March 2003
FORENSIC SCIENCEForensic science is an increasingly popular subject to teach in today's science classrooms. Some experts, however, worry that showing students how to collect evidence from a crime scene or to analyze DNA is pandering to pupils' fascination "with guts and gore" and serving as a catalyst to promote violence in the nation's schools. Many science educators are teaching their students lessons in forensic science. Teachers in Illinois and Maine, for example, recently had their students investigate mock crime scenes. Court TV has developed, as part of a continuing educational partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Forensics in the Classroom. Download this free standards-based curriculum supplement at http://www.courttv.com/forensics_curriculum. Teachers can find other educational resources
in forensic science—news and journal articles, books, and websites—in
this issue of Science Class. So read on, and investigate
whether forensic science is right for your classroom. Forensic Science in the News Article summaries provided by the NSTA WebNews Service. Dead Men Talking (CBS News) Bill Bass may work under Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee, but the location of Bass' office offers little clue to his real occupation: forensic anthropologist, a job held by fewer than 60 people in America. Click here to read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/13/60II/main503634.shtml Forensic Science on the Net SciLinks® is an interactive, web-based service from NSTA that connects your lesson and/or course materials (certain textbooks, NSTA books, and journal articles) with online content chosen just for your selected topics. Elementary: Forensic science http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=9263562110331033 Intermediate: Forensic science http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=9263565510331033 http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=9263569910331033 Forensic Science in NSTA Journal Articles The following journal articles are sorted by grade level to provide you with ideas for classroom lessons and activities related to forensic science. Elementary: http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-03/elementary.htm Intermediate: http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-03/intermediate2.htm High School: http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-03/high_school.htm Books on Forensic Science Check out these titles from NSTA Recommends: http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-03/books2.htm If your colleagues would like to subscribe to Science Class, please direct them to: http://www.nsta.org/newsletters. If you have a text-only browser or are having any difficulties with our links, please visit http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-03/member.htm. THE FINE PRINTThis
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