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The lesson introduces 6th grade students to the career of a crime scene investigator. Students learn that crime scene investigators collect and examine evidence found at crime scenes to help solve cases. The teacher presents on the educational requirements to become a crime scene investigator, including obtaining a bachelor's degree and completing police academy training. Students then practice examining fingerprints and creating case studies by analyzing simulated evidence from crime scenes. The goal is for students to gain hands-on experience with key tasks of crime scene investigation.

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Csi Lesson Plan Revised

The lesson introduces 6th grade students to the career of a crime scene investigator. Students learn that crime scene investigators collect and examine evidence found at crime scenes to help solve cases. The teacher presents on the educational requirements to become a crime scene investigator, including obtaining a bachelor's degree and completing police academy training. Students then practice examining fingerprints and creating case studies by analyzing simulated evidence from crime scenes. The goal is for students to gain hands-on experience with key tasks of crime scene investigation.

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6th Grade Career Exploration

Lesson Cycle
(Adventures in Learning at Alvarado Intermediate School)
Lesson Title/Topic: Come On, Gang! Weve got a Mystery to Solve!
Standards: 130.295 (c) 3 A: The student is expected to, in all fields of science, analyze,
evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and
experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of
those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student; 8 A: The student
is expected to compare the three major fingerprint patterns of arches, loops, and whorls and their
respective subclasses.
Lesson Objectives: The student will
examine physical evidence and
differentiate fingerprint types with 80%
accuracy.

Assessment: Completed fingerprint record


and written report

Materials: Prezi presentation (see References), police badge stickers, fingerprint records &
printouts, stamp pads, pencils, paper, tape, magnifying glasses, evidence bags
The teacher will:
Focus:
Place police badges, pencils, printouts,
stamp pads, magnifying glasses, and tape at
each station before class.
Play Who Are You by The Who as
students arrive.
Instruct students to fill out their names on
the police badges as they take their seats.
Inform students that, today, they will
become junior detectives and learn more
about crime scene investigators.
Teacher Input:
Open Prezi presentation.
Ask students: When you hear crime scene
investigator, what is the first thing you
think of?
State that crime scene investigators, or
CSIs, collect and examine evidence found
at the scene of a crime. The crime can be
anything from murder to robbery to even
poaching.
Ask students if theyve seen any crime
shows like CSI or Bones.
Inform students that, if they want to

The student will:


Fill out his/her name on the police badge.

Participate and listen actively to one


another and the teachers input.
Answer questions provided by the teacher.
Ask any questions he/she may have.

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become a crime scene investigator like the
ones on TV, they must:
1. Attend a 4-year college or
university and earn a bachelors
degree in criminal justice, forensic
science, or other related field. You
can also gain experience through
internships and other programs as
you take classes. Furthering your
education by earning a Masters or
Ph.D. can help you advance to a
higher position in your career.
2. Complete training at a police
academy. There are over 100 police
academies in Texas, and where you
go depends on how long your
training will take (about 4-6
months).
3. Apply for specialized certification
though a professional organization.
Doing so can lead to a promotion or
a possible advancement in your
career.
State that Texas has a high need for crime
scene investigators compared to the rest of
the nation, especially in the Austin,
Houston, and the Dallas-Fort Worth areas.
In Texas, the average salary is about
$50,000/year, depending on where you go
and what qualifications you have.
Ask students if they have any additional
questions about how to become a crime
scene investigators.
Guided Practice:
State that crime scene investigators
commonly dust for and examine
fingerprints; tell students that, in order to
become registered as junior detectives, they
need to make a record of their fingerprints
(even crime scene investigators need to
register their fingerprints in the database).
Pass out fingerprint records to each student
(students can either work alone or in pairs).
Instruct students to place each finger, one
at a time, onto the stamp pad, then press the
finger into the matching box on the

Listen to directions as the teacher goes


through the activity.
Fill out the fingerprint record.
Analyze each print using a magnifying
glass and write how many loops, whorls,
and arches he/she has.
Compare/contrast fingerprints with his/her
classmates.
Set aside finished record and supplies.

6th Grade Career Exploration


fingerprint record.
Inform students that they can also do this at
home with family and friends by:
Rubbing the tip of the pencil over a
small area on a page, then placing a
fingertip on it;
Pressing the fingertip onto the
sticky side of a piece of tape; and
Putting the piece of tape on a clean
sheet of paper.
Instruct students to analyze each print
using a magnifying glass and write how
many loops, whorls, and arches they have.
Monitor students progress and assist if
needed.
Independent Practice:
Group students into teams, and provide
each team with an evidence bag.
Explain that another part about being a CSI
is examining evidence to determine more
about a suspect.
Instruct the class to open their evidence
bags, look through and identify the items in
the bag, and create a case study (story) with
teammates answering the following
questions:
Who owns these items?
Where did each item come from?
When were these items used?
What was each item used for?
Why did the suspect need these
items?
Allow students 10 minutes to write their
case studies.
Ask students to choose a Lead Detective
in their group to read their case study to the
class.
Instruct students to return the items to the
evidence bags.
Closure:
Ask students to share one thing that they
learned about being a crime scene
investigator.
Inform students that they can keep their
fingerprint records, and compare their

Work with his/her group to create a case


study around the items in the evidence bag.
Choose a Lead Detective in the group to
read their case study aloud.
Return items to the evidence bags once all
case studies have been read.

Share one thing that they learned about


being a crime scene investigator.

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fingerprints with family members and
friends.
Options:
Enrichment: Students can:
Log on to CSI: The Experience, and
solve cases online (see References).
Solve the riddle and code
breaking activity sheets.
Carefully search the classroom and
take pictures of anything that would
be considered evidence (scuff
marks on the floor, dirt or mud that
someone may have tracked in, hairs
or fibers, etc.); create a presentation
of the evidence found and any notes
taken. (Optional: Students can
present their findings to the class.)

Reteach: Explain that CSIs are police


officers who are also scientists; they help
people with the tiny details to solve crimes.
Let the student fingerprint the teacher, and
explain how each person has their own
unique fingerprint; no two sets of
fingerprints are alike, and thats how police
identify the culprit of a crime.
Explain that CSIs work together to survey a
crime scene and figure out what happened.
They use what they see and find to piece
together clues about the crime and the
culprit. If needed, define who, what, when,
where, and why.

Modifications:
Follow IEPs of individual students.
References:
Who Are You by The Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5kmCgVhADY
Prezi presentation: https://prezi.com/zqitomgvrt6w/crime-scene-investigation/
CSI: The Experience: http://forensics.rice.edu/

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