Summary
This collection of lessons focuses on skills that a forensic scientist or crime scene investigator would use professionally. These lessons can be taught separately, as a unit, or as a part of activities in an after-school club.Resources
In this lesson students will learn about forensic impression evidence. They will come to understand the methods for documenting and analyzing two- and three-dimensional impressions by collecting dental stone castings and inked impressions of shoe prints. After analyzing the characteristics of these... Read more »
Created by: Aubrey Cole
Date Updated: May 5th, 2026
If the Shoe Fits
Analyzing Forensic Impression Evidence
- 9th - 12th
- Science
- SFS2.a, SFS4.c
In this lesson, students explore the field of forensic entomology by engaging in hands-on, reflective activities. After reviewing the life cycle of flies, students will act as forensic investigators and work through authentic case studies. Students will have a deeper understanding of forensic entomology,... Read more »
Created by: Lorie Marler
Date Updated: May 14th, 2026
Crime Solving Insects
Forensic Entomology
- 9th - 12th
- Science
- Forensics
- IOD404, IOD505, IOD702, SFS1, SFS1.d, SFS5, SFS5.b, SFS5.c, SFS5.d
In this lesson, students will explore forensic document analysis with an emphasis on handwriting. They will learn about the 12 characteristics of handwriting analysis and use them to analyze samples of their own handwriting and a peer's. Students will apply the skills they practiced to identify the... Read more »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: June 2nd, 2026
Held for Ransom
Forensic Handwriting Analysis
- 7th - 12th
- Science
- Forensics
- SFS2.c
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