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Elementary forensics thematic unit plans
Solve a Mystery | Crime Scene Investigation Activity Bundle | CSI Forensics
Students love CSI Activities and Hands-on Investigations. These popular C.S.I. activities are a great way to teach inference, logic, analysis, and critical thinking.Looking to go DIGITAL in the CLASSROOM or Distance Learning Mode?Check out the C.S.I BUNDLE below which includes this Printable Resource as well as a Digital Format Link for each activity... C.S.I. for Kids Bundle - digital and printableGo 100% paperless with these C.S.I. ActivitiesC.S.I. Activities for Google ClassroomBy purchasing
Grades:
4th - 6th
End of the Year Activities SPY Day School LAB Theme Day
Are you looking for an engaging theme day to motivate and reward your students while still sneaking in learning? This SPY Themed Day download is perfect for your needs! It has step-by-step instructions, 6 centers, mysteries to solve, and more! Students can learn how to lift fingerprints, make id badges and avoid lasers in order to become secret agents! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!**** Watch the SPY VIDEO to turn your classroom into a solving mystery LABPg. 1 CoverPg. 2-4 PlanPg. 5 MaterialsPg. 6 P
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Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: End of the Year Theme Days BUNDLED | Activities
CSI Science Lesson - Use the Scientific Method to Solve a Crime!
Hello! Thank you for considering my product. I run an after-school science club for the fifth-graders and after telling the students about a murder mystery dinner I had recently attended, they were BEGGING for me to set something up that was similar. So, I did! This lesson is very PG and does not include anything gruesome or inappropriate for intermediate elementary children.In this lesson, which is designed to span 3 days, students use the scientific method to solve a crime:First, they make obs
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS2-1
Mystery Reading Comprehension | Making Inferences | CSI Science Problem Solving
Add a little C.S.I. enrichment to your classroom every season. Students love inferring and using deductive logic as they follow Crime Scene Protocol and unlock the mystery of the Stolen Scream, the Elf Enigma, the Bunny Brainteaser and the Sabotaged SlideEach of these 4 workshops includes engaging hands-on activities that use simple materials and are super easy to set up. By purchasing this BUNDLE, you are saving 20% off each individual resource!For the CSI activities, students read and analyze
Grades:
4th - 6th
Mystery Writing ~ Mysteries with Evidence & Investigations
I'm so excited about this unit! An integrated unit for Narrative Writing and Evidence and Investigation.
• Beginning with Mysteries and analyzing the elements of a mystery
story using a variety of picture books and novels.
• Mystery Vocabulary
• Mini-Lessons on:
~ Plot Structure of the mystery story
~ Hooking your reader at the beginning
~ Creating Vivid Settings using Imagery and Figurative
language
~ Creating Mood
~ Dev
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Forensics Unit 1 Bundle: Introduction to Forensics & the Law (7 Products!)
Make teaching Forensics easy with this Unit Plan 1 bundle! SIOP, gifted, and differentiation strategies are embedded and easily identified throuought. Lessons are differnetiated accoding to learning style, grouping, and language ability. Both content and literacy standards as well as key vocabulary words, essential questions, activating strategies, instructional strategies, and summarizing strategies are included and highlighted. Unit plan contains links to resources! The Introduction to For
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
DNA and Forensic Science for the Elementary Student
Looking for a really fun way to teach DNA? This packet contains everything you need, along with great websites, to teach genetics and connect it to forensic science. Your students will love making candy DNA strands, learning why some people can roll their tongues and others can't, completing webquests and more.
You can find how to make candy DNA without this packet. However, I have organized it to make it student friendly. I included lesson plans with objectives, procedures, and teacher informa
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Ultimate Detective Science Bundle
From fingerprint dusting to making and analyzing bite impressions, four easy, fun-filled activities to give a firsthand look at how forensic scientists and detectives use science to solve real-life mysteries. Your kids will learn how to gather evidence like real detectives in no time with this fun hands-on bundle!
Eye Witness Account Experiment - Students will learn how difficult it can be for an eye witness to identify a suspect. After becoming witnesses, they will answer investigative questio
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Evidence and Investigation - My Brother Didn't Do It!
My Brother Didn't Do It! is a short story which brings to life the basic Evidence and Investigation curriculum.
The 11 page short story engages as Tom tries to prove his brother Ryan is innocent of theft. Terms such as alibi, reasonable doubt, circumstantial evidence come to life in this story.
21 worksheets cover the basics of Evidence and Investigation.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Duet Acting Unit Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan is for students preparing a duet acting scene from a published author. All the parts of the plan are available to purchase.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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Mystery Writing ~ Free Preview
Mystery Writing with Evidence and Investigation integrated unit. Check out this free sample of a few of the pages. This is such a fun unit analyzing mystery stories and then writing our own mysteries while incorporating real evidence and investigating tools and techniques.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Debate Planner
Running a debate in your classroom? This planner will allow students to collaborate with each other, prepare arguments, and develop a thorough document to present their debate information from. This google doc format also allows teachers to check student progress and evaluate individual work.
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Interactive Fossil Dig - Paleontology Unit Study
This paleontology unit can be broken down into two lessons. In the first you will cover the different rock layers. In the following lesson you can create a mini dig site for your students and have them find different "fossils" or objects you've placed. Talk about how everything we would find is from the Cenozoic age. Then have them figure out how deep they would have to dig to reach the older time periods. This lesson also includes worksheets to record dig findings and artifacts.The next lesson
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Fingerprint Mini-Unit
This includes a PowerPoint, notes/worksheet, and 2 lab activities. This mini-unit will explore what fingerprints are, how they're used, how accurate they are, and give students an opportunity to analyze their own fingerprints and the fingerprints of others.
Grades:
5th - 11th
Cookie Jar Mystery Teacher Tutorial for Module 1 - The Crime Scenerio
The PDF is designed to accompany the Instructor's Guide for the Cookie Jar Mystery first module - The Crime Scenario. It's designed to introduce teachers to the format of the activity and minimize overall prep time.
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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