Teaching Resources for Stages 4 & 5 - Forensic Science

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Forensic Science - General	Forensic Entomology	Forensic Palynology
Forensic Medicine	Arson, Bombing and Explosions	Ballistics
Forensic Anthropolgy	Other	On-line Mysteries to Solve

Crime Investigations: A Science Workshop for teachers in grades k-3 - University of North Texas
http://www.unt.edu/scope/book.pdf

The Beast of Bodmin Moor - a Science Casebook from The Natural History Museum, London, uses comparative anantomy and forensic entomology to identify an unknown skeleton
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive/science-casebooks/bm/bm_01.htm

9.9 Forensic Chemistry - UniServe Science resources for Stage 6 Chemistry: Forensic Chemistry
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/curric/stage6/chem/forchem.html

Forensics/Genetics - a twelve week course in Forensics and Genetics built for a top year 10 class covering ccell biology, molecular biology, forensics and genetics, from FuturePD, Western Australia, pdf file requiring Acrobat Reader 4
http://www.futurepd.org/curriculum_materials.htm

The Silent Witness - a collaborative project between the Queensland University of Technology and Craigslea State High School
http://home.iprimus.com.au/ararapaj/craigslea_testbed/Forensic%20Web%20Test%20Site/index.htm

Forensic Fact Files - an Australian site with Australian case studies, from the National Institute of Forensic Science
http://www.nifs.com.au/FactFiles/fact_files.html

From Fingerprints to DNA - from the Lab, ABC Science Online
http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/forensic/default.htm

INTRODUCTION: Forensic Science Project - a teaching unit for Forensic Science from Canada's SchoolNet with lessons on various techniques and accompanying student worksheets
http://schoolnet.ca/vp-pv/fscience/e/intro.htm

Forensic Science Web Pages
http://home.earthlink.net/~thekeither/Forensic/forsone.htm

Crime Scene Investigation
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/

Speckin Forensic Laboratories
http://www.4N6.com/

Occupational Profile: Forensic Scientist
http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/forensic.html

Forensic Science Resources
http://www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/

The Science of Crime
http://whyfiles.org/014forensic/

Crime and Clues - The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation
http://crimeandclues.com/

US Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement - Forensic Laboratory
http://www.lab.fws.gov/

Identification Division - at Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Identification Division, inlcudes fingerprinting, blood spatter, firearms and entomology
http://brazoria-county.com/sheriff/id/

Court TV's Crime Library
http://www.crimelibrary.com/

Centre for Forensic Science - at University of Technology, Sydney
http://www.forensic.edu.au/

Forensic-Evidence.com - contains many short articles on identifation using fingerprints, earprints, DNA
http://forensic-evidence.com/site/MasterIndex.html

The Thin Blue Line - this is the unofficial NSW Police web site and has a section of forensic science
http://www.policensw.com/

Forensic Entomology Pages, International
http://www.uio.no/~mostarke/forens_ent/forensic_entomology.html

American Board of Forensic Entomology - Sponsored by the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia
http://www.missouri.edu/~agwww/entomology/

Forensic Entomology
http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/forensic.htm

Forensic entomology
http://www.forensic-entomology.com/

The Testimony of Bugs
http://www.main.com/~brad/techrep/techrep.htm

Forensic Entomology: What the Blowfly Saw
http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/forensic.html

Six forensic entomology cases: description and commentary - from Mark Benecke, Certified Forensic Biologist
http://www.benecke.com/sixcases.html

A Brief History of Forensic Entomology - from Mark Benecke, Certified Forensic Biologist
http://www.benecke.com/briefhist.pdf

Life Cycle of a sheep blowfly - an Agnote from Department of Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/sheep-external/dai192.htm

Geologist - Palynology and Forensic Palynology
http://science.uniserve.edu.au/faces/milne/milne.html

Forensic Palynology: A New Way To Catch Crooks - at Crimes and Clues: The Art and Science of Crimincal Investigation
http://www.crimeandclues.com/pollen.htm

Forensic Palynology in the United States - from Crimes and Clues: The Art and Science of Crimincal Investigation
http://www.crimeandclues.com/palynologyus.htm

The University of Newcastle Pollen Collection - online searchable database to identify pollen grains
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/geography/research_information/pollen/search.html

How DNA Evidence Works from How Stuff Works - The Science of DNA Fingerprinting, Using DNA evidence, DNA Evidence in the New Millennium
http://www.howstuffworks.com/dna-evidence.htm

DNA Forensics - from Human Genome Project Information
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/forensics.html

VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY - includes DNA testing and forensic biology
http://www.vifp.org/

Hands On DNA Fingerprinting - from National Institute of Health
http://csdb.nidr.nih.gov/chanchai_site/educ180/nih/DNA_tutorial.html

DNA goes to Court - from Carolina Tips
http://www.carolina.com/tips/95oct/index.asp

The forensic use of DNA profiling - from Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Australian Institute of Criminology
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/ti26.pdf

DNA identification in the criminal justice system - from Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Australian Institute of Criminology
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/ti226.pdf

Traffic in flora and fauna - from Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, Australian Institute of Criminology, includes how DNA profiling can aid detection
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/ti41.pdf

DNA Fingerprinting in Human Health and Society
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/rdna/fingerprint.html

An Interview with DNA Forensics Authority Dr. Bruce Weir - from Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/interview_dr_bruce_weir.html
also
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/rdna/weirfinger.html

Use of PCR in Forensic Science - from Access Excellence, The National Health Museum
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/GG/forensci_PCR.html

Use of DNA in Identification: A talk by Eric Lander
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/rdna/landerfinger.html

Basics of DNA Fingerprinting
http://www.biology.washington.edu/fingerprint/dnaintro.html

DNA Forensics: Paternity
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/forenspt.html

DNA in the Courtroom - an online book with comprehensive coverage of topics such as DNA as evidence, PEOPLE V. ORENTHAL JAMES SIMPSON
http://www.genelex.com/paternitytesting/paternitybook.html

DNA Forensics: Crime
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/forenscr.html

Forensic Mathematics - pertains to DNA identification, and involves mathematics and biostatistics
http://dna-view.com/

DNA as a forensic instrument - from Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.3/dna-forensic.html

Was this fire deliberate?
http://www.tcforensic.com.au/
See in particular TC Articles:

Is it an Accidental Fire or Arson?
The Science & "Art" of Fire Investigation
Electrical Appliance Fires
Sampling Debris at the Fire Scene

NOVA Online/Bombing of America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bombing/

Arson Dogs - from Working Dogs Special Feature
http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0130.htm

Detection of Arson Accelerants Using Dynamic Headspace With Tenax Cartridges Thermal Desorption and Cryofocusing - technical notes on use of scientific equipment to identify volatiles used in arson
http://www.sisweb.com/referenc/applnote/ap2.htm

An Introduction to Forensic Firearm Identification - from firearmsID.com
http://www.firearmsid.com/

Forensic Anthropolgy

The Bones of 29 Young Men - from Court TV's Crime Library
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/anthropology/1.html

Profile of Dr Bill Bass, founder of The Body Farm - from Court TV's Crime Library
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/bill_bass/index.html

Forensic Anthropology - from University of Utah, this site is a work in progress
http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/sasta.html

Forensic Anthropology Center - University of Tennessee
http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/

Police play it by ear - from BBC News, using ear prints as evidence in linking suspects to crimes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/246713.stm

Court Holds Earprint Identification Not Generally Accepted In Scientific Community - from Forensic-Evidence.com
http://www.forensic-evidence.com/site/ID/ID_Kunze.html

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
http://www.bloody1.com/

Forensic Chemistry
http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/curtech/physiolo/brendan/chem.htm

Devils in the Details: The Science of Forensic Geology - web site of Ray Murray, a Forensic Geologist
http://www.forensicgeology.net/science.htm

Forensic Geology: The Pool of Sand - a crime scene mystery from Montesano School District
http://www.monte.wednet.edu/SANDBLAST/Forensic_Geology.html

What is Forensic Geology? - from Richard Munroe, a consultant forensic geologist, inlcudes short case studies
http://forensics.bizcompsystems.com/

GeoForensics - a series of MS Word documents from David Rogers including some case studies
http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/forensic_geology/

Forensic Knot Analysis - from Royal Canadian Mounted Police North Vancouver Detachment
http://north-van.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/forens~1/

Forensic Anthropology - the web site of a forensic anthropologist at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
http://people.uncw.edu/albertm/

Criminal Profiling: How it got started and how it is used - forensic psychology
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminology/criminalprofiling2/

Evidence: The True Witness
http://library.thinkquest.org/17049/?tqskip1=1/

The Mystery Spot - at AccessExcellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/

DNA Detectives - from the DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with three true cases that involve DNA fingerprinting
http://www.dnalc.org/resources/dnadetective.html

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