Forensic Biology Outline .

Forensic Biology Assignments: You will be doing the trueTV Mystery: "The Cafeteria Caper."

• Use "Forensic Biology Terms"  to do the "Forensic Biology"  Crossword Puzzle.
• Read the "Mystery Synopsis: The Cafeteria Caper"  and answer the questions on the "The Cafeteria Caper" Student Worksheet .
• Read "Hair Evidence"  and do the Student Worksheet .
• Read "Forensic Serology"  and do the Student Worksheet .
• Read "DNA Evidence"  and do the Student Worksheet .
• File your "Investigative Report"  with your teacher.
• Do the "Forensic Biology"  Wordsearch Puzzle.

Games: 

• Check out trueTV's "Fingerprint Game".
• Create a DNA fingerprint and identify the culprit.
• Try FBI Kids' "Sliding Tile Puzzle," "Special Agent Undercover," "Matching Game," and "Most Wanted Words."
• See if you can "Catch a Criminal" with his DNA.

Links to Go Further:

• The Discovery Channel's crime and forensics page: http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/crime/_home/index.shtml 
• Shows how the FBI investigates a crime: http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/investigates/investigates.htm 
• "FBI Youth" presents different aspects of an agents work and includes games: http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm 
• The FBI's handbook of forensic services is pdf file: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/handbook/forensics.pdf 
• "The Smoking Gun" profiles many crimes: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ 
• Kid's mysteries: http://kids.mysterynet.com/
• Discovery School's forensic science: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/forensics.html 
• Forensic anthropology: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/forensics/index.shtml 
• DNA profiling activity: http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au/popups/int_dnaprofiling.cfm