This PowerPoint provides a taster into the work of a Detective/Forensic Scientist through an exciting murder mystery. Students will investigate the murder of Mr Gold by completing a number of tasks based on a particular evidence type: fingerprints, blood pattern analysis, footwear impressions, Fibers and DNA analysis. Following this, they will be required to create a report detailing their decision as to who they think the murderer is, what was the possible motive and how at least three pieces of evidence supports this. This PowerPoint can be adapted to suit your particular school/situation. The tasks should take majority of a lesson to complete so the report could be set as homework. It encourages students to work together in groups, as each student will have a different role to play whilst collectively making decisions. Students are presented with the case details, then given the witness statements of the four possible suspected. After reading through these, they are asked to come up with a hypothesis as to who they think committed the crime, what might the motive be and what could the murder weapon be. Throughout the session they will use their initial hypothesis as a base, reflecting on how results of each evidence type may cause it to change, representing how detectives build a case based on different evidence. Resources for each evidence type are included, each has a brief introduction, including information that the students will need to answer the tasks. Some of the tasks are interactive and use physical props, which will be highlighted on each resource. However, these are not necessary, and tasks can be completed without physical props as some schools may not have the ability to procure these. This was initially created for British Science Week 2024 with the theme ‘Time’ so has lots of references to Time throughout, which is an important part of Forensic Science! However, it can just as easily be used as a Lesson, Science Club Activity etc. Please let me know if you have any questions and enjoy introducing Forensic Science to your students!

Fingerprint Analysis information + tasks for the Forensic Science Murder Mystery ppt. This resource contains information about fingerprints analysis, how they are recovered, typical patterns and how to examine and compare prints found at a crime scene vs a suspect. This resource does require physical props, however it can be altered to suit. Please let me know if you have any questions.

DNA Analysis information + tasks for Forensic Science Murder Mystery Who Dunnit ppt. This resource contains an introduction to DNA analysis and information required surrounding how Forensic Scientist’s use DNA Profiles to link a suspect to evidence, evidence to a crime scene etc, including information to complete the tasks. No physical props are required for this resource. All tasks can be completed with the information provided. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Fiber Analysis information + tasks resource for Forensic Science Murder Mystery ppt. This resource contains information related to how fibers are made, how fibers are transfered between people, objects, location etc, including information needed to complete the Tasks. Props are required but can be adapted to without if needed. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Blood Pattern Analysis information + tasks for the Forensic Science Murder Mystery Who Dunnit ppt. Inlcuded within this document is an introduction to the different pattern types looked at within BPA and three tasks for students to complete including: identifying bloodstains found at the crime scene, identifying the area of origin by using the stringing method, and calculating the angle of impact of blood drops. This resources does not require any physical props - if wanted, you could print the picture for the stringing task onto A3 and use actual string instead of drawing the lines. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Foot Wear Analysis Footwear information+ Tasks for Forensic Science Murder Mystery Who Dunnit ppt. This resources contains an introduction to Footwear analysis regarding the different recovery methods used and information required for students to complete the tasks. This resource does require physical props for the tasks, however they can be completed without them. What props are needed is highlighted at the top of the document. Please let me know if you have any questions.