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Save time and energy with this print and digital FORENSIC SCIENCE CURRICULUM bundle! It includes all of the lessons, notes, labs, activities, mock crime scenes, case studies, practices, worksheets, projects, quizzes, review games and exams you need to teach an entire year of FORENSICS. Need a digital option? No problem! I have included both a print and digital (Google) version of the curriculum, making it perfect for: ✅distance learning ✅flipped classrooms ✅online courses ✅homeschool co-horts ✅traditional classrooms Every major Forensics unit will be covered and are listed below. Topics Included in this Bundle: ►INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE •Classroom Rules & Procedures •Lab Safety •Lab Equipment •Microscope Parts and Function ►INTRODUCTION TO FORENSICS •Observation Skills •Deductive Reasoning •Eyewitness Testimony •The Innocence Project •Investigative Processes •Types of Evidence •Searching the Crime Scene •Sketching the Crime Scene •Photographing the Crime Scene •Evidence Collection & Chain of Custody •From Crime Scene to Court Room •History of Forensics ►ITEMS OF INTEREST (EVIDENCE) •Fingerprints •Hair •Fibers •DNA Fingerprinting •Blood Evidence •Ballistics •Arson ►THE BODY AS EVIDENCE •Death & Death Investigation •Toxicology •The Autopsy •Forensic Entomology •Forensic Anthropology ►BONUS: Mock Crime Scene Performance Assessment ►BONUS: 5 Weeks of Digital Assignment Grids for Distance Learning ►BONUS: Getting Started Resources ►BONUS: Making a Murderer- 10 week case study project ►BONUS: Holiday Resources Folder ►BONUS: End of the Unit Projects ►BONUS: START/Bellringers Questions ►BONUS: Materials/Supply List ►BONUS: NGSS and Common Core aligned curriculum map with learning targets * Please note: This curriculum is designed for students in grades 9-12 and contains content that may not be suitable for students under the age of 16. If you are a middle school teacher that is looking for a curriculum that is geared toward 6-8th grade students, check out my FORENSIC SCIENCE CURRICULUM (FOR MIDDLE GRADES), a bundle specifically designed with age-appropriate content for 6-8th grade students. What is the benefit of purchasing this bundle? Because it is all-inclusive, this bundle is especially useful for new Forensics teachers or teachers needing supplementary, NO-PREP lessons and activities. It includes over 3000 pages full of editable lessons, lesson plans, activities, quizzes, worksheets, games, assessments and MORE! Be sure to check the buyer testimonials for this resource to see reviews from other Forensics teachers. As with all of my bundles, you will receive FREE updates for LIFE! As I add new resources, you will get access for no additional charge! This entire curriculum was written to align with NGSS and Common Core standards. I have over 12 years experience with teaching this course and I work closely with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (in my hometown) to ensure that my content is up to date with current standards and technology. What types of files are included? You have two options in this curriculum; you can choose to use the printable version, the digital version, or a combination of both. The printable version contains zip files that are divided by unit. Many of the resources are editable Microsoft Office documents (PowerPoint & Word) and some are secured PDF files. The digital files are organized into Google Drive folders and include Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Form documents. All of the assessments (quizzes and exams) and lessons are editable, so that you can customize them to fit your classroom needs. Can this curriculum be used in homeschool cohorts? Yes. This curriculum includes access to recorded lessons that were added to meet the needs of the homeschool cohorts that are currently using this curriculum. The labs and activities were designed for teachers on a "shoe string" budget and works well with smaller homeschool co-ops. I have also included a digital/virtual option for each lab/activity, providing options for those that do not have access to lab equipment. How will this curriculum help teachers that are new to teaching a Forensic Science course? Starting a curriculum from scratch can be time-consuming and exhausting! You are a busy teacher and deserve to have a ready-to-go curriculum that offers engaging activities and high-quality content. I spent over 10 years creating this curriculum, experimenting with my own students as I tried out activities, lessons, games, projects and labs. I've done all of the work for you! The printable curriculum was designed with the classroom teacher in mind; however, more recently, I added a digital version to the curriculum to meet the needs of teachers needing digital options. These digital resources have been used by classroom teachers, online teachers and homeschool teachers- all with raving reviews. How will this curriculum benefit students? First and foremost, this curriculum offers incredibly engaging labs and activities that are designed to keep the interest of today's modern students, while still offering them rich content that is focused on real-world investigations and case studies. The curriculum is designed to target all learning styles and offers differentiated instruction for 9th-12th grade students. My own students love the design of this course, as it is not the traditional "sit and get" method of instruction. Students are encouraged to collaborate and explore in a student-directed learning environment. 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THIS IS A DIGITAL PDF FILE- NO PHYSICAL ITEM WILL BE SENT PLEASE READ CUTTING AND TRIMMING INSTRUCTIONS BELOW BEFORE ORDERING This listing is for a bundle of three Guessing Game Insert Card Sets: OCEAN LIFE NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS BUGS AND INSECTS Each Set includes full set of 24 cards and a comprehensive information guide to help students and kids learn about their cards and formulate questions. If there is a special bird, bug, or ocean creature that you would like to add to your game simply send me a message and Im happy to make extra cards for your game, free of charge. Your game also includes a printable game guide. You can print it full size or two to a page to make a half sheet for each player. The game guide includes some starter questions to help get everyone started. The cards can be printed on regular copy paper but work best printed on a thin cardstock. To set up your Guess Who game, print all pages of the game cards so that you have one copy of the large cards and two sets of the small cards. Your game includes an optional design background to print on the back of your cards if you want to add more privacy to your cards. Cut the large cards using the guidelines and they are ready. The smaller cards are made to fit universally in all of the size variations of the game by trimming to match. First cut both sets of smaller cards using the guidelines. Next, use one of the flip insert cards from your game to trim the insert cards to fit. Hold your sample card over the image and trim to match. Insert your smaller cards randomly into both game boards and you are ready to play. If you have any trouble with your cards at all, reach out to me and I will be happy to help. If you would like more cards for this set or some variation please send me an email and I will make the additional cards for you. modernclassicalhomeschool [!at] yahoo.com
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First published July 2011. Updated 2018. I’m going to sound a bit like a textbook right now. I’m sorry. Bear with me. You’ll be glad you did…I hope. :) I was taught in my early childhood courses that there are 6 domains of early childhood development. I say there are 7, but we’ll get...
Students examine issues of race and class when exploring both the accomplishments and limitations of the Seneca Falls Convention.
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En el escrito se plasma la necesidad de continuar implementando programas que permitan empoderar a las mujeres para que su participación en la sociedad sea en igualdad de condiciones
“We cannot measure the influence that one or another artists has upon the child’s sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, then common sights of life; he is enriched more than we know in having really looked at a single picture.” ~ Charlotte Mason, Excerpt from Home Education "Picture study" was one of the first ideas that inspired me about home education. It seemed so elegant and lovely to share beautiful artwork with your children, treating them to a masterpiece feast by the greatest artists of all time. To view pictures for the pleasure of the little child with no harsh memorization lessons, but only pure delight. Have you considered sharing a few moments with the masters? They require little work from the teacher but the result is a sweet appreciation for the finer things in life. Not the fast and the furious that is plaguing the billboards today, but the slow and deliberate, classical creations of the human hand. Mother and Child in a Picture Gallery by George Goodwin Kilburne "We recognise that the power of appreciating art and of producing to some extent an interpretation of what one sees is as universal as intelligence, imagination, nay, speech, the power of producing words. But there must be knowledge and, in the first place, not the technical knowledge of how to produce, but some reverent knowledge of what has been produced; that is, children should learn pictures, line by line, group by group, by reading, not books, but pictures themselves." ~ Charlotte Mason, The Philosophy of Education A "picture study" can be as simple as taping a masterpiece on the refrigerator every week and letting your children study, stare and share as they eat their meals. (A dollar store calendar featuring famous art is perfect for this!) Or, a notebook can be assembled of all your chosen paintings along with a brief artist biography, the child's picture reviews and any other pertinent information you wish to document. The general object is to expose your children to fine artwork in order to promote an appreciation and interest in the art itself. For once the flame has been lit, the love of learning will continue to grow. "It will be noticed that the work done on these pictures is done by the children themselves. There is no talk about schools of painting, little about style; consideration of these matters comes in later life, but the first and most important thing is to know the pictures themselves. As in a worthy book we leave the author to tell his own tale, so do we trust a picture to tell its tale through the medium the artist gave it." ~ Charlotte Mason The Ancestors by George Goodwin Kilburne Where to start? "The child is given his first reproduction. He looks at it, and you let him talk about the picture. You don't lecture about schools of painting or style. The child is allowed direct and fresh access to the picture itself. At first, he may focus on little… Next time, the skill will become sharper, the child more observant. He will regard the pictures as friends." ~ Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake At the British Museum by George Goodwin Kilburne "Children whose minds and spirits are nourished with these paintings will, in turn, look at the world around them with new eyes. They will comment on the quality of dappled light under the trees, or note that the storm clouds remind them of a Rembrandt landscape. It is a wealth that will remain with them for life." ~ Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake Some other practical ways to implement picture study into your homeschool: After studying the artwork, take turns pointing out all the details in the painting and sharing how each person feel's towards the picture. You may be surprised at how strong of an opinion they have on art! Flip the print over and see what details the children can remember without looking at it. Once the artwork has been discussed, turn the print over and see if your students can recreate it on a blank piece of paper. This will encourage them to dig into the details when they study the picture! If the print has a historical event attached to it or a scene from the Scriptures, read together some pertaining information to make the painting come alive. As the student gets older, you may want to prepare a portfolio of the art you have studied. We did this when we had a child old enough to write which included their treasured art reviews. Read a short biography about the artist of the painting. Share other artwork by the artist and compare them. Do they notice anything in common? Does the artist always paint people, landscapes or historical events? Study more paintings from the same artist until you feel like you "know" them and then move on to another. We also like to do themed picture studies where something is being learned which pertains to the painting. You will find our versions here: Bible in Art Picture Study Part 1: Van Gogh and Bible in Art Picture Study Part 2: Rembrandt. Include picture study in your unit studies. When we studied Noah's ark, we studied famous ark paintings in history. When we studied apples in autumn, we studied the famous apple paintings by Cezanne. Purchase curriculums that include picture study in the workbooks such as the Language Lessons series from Queen Homeschool (affiliate link). Be creative, there is no right way to enjoy art! All it takes is a few minutes each week... Young Girl Reading by George Goodwin Kilburne "Make it (picture study) a happy warm time, just like when you enjoy a story together." ~ Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake Highly Recommended: For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School This post may be shared with some or all of the following link-ups: The Art of Home-Making Mondays, Modest Mom Monday's, Homestead Barn Hop, Amaze Me Monday, Monday's Musings, Marriage Monday, Titus 2sdays, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Tuesdays with a Twist, Raising Homemakers, Make Bake Create, Wise Woman Link Up, Wow Us Wednesdays, Wildcrafting Wednesday, The Scoop, Coffee and Conversation, So Much at Home, Homemaking Thursdays, Home Sweet Home, Hearts for Home Thursdays, Growing in Grace Thursdays, Home Acre Hop, From the Farm Blog Hop, Farmgirl Friday, Front Porch Friday Blog Hop, Simple Meals Friday, Foodie Fridays, Cultivate Nourishing, Simply Natural Saturdays and Clever Chicks Blog Hop. 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Good morning! Hope your week is off to a great start. Mrs. D here, from The Third Wheel, to share one of my favorite freebies. I've used it for 3 years now, and I LOVE it! Today I want to share a little tool that has been a great addition to my language arts toolbox and helps me cover those important social studies standards at the same time! I love foldables, and this one is one that has come in handy over and over again for me. If your classroom is anything like mine, it is hard to fit it all in. Sometimes it just feels like the wheels are spinning. A couple years ago, I decided to use my literary nonfiction unit to cover some of the 300+ people covered in our social studies standards. I used this foldable flip book to help me cover the social studies portion. It didn't take my students a ton of time to complete after reading their biography (maybe 30 minutes), but it allowed me to do double duty! Does it get any better than that? The foldable can be used with longer books (like I use it), but it can also be used for smaller articles or videos you may watch. It is a fun, quick way to assess whether your students are really picking up those important details about the people you study and their contributions. Here is a close-up of what the foldable looks like. As you can see it has four flaps and covers the most important components from the standards. There is also a rubric to making grading easy! Hope you love this item as much as I do! I'd love to hear how you are using this item in your classroom.
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Another way to use an abacus is skip counting to higher numbers (and teaching place value in the process). If you don't already have an abacus and
Drawing on the success of her breakout book Conscious Creativity, artist Philippa Stanton dares you to throw away technique and open the door to free creative movement with this hands-on workbook. Acknowledging the power of chance and experimentation, this is a safe space in which to scribble, sketch, tear, scratch, fold, weave - anything that Philippa's playful prompts inspire you to do. There are no rules here: choose an activity at the back of the book or start at the beginning; pick an exercise on light and shadow, paint your own colour chart or build a collage of found items, whatever makes your creative juices flow. Packed with simple suggestions to open our eyes to the beauty of ordinary things, this workbook draws on themes including randomness, colour, texture and the senses to encourage us to connect with things we might not normally notice. Breathtaking original photography acts as a catalyst to inspire us to take a chance with new ideas, follow up coincidences and find new ways of expressing our creativity. Prompts encourage you to take risks and express yourself impulsively, from drawing random spontaneous lines on a page to writing a not to a stranger to creating a textured collage out of sticky tape and other found objects. Conscious Creativity: The Workbook is a liberating place to be random, get things wrong and make a beautiful mess. 150 color photos
Empower kindergartners to sound out words without you - the teacher. Here are my top two tips on helping your students to sound out words on their own.
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