Lesson 1: Heads Up: Observation Skills

You can’t believe your eyes or can you? Budding CSI investigators love to explore the challenge of visual memory and eyewitness testimony in this activity of “Did You See That?”

Take your time as you work through and discussing the two activities in this lesson. It is important that an additional adult is prearranged to come help out with activity 1. Make sure that you confirm this in advance. This lesson is a great opportunity to talk with students about being detailed scientific observers.

Lesson Objectives

• Practice observational skills by trying to notice and recall details in a photograph
• Learn about the job of a document examiner and the techniques used in handwriting analysis
• Practice observational skills of comparing and contrasting characteristics of handwriting

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