Crime Scientists

Police investigate, and forensic scientists use their expertise to help solve the crimes. They need to act as a team in order to get the job done. Visit the Power Point site to read moreabout these invaluable experts. Go to: Have You Got What it Takes... Be sure to add the crime scientist vocabulary terms to your Glossary section, with as many names for a detective that you can come up with!! When you are done with the site, click on the close box to return to this page.

Next task: Go to the links below, and find an area of forensic science you are interested in. Read carefully and take notes. You will prepare a 1-2 minute oral presentation to the class, explaining what this area of forensics adds to an investigation. Tell us why you chose this particular area and if you think it is valuable. You may also choose to make a puppet to interview or have a dialogue with instead. Read and print out the rubric to help you prepare a quality presentation.

Research Links:

http://forensic.to/forensic.html

http://www.tncrimlaw.com/forensic/

http://www.fbi.gov/programs/lab/handbook/intro.htm

http://crimeandclues.com/

http://www.neosoft.com/~uthman/forensic_career.html

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