Who Dunnit? A Detective Unit Study

Is your super sleuth ready to take on his/her first case? This unit study gives students an introduction to forensic science. Forensic science is the study of objects that relate to a crime. The objects are evidence and analyzing the evidence is what forensic scientists do. Your student will observe, classify, compare, use numbers, measure, predict, interpret data, and draw inferences. Detectives they will become,and crimes they will solve. Before solving crimes, students need to know how to find, collect, and analyze evidence. After learning various techniques, they can apply their skill and knowledge by trying to solve pre-designed crimes. What is included? *Forensic Science *Brief History of Fingerprint Identification *What remarkable case caused fingerprinting to become the standard for personal identification? *Crime Detection *How does a polygraph test work? *What is DNA sequencing? *Handwriting analysis * AND MORE!!!!!!!!!!!