Welcome to the world of Forensic Science... "Do Nows" aligned to our full activity-based forensic science program.Motivate your students from the minute the bell rings with "Do Nows" featuring crime scene investigations.
100 "Do Nows" created by a forensic chemist turned teacher. See the Do Now listing for the full details.
Real life applications to introduce your students to Forensic Science.
Each of these "Do Nows" gives students the opportunity to engage in scientific inquiry and to apply their knowledge of science content to real-world crime situations.
Classroom tested. These activities have been tested in Forensic Science classrooms. They engage students at all levels and with varying degrees of science background knowledge.
| Unit 1 — Introduction / History | Unit 10 — DNA Analysis |
| Blank Lab Report | Cold Case |
| Evidence Chart | Unit 11 — Deductive Reasoning |
| Forest Murder Scene | Bedroom Murder |
| Missing Person | Bone Scatter |
| The Value of Evidence | Careless Burglar |
| Wife Kills Husband | Cigarettes in Garbage |
| Unit 2 — Crime Scene Processing | Controversial Murder Case |
| Arson and Bomb Scenes | Crime of Passion |
| Body in a Carpet | Electrical Tape |
| Car Thief | Gang War |
| Chocolate Cookies | Items of Evidence |
| Forest Search | Keys in Hand |
| Garbage Check | Killed Elsewhere? |
| Heavy Foot Traffic | Problem Teeth |
| Pieces of Glass | Stolen Gem |
| Traces of Heroin | The Frogmen Who Almost Drowned! |
| Unit 3 – Finger Print Analysis | Who's Shoeprints |
| Broken Window | Wild Horses? |
| Garbage Pail | Unit 12 — General / Miscellaneous Concepts |
| The Box Cutter | Arson Evidence |
| Types and Patterns | Art Stolen |
| Unit 4 — Firearms Analysis | Bite Marks |
| 4 Injuries | Bomb Suspect |
| Gunpowder Residue | Brand New Clothing! |
| Gunshot Wound | Broken Steak Knife |
| Handgun | Broken Window |
| Multiple Shots | Bullet Holes |
| Suspect Bullet | Burned Automobile |
| Unit 5 — Drug Analysis | Cause of Death 1? |
| Batteries | Cause of Death 2? |
| Boom! | Circumstantial Evidence |
| Boxes of Seafood | Clocks |
| Chromatography | Desert Grave |
| Clandestine Laboratory | Explosion! |
| Coffee Beans | Favorite Type of Sample! |
| Morphine in Your Coffee? | Flies in a Barrel |
| Ultraviolet Spectroscopy | Forensic Botanists |
| Unit 6 — Hair and Fiber Analysis | Geographic Profiling |
| Head Injury | Glass Comparison |
| Plant Fibers | Hydroponic Marijuana |
| Unit 7 — Bloodstain Pattern Analysis | Insect Eggs |
| A Brutal Beating | Insect Evidence |
| Bloodstained Mattress | Mistaken Identity |
| Convenience Store Murders | Not in the Mouth |
| Double Homicide | Paint Chips |
| Husband Finds Wife | Pipe Bomb |
| Man in Closet | Soil Collection |
| Missing Father | Suspect Arson |
| Shoe Soles | Three Bottles |
| Unit 8 — Document Analysis | Tied to Boat |
| Forged Checks | Transfer of Evidence |
| Forged Signatures | X-raying Bodies |
| Unit 9 — Impression Evidence | |
| Axe Murderer | |
| Impressions in the Soil | |
| It Wasn' Me! | |
| Oblique Lighting | |
| Tire Tracks |