NSTA News Stories
Forensic science is capturing the imagination of many students today, and teachers are capitalizing on that enthusiasm by bringing forensic science into their classrooms. One article states that the subject does have its critics. Another article tells how one biology teacher changed her classroom into a mock murder investigation. Read how a new discovery called "brain fingerprinting" might help solve crimes in the future. A fourth article will enable teachers and their students to explore the life of a forensic anthropologist.
In Forensic Science Class, Dead Men Do Tell Tales (The New York Times)
Students in Mikki Bieber's class at the Newburgh Academy in New York are taking part in one of the latest educational fads—forensic science. Education experts, however, question the appropriateness of forensic science in the classroom and fear that it might promote violence in schools.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/03/nyregion/03FORE.html
Hyde School Stages an Academic Whodunit (The Press Herald–Portland, Maine)
Who killed an employee at the Hyde School in Bath, Maine? Biology teacher Kate Belanger offers some clues as she describes how to teach students the elements of forensic science through a mock murder investigation.
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http://www.pressherald.com/news/coast/030114hyde.shtml
New 'Brain FingerPrinting' Could Help Solve Crimes (Reuters)
Neuroscientist Lawrence Farwell has developed a new technology that might help solve crimes. Brain fingerprinting would enable law enforcement personnel to investigate whether a suspect has specific knowledge of a crime by measuring and analyzing electrical activity inside the brain.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030211/sc_nm/science_brainwaves_dc_2
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.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/13/60II/main503634.shtml