Day+3

=Science and the Justice System Today​=

Day 3: Objectives
//Students will be able to:// Explain how their Glog/Slide represents the signifcance of events that occurred during the Scopes Trial Identify and explain the connection between science and the justice system in today's world

Opener:

 * In **10** words or less summarize the Scopes Trial
 * Find/Create a visual that best symbolizes the trial

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Activity 1:
Look at the following website: CSI: The Experience

Play one of the games below...where you get to be a CSI (Crime Scene Investigator). You will explore how scientific data is collected as evidence and brought to court.
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In Case One, students learn DNA analyses, toxicology techniques, and ballistic examinations, perform a virtual autopsy, and are introduced to CSI ethics.
 * Case One:** Rookie Training #|Learn more


 * **Target audience:** Middle and high school
 * **Game format:** One training course
 * **Duration:** 45 minutes
 * **Game play difficulty:** Intermediate - Players have some freedom in their decision to move around to different locations in the game, engage in activities, and collect tools and clues, but specific instructions and restrictions keep them on the right path. Hints on what to do next are available, but optional.
 * CSI: The Experience website

In Case Two, students investigate the case of a murder at a local dog show. During their investigation, they learn the differences in analyses of nuclear DNA and mtDNA, perform toxicology testing, and analyze indented handwriting, fingerprins, bitemarks, and hair.
 * Case Two:** Canine Caper #|Learn more


 * **Target audience:** Middle and high school
 * **Game format:** One independent case
 * **Duration:** 1 hour
 * **Game play difficulty:** Exploratory - Players can freely move around different locations in the game, and they can engage in activities and collect tools and clues in any order. Hints on what to do next are available, but optional.
 * CSI: The Experience website

In Case Three, students investigate the case of a dead body found in a burned-out car. They will perform shoeprint analyses, DNA comparison, fingerprint analyses, facial reconstruction, tool mark comparisons, and digital forensics.
 * Case Three:** Burning Star #|Learn more
 * **Target audience:** Middle and high school
 * **Game format:** One independent case
 * **Duration:** 1 hour
 * **Game play difficulty:** Exploratory - Players can freely move around different locations in the game, and they can engage in activities and collect tools and clues in any order. Hints on what to do next are available, but optional.
 * CSI: The Experience website



Activity 2:
NOVA: NOVA - Science in the Courtroom, DNA Fingerprinting

Read through this interview with Justice Chernoff and then navigate through the links at the bottom of the page to look at various ways that DNA and science have been applied in the American Justice system today. As you look through the links, start to think about an aspect of how science and the courts interact in which you are interested. Make note of what interests you, and explain it is of interest to you.

Look at the list of people whose convictions were cleared through the use of DNA evidence. Look up a couple of these names and see if you can find the back story and the trial.

How does what you learned in the CSI interactive activity compare with what you see on NOVA's site? What are some of the different methods for using science to further the cause of justice?

Closing Activity
For the end of today's session, and for most of tomorrow's session you're going to be helping us create wikispace pages which will be used by the Malden High School Social Studies and Science departments.

Click on the link on the left side of the page (Navigation Bar) called "Research Activity - Science in the Courts"

Read those instructions, and by the end of today's session you should:

a) Choose groups in which to work b) Create and title a new wikispaces page for your project c) Begin your research by splitting up the work amongst your group