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Forensic Science--11 and 12
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Week 1-2
Content
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Week 3
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Scientific Method.
Use of mathematical
scales.
Analyzing crime scenes.
Identification of unknown
substances.
Narcotic detection.
Poison detection.
The workings of the sense
of smell.
Skills for Student Achievement
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Assessment
Procedures for solving
problems. (Crime scenes)
Techniques for processing
a crime scene.
Collection of evidence.
Chain of evidence.
Scaling a picture.
Remembering events.
Taking detailed notes of
events.
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Chemical analysis
procedures.
Aseptic technique.
Drug dog sense of smell.
How smell triggers
emotion.
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Various labs
concentrating on
observation.
 Drawing of a scaled
crime scene.
 Article review and
Video review.
^Charles Manson case
^Procedures in Forensic
Science.
^Landmarks of Forensic
Science.
^CSI
^Law and Order
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Unknown substance
lab.
Narcotic detection
lab.
Poison detection lab.
Use of drug dogs.
Performance Standards
Addressed
 Scientific Inquiry
uses multiple
interrelated
processes to pose
and investigate
questions
Essential Questions
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Scientific Inquiry
uses multiple
interrelated
processes to pose
and investigate
questions
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Week 4
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Document forgery
analysis.
Physical and Chemical
examination of Writing
materials.
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Different types of papers.
Different types of inks.
Different types of pencil
leads.
Different typewritten docs.
Handwriting forgeries.
Document erasures.
Use of different inks.
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DRAFT
Paper Analysis Lab.
Ink Analysis Lab.
Pencil lead Analysis
Lab.
Typewritten Docs.
Analysis Lab.
Handwriting Analysis
Lab.
Chemical and
Physical Erasures
Lab.
Secret Message Lab.
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Scientific Inquiry
uses multiple
interrelated
processes to pose
and investigate
questions
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Why is it
important to
keep the crime
scene secure?
How would
you testify in a
court of law?
Why is
mathematics
useful in crime
scenes?
How are drugs
detected in the
body?
Which parts of
the body hold
toxins the
longest?
How is an
animal senses
different from
ours?
Why is it
important to
identify where
paper and inks
come from?
How difficult
is it to track
down
forgeries?
What
advancements
have made it
easier for
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Forensic Science--11 and 12
Week 5-6
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Bone Analysis.
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Learn bones of the body.
Learn parts of the bones.
Learn different aspects for
male and female.
Learn different
characteristics between
races.
How to use a Vernier
caliper.
Learn key directional
terms.
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Parts of a hair follicle.
Determination of species.
Hair comparisons.
Mounting of samples on
slides.
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Fingerprint characteristics.
Properties of a fingerprint.
Why use fingerprints in an
investigation.
Types of fingerprints.
Techniques to pull
fingerprints from various
objects.
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Week 7
Week 8
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Hair analysis.
Fingerprint analysis.
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DRAFT
Lab to practice
measuring parts of
the bones to
determine height,
age, race, and sex.
Final bone analysis
Lab.
Quiz-parts of the
bone.
Quiz-bones of the
body.
Report findings in a
paper format as if
you were testifying in
a court of law.
Preparation of scale
casts.
Preparation of whole
mounts.
Obtaining hair
samples.
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Lifting prints from a
smooth, nonporous
surface. (Dusting)
Ninhydrin usage to
develop prints from
paper.
Iodine usage to
develop prints from
paper.
Using Cryanoacrylate
(Super glue) to
visualize prints.
Final lab on pulling
prints from an object
using the appropriate
method.
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Science, tech.,
engineering, and
math rely on each
other to enhance
knowledge and
understanding.
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Scientific Inquiry
uses multiple
interrelated
processes to pose
and investigate
questions
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Scientific Inquiry
uses multiple
interrelated
processes to pose
and investigate
questions
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forgeries to
exist?
How can we
tell race, sex,
and height of
an individual?
Why is it
important to
know race,
sex, and height
of an
individual?
How does hair
differ between
species?
What are
modifications
done to hair?
Why do we use
different ways
to lift prints?
What are the
different
methods to lift
a print?
How are
fingerprints
different?
What are
fingerprints
actually used
for?
How difficult
is it to match
up
fingerprints?
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Week 910
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Blood analysis.
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Week 11
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Trajectories and Ballistics.
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Forensic Science--11 and 12
Detection using luminal.
 Vertical drip pattern
analysis.
Blood splatters analysis.
 Multiple drip pattern
Blood typing.
analysis.
ABO system.
 Common bloodstain
Components of blood.
patterns analysis.
Blood properties.
 Vertical drips on
Key terms to Bloodstain
various surfaces
Pattern Analysis.
analysis.
Blood mobile.
 Relationship between
Most abundant types of
shape and impact
blood.
angle.
Least common types of
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Impact force and
blood.
blood stain patterns.
Blood transfusions.
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High Velocity Impact
Differences in blood
Spatter.
vessels.
 Calculating impact
angle.
 Area of Convergence.
 Using impact angles
and area of
convergence.
 Assessment questions
 Blood typing Lab.
 Analysis report of the
various blood
splatters.
Bores and Calibers of
weapons.
How gunpowder affects
trajectory.
Legal aspects of weapons
in Minnesota.
How to determine
trajectory.
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DRAFT
Lab on how bullets
fall.
Calculations of
trajectories.
Bore calculation.
Write up and
discussion/debate of
the JFK conspiracy.
Various video
reviews of JFK
assassination.
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Science, tech.,
engineering, and
math rely on each
other to enhance
knowledge and
understanding.
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Science, tech.,
engineering, and
math rely on each
other to enhance
knowledge and
understanding.
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How can you
use math to
solve blood
splatter
problems?
Why do we
blood type?
How does
blood react
when under
pressure?
How does
blood react on
different
surfaces?
How does
blood perform
in the body?
How do we
detect blood
we cannot see?
Why do those
methods work?
How does a
bullet fly?
What makes a
difference in
the bullets
path?
How can we
tell which gun
fired the
bullet?
Why is the
JFK
assassination a
hot debate?
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Week 12
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Fiber analysis.
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Forensic Science--11 and 12
Properties of fibers.
 Lab on fibers with
flame.
Natural vs. Synthetic.
 Microscopic
Flame test reactions.
examination of fibers.
Manufacturing of fibers.
 Matching fiber lab.
Products of fibers.
 Unknown fiber lab.
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Scientific Inquiry
uses multiple
interrelated
processes to pose
and investigate
questions
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DRAFT
How does the
flame react to
the fibers?
Why are fibers
hard to use to
link a suspect
to the crime
scene?
Why do we
need to know
how fibers are
manufactured?
How difficult
is it to
determine fiber
properties?
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