ROBBERY, YOU SAY

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ROBBERY, YOU SAY?
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CRIME SITE INVESTIGATION

• GRADE 6

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AUTHOR

• Mavis Menzies
• mmenzies_at_rdcrd.ab.ca

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CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

• GRADE 6 SCIENCE
• EVIDENCE AND INVESTIGATIONS

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Students will be playing the role of a police
  chief who is in charge of solving an over night
  robbery of a local business.
• Students will be collecting and analyzing data
  which will be presented in the form of a power
  point.

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LEARNER EXPECTATIONS science

• Recognize evidence of recent human activity.
• Observe footprints and infer direction and speed
  of travel, height, weight of suspect.
• Analyze evidence and link to possible sources
  ie-foot prints, tire treads, soil samples, hair
  colour, finger prints.

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TECHNOLOGY OUTCOMES

• Create a power point presentation consisting of
  10-15 slides which show the solution of a
  robbery.
• Use at least 3 different transitions and 3
  different animations.
• Background colour and font should be clear and
  legible.

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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

• You will need recipe cards for recording data,
  zip-lock bags for collecting evidence, tweezers,
  rubber gloves, access to a digital camera and a
  scanner. You may want to add samples of hair,
  shoes, mug shots finger prints, security
  measuring tapes etc. to be analyzed.

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STUDENT TASK

• You are a police chief who is holding a press
  conference to inform the public about an
  overnight robbery.
• You must create a specific individual profile
  including clues such as hair colour, shoe size,
  height, weight, age, facial description,
  clothing, getaway vehicle, what was stolen.

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STUDENT TASK CONTD

• You must collect, and catalogue all evidence
  found at the scene. (Use zip lock bags.)
• Create a data base to illustrate the evidence you
  have collected.

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STUDENT TASK CONTD

• You must have a minimum of 10 slides and a
  maximum of 15 slides.
• One slide should be a wanted poster, one should
  be a line up, 2 or 3 may be finger prints and/or
  shoe prints and/or tire treads.You might want to
  include a picture of the stolen property.You
  might want to include a picture of the robbery
  scene. You could include a sample of hair or
  clothing fiber found at the scene.

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RULES AND REGS

• Choose a name from the hat. This will be your
  culprit. DO NOT TELL ANYONE that persons name.
• Everything you do must centre around this person
  as your culprit.

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DATA BASE

• At this time, you must link to a data base which
  you have created for your situation.

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BACKGROUND

• Using the materials provided by the teacher, you
  will be required to demonstrate the proper method
  of collecting evidence, cataloging and analyzing
  data.

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RUBRICS

• 4.Creates a well thought out crime scene with all
  pertinent information.
• 3. Creates a fairly well thought out crime scene
  with most pertinent information.
• 2. Creates a crime scene with some pertinent
  information.
• 1.Creates a poorly thought out crime scene with
  little pertinent information.

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Forensic links

• Evidence 1Foot Wear
• Evidence 2Protecting the Crime Scene