Unit Title: It’s All About the Bones Grade Level: 9th – 12th Subject/Topic Areas: Forensics/Forensic Anthropology Key Words: _ Designed by: Amanda Adams Time Frame: _ School District: School: _ ======================================= Link to Content Standards: Chemistry Standard 4 Key Idea 3: Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristics of matter and its reactivity PI 3.2: Use atomic and molecular models to explain common chemical reactions Math Living Environment Standard 4 Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things PI 1.2: Describe and explain the structures and functions of the human body at different organizational levels Key Idea 2: Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result in continuity of structure and function between parents and offspring. PI 2.1: Explain how the sytucture and replication of genetic material result in offspring that resemble their parents
======================================= Brief Summary of Unit (including curricular context and unit goals): The students will learn about how bones are used to help solve crimes. There will be many topics covered within this unit. Here is an outline of what might be covered: - Skeleton Exploration - What is forensic exploration? - The use of skeletons in forensics - Identification of bones (left and right side) - Identification of gender - Identification of age - Identification of race - Forensic odontology - Other skeletons - Structure of bones - Differences in bones - What are bones made of? - Incomplete skeletons - Determining height from one bone - The profession of forensic anthropology - Case Studies
Identify Desired Results
======================================= Established Goals: -know and identify where the bones of the body are -identify gender, race, and age of person from bones -determining height of a person from one bone -identify remains with incomplete skeleton
What understandings are desired? Students will understand that… - bones can tell us a lot things -
What essential questions will be considered? -What is forensic anthropology? -If we only have one bone how can we gather information about the remains? -
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? Students will know . . . - the skeletal system - how bones determine age, gender, race -
Students will be able to . . . - list and locate the bones in the skeletal system - compare and contrast different bones - reconstruct a skeleton - identify race, gender, age, and height from different bones
Subject/Topic Areas: Forensics/Forensic Anthropology
Key Words: _
Designed by: Amanda Adams Time Frame: _
School District: School: _
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Link to Content Standards:
Chemistry
Standard 4
Key Idea 3: Matter is made up of particles whose properties determine the observable characteristics of matter and its reactivity
PI 3.2: Use atomic and molecular models to explain common chemical reactions
Math
Living Environment
Standard 4
Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things
PI 1.2: Describe and explain the structures and functions of the human body at different organizational levels
Key Idea 2: Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result in continuity of structure and function between parents and offspring.
PI 2.1: Explain how the sytucture and replication of genetic material result in offspring that resemble their parents
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Brief Summary of Unit (including curricular context and unit goals):
The students will learn about how bones are used to help solve crimes. There will be many topics covered within this unit. Here is an outline of what might be covered:
- Skeleton Exploration
- What is forensic exploration?
- The use of skeletons in forensics
- Identification of bones (left and right side)
- Identification of gender
- Identification of age
- Identification of race
- Forensic odontology
- Other skeletons
- Structure of bones
- Differences in bones
- What are bones made of?
- Incomplete skeletons
- Determining height from one bone
- The profession of forensic anthropology
- Case Studies
Established Goals:
- know and identify where the bones of the body are
- identify gender, race, and age of person from bones
- determining height of a person from one bone
- identify remains with incomplete skeleton
What understandings are desired?
Students will understand that…
- bones can tell us a lot things
-
What essential questions will be considered?
- What is forensic anthropology?
- If we only have one bone how can we gather information about the remains?
-
What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?
Students will know . . .
- the skeletal system
- how bones determine age, gender, race
-
Students will be able to . . .
- list and locate the bones in the skeletal system
- compare and contrast different bones
- reconstruct a skeleton
- identify race, gender, age, and height from different bones