TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Early Forensics and Crime Solving Chemists
In a CSI age, we take forensic science for granted. New York did not have a medical examiner or forensic toxicologist until 1918, whose eventual arrival changed the landscape of crime investigation forever. Deborah Blum prompts the TED...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Crime Science Investigation
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn the basic components of a crime scene investigation and how they are implemented. You will also learn various evidence collecting techniques, as well as how to properly document...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Science Fair Csi: Can You Predict the Spatter?
There is evidence to be gathered at every crime scene. The hard part is making sense of it all. That's where crime scene investigators and forensic scientists come in. In this science fair project, you will investigate blood spatter...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Science: Analysis of Hair, Fiber and Botanical Mtl
This comprehensive interactive tutorial explores forensic science, particularly within the area of hair analysis. Investigate the parts of a hair and how it grows. Learn how is hair evidence is collected and analyzed and what different...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Locard's Exchange Principle in Forensic Science
'This resource describes some of the history of forensic science and what Locard's Exchange Principle is and how it is applied. Discusses the different types of trace evidence that investigators look for and some drawbacks of Locard's...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science
Discover the components of forensic science. There is also a link to a simulation in which you can apply your skills to solve a crime.
Other
Science Spot: Forensic Science Lesson Plans
Huge collection of teacher-created lessons, activities, PowerPoint presentations, and worksheets for classes in forensic science.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Forensic Science?
Defines Forensic Science and describes what Forensic scientists do.
Other
Teachers First: Lessons: Who Did It? Forensics to Hone Science and Lab Skills
Comprehensive twenty-lesson unit, complete with a WebQuest and assessment materials, designed to introduce forensic science to students in grades 6, 7, and 8.
Cyberbee
Cyberbee: Who Dunnit?
If you are a crime scene investigation (CSI) fan, then you will love this site! You get to be the detective by examining the evidence, viewing the crime scene, dusting for fingerprints, interviewing the suspects, and solving the crime.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Properties of Glass and Soil Evidence
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will investigate the area of forensic science and how the various types of evidence differ. Learn what types of crimes involve glass and soil and what ways these types of evidence are...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Serology
In what ways does serological evidence help solve a crime? This comprehensive learning tutorial explores what information can be determined from a drop of blood and how blood typing is done. Learn what information we get from blood stain...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Firearms, Ballistics,tool Marks and Arson
In this interactive tutorial you will learn how firearms and tools are manufactured and used in such a way that subtle variations can exist. These subtle differences enable investigators to link weapons and tools to a particular crime...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Chromatography: Who Wrote the Note?
Students investigate who stole the class pet by testing the chromatograph of different markers as a way to find the evidence that points to the perpetrator.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: On Maggots and Murders: Forensic Entomology [Pdf]
Five-page article explains how forensic scientists, when investigating crimes, analyze maggots and blowflies to determine approximate times of death.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Dna Detectives
A hands-on activity from Access Excellence for advanced biology classes. Students are given a crime scenario and three suspects. Their mission is to determine 'Who Dunnit?' by obtaining and analyzing DNA samples. Requires extensive...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Forensic Entomology
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will investigate the area of entomology and how it applies to forensic science. Learn what information a forensic entomologist can determine from a crime scene and a victim's body. Other...
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Spectral Detection
This concise site provides a brief discussion of the invention of the first work spectroscopes and their impact on forensic science.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Dna Forensics
A concise explanation of the use of DNA technologies in forensic identification from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Additional valuable resources are provided.
Cyberbee
Fingerprinting
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about fingerprinting! Provides links to a brief history of fingerprinting, FBI Kids site, a lesson in classification, fingerprinting identification and a game.