Title: Describe situations in which biological forensic science can be used.
Course: Biotechnology Foundations in Technology Education (21999) > Section: Investigating Forensics

Description should include a definition of biological forensic science. Situations may include those involving any living organisms (e.g., disruptions in plant and animal life cycles, endangered species, extinct species, plant and animal mutations, and animal habitat degradation).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How would one describe the interrelationship of criminal, medical, and biological forensic sciences?
- What basic skills are needed to collect evidence for biological forensics? Why is each skill important?
- How and where is biological forensic evidence processed?
- When has biological forensics been used? What effect did it have?
- What types of evidence may be collected from a crime scene?
- How does the type of crime determine the evidence gathered?
- What steps are involved in gathering and preserving evidence from a crime scene?