Format
1. Storytime
2. Discussion on forensics
3. Review different types of fingerprints.
4. Become forensic scientist and use clues to solve a mystery.
Objectives
Participants will
-Gain a better understanding of forensic scientists.
-Learn the different types of fingerprints.
-Learn how to use forensic evidence
Standards Alignment
State Standards
Super Hero Forensics
Sample of Grade Level Standards Met: All Activities meet age-appropriate ELA standards
Georgia Early Learning & Development Standards Met:
CD-SC1: The Child will demonstrate scientific inquiry skills
CD-CP2: The Child will use prior knowledge to build new knowledge
CD-MA4: The Child will sort, classify, and create new patterns
PD-M5: The Child will develop gross motor skills
PD-M6: The Child will develop fine motor skills
Georgia Standards of Excellence?Met
SKP1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to describe objects in terms of the
materials they are made of and their physical attributes.
SKL2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare the similarities and
differences in groups of organisms.
MGSEK.MD.2 Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to
see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference
MGSEK.MD.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each
category and sort the categories by count.
MGSE1.MD.4 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and
answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how
many more or less are in one category than in another.
MGSE2.MD.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data
set with up to four categories.