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Julia Dolan is head of their forensics By Mark Feil, Ed.D. laboratory and she opened up to us about how the This addicting game can be played in person or via a bureau performs its magical daily basis, as well as what remote learning platform like Zoom. After completing a makes her tick. 10-print card, students will use their fingerprint types to 16 Truth or Dare populate a bingo card and compete for prizes. By Mark Feil, Ed.D. Everyone these days, especially high school students, 46 Explosions: Science & think they know a lot about forensics because of what Scenarios they’ve seen on TV. This fun icebreaker will separate By Perry Michael Koussiafes the bullets from the blanks, and let you know how savvy A fascinating classroom exercise that blends the history, they really are. chemistry, and application of different types of explosions. Best of all, instructions are included so you can fabricate 18 Looking for a bang at work? the evidence left after five types of explosions for students Turn your students on to these jobs with the ATF. to examine and discuss. There’s something here for everyone. 52 How To Host a Virtual Murder 24 Evidence Lab Mystery By Jeanette Hencken By Amanda Burrili This activity is a wonderful way to remind your students Just because you have to teach via remote learning doesn’t about the proper way to package and preserve evidence. mean your students can’t enjoy playing a part in a murder mystery. There’s a lot of prep work involved, but the payoff will be worth it! And it’s easily adaptable if you have a 27 The First Day traditional classroom. By Brian Bollone This exercise is an easy, but effective way to introduce your class to the lasting power of fingerprints. Set up at 58 The Cornflour Bomb the beginning of the school year, but don’t disturb it until By the Nuffield Foundation & Brian Bollone the end, and your students will be amazed. Have you ever wanted to blow your students’ minds by blowing something up? Look no further because this article gives you everything you need to create a memorable Features 2 Editorial teaching moment. 3 Forensic News 62 Suddenly On-Line By Enrico Pelazzo 4 Mini-mystery How do you start the school year with students you’ve 5 Hot Links never met? We’ve got tips and resources to help plus 22 Photo Mystery advice on avoiding Zoom burnout. 66 Answer page 64 Online Forensic Activities 68 Morgue Guy By Jeanette Hencken 68 What’s Going On? There’s lots of stuff out there for doing forensics online if you know where to look. We managed to round up nearly two 69 Just For Fun dozen cool places to get you started. 70 Stoopid Crooks 11 www.theforensicteacher.com www.theforensicteacher.comwww.theforensicteacher.com The Forensic Teacher • Summer 2020 Editorial The ForensicTeacher Magazine Editor-in-Chief Hang in There Mark R. Feil, Ed.D. Assistant Editor Tammy Feil, Ed.D. When the coronavirus hit our shores no one imagined the effect it would have on our society, let alone our educational system. Flu season came and went every Book Editor year and it was no big deal, so why should this be any different? The number of Enrico Pelazzo online forensic experiences has been growing for years, and their sophistication and level of engagement has been climbing, but not to the point where any could Science Editor substitute for hands-on, in person labs. I mean, it’s not like our schools are going to T. Ann Kosloski close and instruction would move online, right? Fast forward to March, 2020 when everything changed. Suddenly, we were all Copy Editor online and scrambling to finish the school year in some sort of coherent fashion. Tammy Feil Some districts had resources in place so the transition was smooth, albeit awkward. Contributing Editor Other districts stumbled forward like a tourist wearing scuba fins.And most of the Jeanette Hencken others were somewhere in between. However, nearly all teachers were able to finish the school year in a reasonably orderly fashion because of the relationships already Layout/Graphic Design in place with their students. Everyone breathed a deep sigh relief when the school Mark Feil year finally, officially ended. But you already know this. Circulation What you don’t know is how you’re going to teach forensics in the fall. Certain Don Penglioni topics and labs will have to be simplified or skipped because students at home don’t have the resources they need to get the full experience. There are videos to Editorial Assistant show viewers how to roll a fingerprint, but I can’t imagine many households with Sandy Weiss microscopes, Superglue fuming hoods, or ninhydrin. Plus, you’re going to have to find new ways to build relationships with students you’ve never met. In many ways this is going to be the hardest part about starting the next school year. Without one to one interactions between students and teachers, Editorial Advisory Board and students and students the classroom dynamic is going to be very different from anything you can imagine. For example you won’t be able to assign the student a role in a small team that investigates the crime scene. Lt. John R. Evans Fortunately, we have each other. This magazine was founded on the principle Section Chief of the Delaware State that we all benefit by sharing ideas. This issue contains activities you can do Police Homicide Unit with your students remotely, as well as an article with tips about how to establish Head, DSP Crime Lab and Forensic meaningful online relationships. Come August/September teachers are going to Services Unit learn quickly what works and what doesn’t and they’re going to talk. We will be keeping our ear to the ground and passing along everything we think will make Jeanette Hencken your life easier. Forensic Science Teacher Webster Grove High School, Webster Hang in there! Groves, MO Cheri Stephens Forensic Science Teacher Washington High School, Washington, MO Adjuct faculty at St. Louis U. Dr. Mark Feil Hugh E. Berryman, PhD, D-ABFA Forensic Anthropologist Volume 14, Number 36, Summer 2020 Director, Forensic Institute for Research The Forensic Teacher Magazine (ISSN 2332-3973) is published two or three times a year and is owned by Wide Open Minds Educational Services, LLC. 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All opinions expressed by contributors represent their own views, and not necessarily the views of the staff or editorial board. 2 The Forensic Teacher • Summer 2020 www.theforensicteacher.com www.theforensicteacher.com Forensic News ● Traditionally, the time of death of a corpse is estimated information the remains were male, 72% concluded using liver or rectal temperature, ambient temperature, and a the remains were male.