No Prep Plans Forensic Science: Crime Scene Investigation & Evidence Bundle 1

No Prep Plans Forensic Science: Crime Scene Investigation & Evidence Bundle 1

Bring crime scene investigation into your high school forensic science classroom with this complete bundle of 10 No Prep research lessons + hands-on STEM projects for Grades 9–12!

Students move through the crime scene investigation process from understanding the science of CSI and securing a scene to analyzing evidence, maintaining chain of custody, documenting evidence, and ultimately reconstructing an entire crime scene. Each lesson combines research, forensic reasoning, and an application-based project or investigation.

10 Lessons Included
- The Science of Crime Scene Investigation
Introduces students to the science, procedures, and investigative thinking behind modern crime scene investigation.
- Securing & Documenting a Crime Scene
Students explore how investigators protect a scene, control access, prevent contamination, and create an accurate initial record.
- Types of Evidence: Physical, Biological & Digital
Students investigate major categories of forensic evidence and learn how different evidence types contribute to an investigation.
- Class vs. Individual Evidence
Students distinguish evidence that narrows a source to a group from evidence capable of pointing toward a specific person or object.
- Direct vs. Circumstantial Evidence
Students compare direct and circumstantial evidence and investigate how different forms of evidence contribute to a case.
- Chain of Custody | Evidence Tracking Investigation
Students track evidence from collection through analysis and investigate why every transfer must be carefully documented.
- Crime Scene Photography
Students explore the principles of forensic photography and develop a plan for creating a complete visual record of a crime scene.
- Crime Scene Sketching & Mapping
Students investigate measurement, scale, reference points, and evidence placement while creating a scaled scene diagram.
- Evidence Collection & Preservation
Students examine collection tools, packaging methods, contamination risks, and preservation techniques through an evidence packaging challenge.
- Reconstructing a Crime Scene
Students bring their forensic skills together in a culminating CSI Team Case Investigation, combining multiple types of evidence to reconstruct the most likely sequence of events and revising their theory when new evidence emerges.

What You'll Get
- 10 complete forensic science lessons
- Teacher Directions
- Student-friendly lesson overviews
- Mini Research Questions
- 10 hands-on STEM projects, challenges, and investigations
- Group Activity Directions
- Student research, planning, analysis, and application pages
- Online research resources
- Full-color student materials
- Printer-friendly black-and-white student pages
- Culminating CSI Team Case Investigation

Students Will Explore
- The science and purpose of crime scene investigation
- Securing and documenting crime scenes
- Physical, biological, and digital evidence
- Direct vs. circumstantial evidence
- Class vs. individual evidence
- Chain of custody and evidence tracking
- Crime scene photography
- Crime scene sketching, mapping, measurement, and scale
- Evidence collection, packaging, and preservation
- Contamination and evidence integrity
- Connecting multiple pieces of evidence
- Separating observations from assumptions
- Developing evidence-supported conclusions
- Revising theories when new evidence emerges
- Reconstructing the sequence of events at a crime scene

Why Teachers Love This Bundle
- 10 lessons in one complete CSI sequence
- No prep and ready for classroom use
- Designed specifically for Grades 9–12
- Combines research with hands-on STEM application
- Moves students beyond memorizing forensic vocabulary
- Builds evidence analysis and scientific reasoning skills
- Encourages collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking
- Lessons can be taught individually or as a complete unit
- Culminates in an integrated crime scene reconstruction investigation
- Includes color and black-and-white student materials
- Great for forensic science, criminal justice, CSI, STEM, and high school science electives

Great For
Forensic Science • Crime Scene Investigation • CSI • Criminal Justice • Evidence Analysis • STEM • Scientific Reasoning • High School Science • Grades 9–12
Bundle: 10 Complete Lessons + 10 Hands-On STEM Projects
Format: No Prep • Research • Hands-On Investigation • Evidence Analysis • Critical Thinking • Collaboration • Color + Black-and-White Materials