Week 1
Lesson 1
Introduction to Forensic Science
We’ll discuss the basic definition of forensic science, the types of evidence found at a crime scene, and Locard’s Exchange Principle, and then we’ll practice observational skills.  
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Processing a Crime Scene
We’ll talk about the methods used to process a crime scene and why they are important.  
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Fingerprinting
We’ll look at the basic fingerprint types and the additional ridge patterns that help identify a fingerprint.  We’ll take and analyze our own prints and then “lift” a fingerprint. 
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Blood Typing and Blood Spatter Analysis
We’ll look at different blood types and blood spatter patterns and talk about how they can help forensic scientists analyze a crime scene.  We’ll then practice blood typing and analyzing spatter patterns using dry labs.  
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Ballistics
We’ll learn about bullet cartridges and see how spent bullet cartridges can help crime scene investigators and see how the approximate location of the shooter can be calculated from bullet holes.  
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Forensic Anthropology
We’ll learn all about bones and see what they can tell us about a person.  
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Hair and Fiber Analysis
We’ll take a look at the structural features of hair and fine and see how they can help in identification of a criminal.  
 Week 8
Lesson 8
DNA Fingerprinting
We’ll learn about DNA and then we’ll extract our own DNA from our saliva.  Afterward, we’ll see how DNA is used in forensic science to identify a criminal.  
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Tool Marks, Castings, and Impressions
We’ll take a look at marks and impressions left at the scene of a crime and see how they can help forensic scientists during an investigation.  
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Toxicology 
We’ll take a look at the analysis of powders and other chemicals that might be involved in a crime and then we’ll perform a simple analysis using household chemicals.  
 Week 11
Lesson 11
Glass Evidence
We’ll take a look at how glass fracture patterns and differences in glass density can help in the crime scene analysis.  
 Week 12
Lesson 12
Handwriting and Document Analysis
We’ll take a look at how handwriting and document analysis is used in a crime scene investigation and then take a crack at analyzing handwriting samples.  
 Week 13
Lesson 13
Ink Chromatography
We’ll talk about how chromatography is used in the analysis of a crime scene and then we’ll perform a simple experiment to separate the pigments from markers and look at the calculations involved to determine if a pigment is the same from marker to marker.  
 Week 14
Lesson 14
Mock Crime Scene
Students will work together to analyze the clues and interview witnesses and suspects to determine which suspect is guilty. 
 Week 15
Lesson 15
Mock Crime Scene and Case Studies Discussion
We’ll finish up the mock crime scene and determine the culprit and then also discuss some case studies where the learned techniques were actually able to help catch the criminal.