

3. Background

4. Activity
Each group has a “shallow grave” to investigate. Send 1-2 investigators from your group (with gloves on) to investigate the scene. Their job is to uncover the bones and place the crime scene markers next to each of the uncovered bones.
Send a photographer to photograph the scene. Send your photograph to Ms. Reed ( ) to print out and paste in the space below:
Send a different set of investigators to your group’s “shallow grave.” Sketch the placement of the bones, including the crime scene markers next to the bones in the space below:
Remove as much soil as possible from the bones and take the bones to your table. Complete the chart below:
(#, name of bone, length, width, other characteristics)
Answer the analysis questions.