Description
Grades 7–12.
Based on the true-life double murder of Hazel Frome and her daughter Nancy, killed on a southwest Texas desert road in March 1938, this kit contains 11 lessons and 9 lab activities for middle and high school students. The activities promote objective-based learning that compels the application of science through real-world problem solving and are aligned with grade-appropriate NGSS*.
Kit includes sufficient materials for a class of 30 working in groups, plus a teacher’s guide, student’s guide copy master, Story of the Crime booklet copy master, and 1-year access to the Online 3-D Evidence Viewer.
The Diablo Highway™: Full Kit includes the following 9 lab activities:
- Crime Scene Mapping (item #212280)
- Blood Typing (item #212281)
- Hair Analysis (item #212282)
- Fingerprint Analysis (item #212283)
- DNA Profiling
- Shoe Impressions (item #212284)
- Tire Impression (item #212294)
- Fiber Analysis (item #212286)
- Firearms Identification (item #212285)
The student’s guide features:
- Clearly written, graphically rich, easy-to-understand science lessons
- Easy-to-follow procedures for the lab activities
- Answer tables that students record their results in and submit
The teacher’s guide includes:
- Everything included in the student guide
- Teacher tips on how to prepare for and conduct the labs
- An answer key
Available for separate purchase: The Evidence Refill (item #212287) replenishes the full kit’s evidence, and the Consumables Refill (item #212288) its consumable materials. The Shoe Impression Lab B Kit Refill (item #212289) replenishes shoe impression materials in the full kit.
*Next Generation Science Standards® (NGSS) is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.