Forensic Science Resources for teachers and students

My wife is teaching Forensic Science this year so I was helping her find some resources for the class. I decided to share the resources here.

NCIS - another great show to get students interested in science
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/ncis-another-great-show-to-get-students.html

http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2011/12/37-resources-for-teachers-of-forensic.html

Great listing of resources and sites. 

http://shs2.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/ - high school forensics class site

http://bsapp.com/forensics_illustrated/ High School Forensic Science curriculum and resources

http://www.forensicpage.com/new09.htm Forensic Science for high school students.

http://nrhs.nred.org/www/nred_nrhs/site/hosting/Rubins/main%20page.htm - New Rochelle High School Forensic Science Page. 

http://www.nclark.net/ForensicChem Forensics Science labs and activities.

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classforscilsn.html - great resources for all sciences too. Lesson Plan links.

Forensics First (from FreeTech4Teachers) http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/08/forensic-firsts-science-of-solving-crime.html

Interactive Games, including forensics (from FreeTech4TEachers) http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/12/16-fun-interactive-games-about-nature.html

Science-Class.net - has an entire section on Forensics http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/01/science-classnet-great-science-resource.html

CSI: The Experience Web Adventures (great site!)

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/forensic-science-resource-csi.html

PBS KIDS' Design Squad Nation - great STEM resources and lessons

PBS KIDS' Design Squad Nation is an Emmy Award winning program with STEM related videos, activities, games and an interactive community. There is also a Parents and Educators section with lesson plans, curriculum guides, and more. 

There are some great new features to it, including a Solar System unit with games, activities, and lesson resources about our solar system, a roller coaster project where students compete to build the best roller coaster out of poster board, and a variety of other resources. 

Topics include science, flying, hobbies, sports, and much more. 

This is a great, free resource for educators, parents and students and well worth the time to explore it. 

Google Lesson Plan Search - easily find great lessons

Google, one of my favorite resources (in addition to Evernote) has lots of great things for education, including free apps and services. They also have a great library of lesson plans for educators. There are thousands of lesson plans available and all are searchable and sortable. Sorting can be done by type of Google product used, subject, or age group. The search and sorting is almost immediate and there are some great resources here.

The Lesson Plan Search is a great way to find free lesson plans and ideas to use in your classroom.

Lesson Planet - search for lesson plans for teachers

Lesson Planet is a site that describes itself as "The Search Engine for Teachers." It provides teacher-reviewed online resources, including more than 400,000 online lesson plans, worksheets, presentations, and videos. Our collection of free, original lesson planning articles, updated daily, provides tips and techniques for teaching a variety of topics.

Here's what the Science Lesson Plans start page looks like:

Take a look and find some lesson ideas for your classroom. Teacher Resources Discover lessons, worksheets, videos, and presentations by grade, subject, and more.

Planboard - lesson planning and organization for educators

   

Planboard is a new site I just learned about that is an online lesson planning tool for educators. You can import curriculum standards and multimedia content into the lesson plans, making it easy to organize everything. You can share your plans with others and print out PDF copies if needed. It's also very easy to rearrange plans due to missed classes or schedule issues. You can take notes and reminders in Planboard so that they are organized with your lesson and you can reuse your plans from year to year. It is also very easy to edit a lesson plan so it's easy to make updates or changes as you think of them.

You can also create custom period names and rotating schedules for weekly or daily rotations.

It's not free, however. You can register for a free 30 day trial period to see if you like it. After the trial period ends you can either upgrade to a paid account or just leave. A paid account is $29.95 per year with no limits. There is volume licensing available also.


Disclosure: I did NOT receive any compensation or benefit from this article. 

Related:

Evernote for Education - what I use to organize and plan my lessons 

LearnBoost - free online grade book and lesson planner and more

Using Technology to Organize Your Lessons and Resources

Building Big - great STEM projects and labs from PBS

Building Big is a great site from PBS that has lesson plans, projects, labs, and activities for teachers to use in their classrooms. The topics are on buildings and structures, including Bridges, Domes, Skyscrapers, Dams and Tunnels. It's based on the PBS television series Building Big.

There are interactive labs, educator's guides, challenges, data on the world's structures, and information about engineering and engineers.

The labs are flash-based interactive activities that let students explore forces, materials, loads, and shapes and get information about each topic.

The activities are fun and educational and the resources can be scaffolded for any level.



Related:

STEM Resources for Educators

Project Based Learning resources for Educators

Lessonopoly - free lesson resources, connect with other teachers

Lessonopoly is a great, free educational resource cite created to help teachers, with input from teachers. The site has lesson plans and lesson resources from around the web and from teachers, education news, a social media component where you can connect with other educators, and a classroom planner to help you organize your lessons and the materials you use from Lessonopoly. You do have to create a free account to use the planner,

I had previously featured a great resource from Lessonopoly, the Science of NFL Football, and have been going through the site more since then and found some great lesson resources.

This is a great resource to find some great lesson plans and lesson resources for your classes.



Related:

10 Essential Educational Resources for Teachers - my list

BetterLesson - free K-12 lesson plans, materials and resources

Learnboost-online gradebook and lesson planner - announces lesson plan sharing

Teacher Planet - lots of great lesson resources for teachers

25 Free Resources from Discovery Education - including lots of lesson plans and lesson resources.