scootiepie Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 If you have ever taught a class on forensics/detective science I would love to know what your best resources were (internet links, books, etc). I am midway through class preparation for a middle school level class, and feel like I am doing too much from scratch! Surely there have got to be a lot of resources out there from people who have done this sort of class before. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msrift Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I haven't, but I've had this book in my Amazon cart for a while. His other guides for chemistry and astronomy come highly recommended.Illustrated Guide to Forensics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 http://bsapp.com/forensics_illustrated/index.html I have not used it but had it bookmarked. It is a class I want to do someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootiepie Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 nice! thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyontheFarm Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 We are using this book called "Crime Scene Detective: Arson" in our co-op starting late September. http://www.amazon.com/Crime-Scene-Detective-Karen-Schulz/dp/1593632347/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377951327&sr=1-1&keywords=Karen+K.+Schulz The first 4 weeks we will be learning about careers in forensic sciences, meeting a fire investigator, police detective, and hopefully a fingerprint detective (that's not his real title but I'm drawing a blank at the moment!) I'm setting up the classroom as two precincts. Each precinct (blue vs white) will be trying to figure out the crime solution themselves. We have volunteers who will be willing to be interviewed by the students, parents who will be my forensic lab techs and give the reports for the crime, etc. My husband (a fire fighter) is going to burn some donated books (gasp!) and an old broken photo copier. The "fire" takes place in a library. I've created crime scene badges that the kids will need to wear as they travel around the co-op to interview different people and I've been gathering supplies to make my crime scene look authentic all summer. The local fire Investigator is really excited about this class and he actually asked to borrow the book and read through it because he thinks it would be great to do this in the local schools also. The book says it is for grades 5-8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootiepie Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 That looks like a great book....wish I'd asked this a couple of months ago ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 An older thread might have some items of interest. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 An older thread might have some items of interest. Regards, Kareni I found another site to bookmark on this thread so thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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