Forensics Book Project

Welcome to the world of Forensic Medicine and Crime Scene Investigation. Please choose a fiction or non-fiction book to read. This is your opportunity to share with the class a wonderful plethora of reading books in this genre. This project involves after reading the book, creating a project and presenting it to the class. You have a choice of four different projects to choose from including a Literature Book report, a Comic (Graphic) or Children’s book, a Book Mobile or a Mystery Grab Bag. This project will be presented orally on the due date of __________________________________ .

Each part of the project has a point value. You will be graded on the quality and completeness of your work. Great crime scene authors include, but are not limited to, Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Robin Cook, Michael Crichton, and Richard Preston.

Reading of Book – 25 points

Project – 50 points (Report, Mobile, Mystery Bag, Comic/Children)

Oral Presentation – 25 points

Your Name: _______________________________________________________

Period: _____________________________________________________________

My book is: ________________________________________________________

Author: ____________________________________________________________

Number of Pages: _________________________________________________

Description of Book: ________________________________________________

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Why did you choose this book: ______________________________________

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Forensics Book Mobile Rubric

Name: _________________________________________

Date: _________________________________________

1. Name, Date, Title, Author of Book (5 points)

2. Setting of the story (Person, Place, 5 W’s and H) (5)

3. I have included a drawing of the character(s) with the name of the character (5)

4. Mobile is assembled neatly with time and effort. (5)

5. Plot is stated included beginning, middle and end of story with pictures illustrating each. (15)

6. The crime scene is explained. (5)

7. Spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. are proofread. (5)

8. Creativity, thoughtfulness and Clarification of all parts. (5)

______________________ Total – 50 points

MYSTERY GRAB BAG

You will explain how each item inside your bag helped solve the mystery. Be creative! Use your imagination and have fun! Your bag will look like this on the outside.

Your project will be graded as follows:

Identifying information: title, author, etc. (5 points)

Flow Chart: setting of crime scene, timeline, what’s the mystery, crime scene (15 points)

Character Development (5 points)

Clues and solutions (inside bag) (10 points)

Neatness (5 points)

Mystery Bag Clarification (5 W’s and H; Means, Motive, etc.) (5 points)

Creativity (5 points)

__________________ Total – 50 points