Lesson 3: Soil
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
Students will be able to match soil samples from a suspect's belongings to a specific crime scene location using pH and mineral content.
Is the dirt on a suspect's shoe a roadmap of their recent locations?
HS-ESS2-5: Properties of water and Earth materials.
Analysis in Science. Evaluating how soil data supports or refutes a suspect's alibi.
Testing soil pH and using density gradient tubes to visualize mineral layers.
(DOK 3.)
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A Geographical Alibi report comparing soil from three locations to a "suspect sample.