Science 6: Evidence and Investigation

Learn about the FBI and what agents do!

Learn about the fingerprints and how they are used for identification.

Learn what really goes on when a CSI "processes a crime scene" and get a real-world view of crime scene investigation.

Forensics is the physical examination of a criminal event. Learn about the types of forensic disciplines and how they bring the guilty to justice.

Crime Museum has been an educational resource on law enforcement, crime history, and forensic science, and supports museum exhibits and programming.

Students learn about careers in forensic science and see how technology is used to analyze DNA samples from the crime scene.

Forensic web adventures for students

Help Detective Wilson and Detective Marlow solve a murder. You will be introduced to the major disciplines of crime investigation as you try to solve a murder through the eyes of the detectives, from examining the crime scene to collecting evidence, wound and blood analysis, document analysis and toxicology.

What is an owl pellet? What is inside a pellet? How do pellets form? There are several different virtual pellets on this page for you to dissect.

Can you help with this crime scene investigation? There's been some suspicious dinosaur deaths and we need you to investigate all of the clues and decide who committed the crime.

Today, we talk about how scientific progress is made, from peer review to mathematical models, with some exploding eggs along the way.

Scientific theories have to be testable so that scientists can use the scientific method to see if they are correct.

This video uses puppies to explain outcomes and predictions. See how you can make a chart to keep track.

Check out this catchy song about measuring data and collecting accurate information.

Scientists use the scientific method to help them make observations, develop hypotheses, design experiments, and draw conclusions.

You can practice learning all the parts of a microscope on this site.

Resources to use with your students as they explore scientific methods of investigation. If you click the links, there is a sign-in prompt -- but you can bypass the sign-in by clicking the image instead and you will be able to access all the Google slides associated with that image