UNIT | CHAPTERS | MAIN ACTIVITIES | TIME |
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I | Ch. 1 Introduction to Forensic Science,
Ch. 2 The Crime Scene, Ch 21 Careers in Forensics | 1. Eyewitness Interviews
2. Eyewitness Ted Talk 3. Lab Safety 4. Anthropometric Lab 5. Who Owns these Bones 6. Locard’s Exchange Principle 7. Crime Scene Sketching (Drawing a Final sketch from scratch and creating a rough/final from a simulated scene) 8. Forensic Career Pamphlets | 5 weeks |
II | Ch.3 Physical Evidence
Ch. 5-Matter and Glass | 1. Physical Evidence Ppt
2. Physical Evidence stations activity 3. Density of Materials Lab 4. Glass ppt 5. Glass Analysis and Reconstruction Lab 6. Glass Analysis Principles (Flotation Lab) | 4 weeks |
III | Ch. 6 Drugs
Ch. 7 Forensic Toxicology | 1. Drug ppt
2. Drug research (Info sheet and presentation) 3. Chromatography Quicklab 4. pH Quicklab 5. White Powder Analysis 6. Toxicology ppt | 4 weeks |
IV | Ch. 9 Forensic Serology
Ch. 10 DNA | 1. Blood Basics ppt
2. Whodunnit lab 3. Testing for blood ppt 4. Presumptive Blood test lab (Kastle-Meyer Lab) 5. Paternity blood test lab (Who’s the Daddy) 6. DNA ppt 7. DNA fingerprinting activity (paper and pencil) 8. DNA Fingerprint lab | 5 weeks |
V | Ch 11 Crime Scene Reconstruction: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis | 1. Blood Splatter Lab (Wards)
2. Blood Stain Analysis Lab | 3 weeks |
VI | Ch 12 Trace Evidence I (hair and fiber)
Ch 13 Evidence II (Metals, paint and soil) | 1. hair inquiry
2. Hair evidence 3. Murder and a meal 4. Student soil samples 5. Soil analysis | 4 weeks |
VII | Ch 14 Fire Investigations
Ch. 15 Investigation of Explosions | 1. Combustion Lab
2. Explosives Foldable 3. Chemistry and Explosions Activity | 3 weeks |
VIII | Ch 16 Fingerprints | 1. My Prints Lab
2. Flinn Fingerprint lab | 2 weeks |
IX | Ch 17 Firearms, Toolmarks and Other Impressions | 1. Toolmark Challenge
2. Footwear Impression Lab 3. Gunshot Residue Demo 4. Comparing Bullets | 3 weeks |
X | Ch 18 Document Examination | 1. Handwriting Comparison Lab | 2 weeks |