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Grade 6 Field Trip Documents

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GRADE 6 FIELD TRIP INFORMATION

Please ensure that you thoroughly read through the teacher guide, located under the “Field Trip Prep” header.

We look forward to hosting you and your students in the upcoming school year. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about your YouthLink program.

Breanna Shorter, Booking & Analytics Specialist, bshorter@calgarypolice.ca, 403-428-8397

Molly McDonald, Program Coordinator, mmcdonald@calgarypolice.ca, 403-428-8679

FIELD TRIP PREP

Below you will find the preparation guides for your field trip to YouthLink.

Please ensure that you read through the Teacher’s Guide prior to attending the trip. It will ensure that your classes have the best experience possible with the program.

FIELD TRIP PREPARATION MATERIALS
  • 2023-2024 Teacher’s Guide
  • Letter to Parent / Guardian Chaperones 2023-2024
  • Letter to Parents / Guardians 2023-2024
  • Field Trip Name Tags
  • Detective Notebook
  • Detective Notebook – Teacher Answer Key
  • Student Field Trip Pre-Survey
  • Student Field Trip Post-Survey

    • LESSONS AND MATERIALS

    Below you will find all of the materials you will need in preparation for the field trip.

    Lessons are to help supplement the Evidence and Investigation curriculum. Please ensure your class has complete the Required Pre Field Trip Lesson.

    CORE FORENSIC LESSONS (1 – 9)

    Introduction: Lesson 1

  • Lesson 1 – Introduction
  • Resource 1-1 – Introduction to the Calgary Police Service
  • Resource 1-2a – Steps to Solving a Crime
  • Resource 1-2 – Steps to Solving a Crime PowerPoint

    • Observation & Witness Workshop: Lesson 2

  • Lesson 2 – Observation & Witness Workshop
  • Resource 2-1 – Memory Recall
  • Resource 2-2 – Selective Attention Test

    • Essential Investigator Skills Part 1: Lesson 3

  • Lesson 3 – Essential Investigator Skills Part 1
  • Resource 3-1 – The Bus Activity
  • Resource 3-2 – For the Birds Video

    • Essential Investigator Skills Part 2: Lesson 4

  • Lesson 4 – Essential Investigator Skills Part 2
  • Resource 4-1 – Objectivity

    • Fingerprints: Lesson 5

  • Lesson 5 – Fingerprints
  • Resource 5-1 – Fingerprint Types
  • Resource 5-2 – Fingerprint Templates
  • Resource 5-2a – Fingerprint Template for Blank Paper
  • Resource 5-3 – Fingerprint PowerPoint

    • Footwear Impressions: Lesson 6

  • Lesson 6 – Footwear Impressions
  • Lesson 6-1 – Footwear Impressions Forensics Video

    • DNA: Lesson 7

  • Lesson 7 – DNA
  • Resource 7-1 – What Contains DNA Images
  • Resource 7-2 – Exit Pass
  • Resource 7-3 – DNA Video

    • Hair & Fibre: Lesson 8

  • Lesson 8 – Hair & Fibre
  • Resource 8-1 – Fibre Images
  • Resource 8-1a – Hair & Fibre PowerPoint
  • Resource 8-2 – Three Parts of Hair & Hair Growth
  • Resource 8-3 – Hair & Fibre Word Search
  • Resource 8-4 – Hair & Fibre Video

    • Handwriting: Lesson 9

  • Lesson 9 – Handwriting
  • Resource 9-1 – Exit Pass
    • OPTIONAL LESSON PLANS (10 – 11)

    Tire Tracks: Lesson 10

  • Lesson 10 – Tire Tracks
  • Resource 10-1 – Detective Notes
  • Resource 10-2 – Exit Pass

    • Chromatography: Lesson 11

  • Lesson 11 – Chromatography
  • Resource 11-1 – At-Home Chromatography Craft
    • REQUIRED PRE FIELD TRIP LESSON

    Pre Field Trip Lesson: Lesson 12

  • Lesson 12 – Pre Field Trip Lesson
  • Cst. Jess Intro Video
  • HAWCS Footage Video
  • Susan Full Witness Statement

    • POST PROGRAM MATERIALS

    Below you will find optional post field trip activities and a digital version of our resource card.

    These resources primarily focus on a follow up to the Safe for Life programming your classes participated in at the centre.

    POST FIELD TRIP MATERIALS

    Drugs: Safe for Life

  • Drugs – Post Visit Activity

    • Gangs: Safe for Life

  • Gangs – Post Visit Activity

    • Healthy Relationships: Safe for Life

  • Healthy Relationships – Post Visit Activity
  • Self-Care Decision Maker

    • Digital Citizenship: Safe for Life

  • Digital Citizenship – Post Visit Activity
  • Creating a Safe Password Activity
  • App Settings Resource

    • Post Field Trip Resources:

  • Digital Resource Card

    • Land Acknowledgement

    We acknowledge that we are in traditional Blackfoot territory and give proper recognition and honour to the original Treaty 7 Nations of this land. This includes the Blackfoot Confederacy of the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations; as well as the Tsuu T’ina Nation; and the Iyarhe Nakoda people of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley Nations. We also want to acknowledge the Métis Nation of Alberta who share a deep connection to this land.

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