Download Newport School District Course Unit Guide Subject: Forensic

Newport School District
Course Unit Guide
Subject: Forensic Science
Grade: 11th & 12th
Unit/Map
Pacing
Priority
Time
Standards
Introduction
to Forensic
Science & the
Law
1 week
Essential
6.25
hours
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3,
13.1.11.B,
13.1.11.F
Course Number:
Anchors
Essential
Questions
How is forensic
science used in the
judicial system to
make sure justice is
served?
Activities/
Resources
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Overview of
the Types of
Evidence &
the Crime
Scene
1 week
Essential
6.25
hours
3.1.B.B6,
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3
Why is it important
to know the types
of evidence to
collect and the way
in which to collect
the evidence
properly at crime
scenes?
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Assessments
History of
Forensic Science
Scientific
Method
Careers in
Forensic Science
Judicial System
Federal Rules of
Evidence
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Types of
Evidence
Collecting
Evidence at the
Crime Scene
Correct Crime
Scene
Procedures
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Locard Principle
Activity
TV Analysis
Careers in
Forensic Science
WS
Patriot Act
Discussion
Exam
TV Analysis
Probability and
Class Evidence
Lab
Evidence at a
Crime Scene Lab,
Processing a
Crime Scene Lab
Exam
Vocabulary
Criminalistics,
evidence, scientific
method, statutory
law, common law,
stare decisis, civil
law, criminal law,
misdemeanor,
felony, probable
cause, violation,
infraction,
elements, booking,
Miranda rights,
arraignment, bail,
nolo contendere,
evidentiary hearing,
grand jury, indict,
probative, material,
hearsay, expert
witness, Frye
standard, Daubert
ruling, junk science
Evidence,
testimonial
evidence, physical
evidence, indirect
evidence,
circumstantial
evidence, known
sample, control
sample, individual
sample, class
evidence, crime
scene, modus
operandi,
accelerant, chain of
custody
Physical/Trac
e Evidence
2
weeks
Essential
12.5
hours
3.1.B.B6,
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3
What are the types
of physical and
trace evidence and
how are they used
to solve crimes?
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Trace Evidence
Soil Evidence
Glass Evidence
Hair Evidence
Fiber Evidence
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Fingerprint
Analysis
2
weeks
Essential
12.5
hours
3.1.B.B6,
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3
How are
fingerprints used as
evidence to
determine the
perpetrator of a
crime?
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Fingerprints at
the Crime Scene
Classifying
Fingerprints
Fingerprinting
Techniques
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TV Analysis
Thief Who Wore
Lipstick Lab
Chromatography
of Lipstick Lab
Virtual Sand Lab
Dirty
Characteristics
Soil Lab
Glass
Identification Lab
Crime Scene Hair
Activity
Hairy Cat Capers
Lab
Fiber Evidence
Lab
Exam
Trace evidence,
malleable, chemical
properties, physical
properties,
birefringence,
polarizer, isotropic,
anisotropic,
amorphous,
conchoidal fracture,
refraction, becke line,
match point,
blowback,
morphology, cuticle,
polymer, cortex,
medulla, keratin,
cortical fusi,
undulation,
micrometer, anagen
phase, catagen phase,
telogen phase,
interference pattern,
melanin, association,
questioned, exemplar,
metabolite, false
positive, fibers,
textiles, generic,
fabric, filaments,
inorganic, yarn,
warmp, weft, blend,
polypeptide, helix,
catalyst, viscosity,
homopolymer,
polyether, density,
optical brighteners,
chromatography
TV Analysis
Fingerprint
Webquest
Observing &
Taking
Fingerprints Lab
Fingerprint
Matching Activity
Fingerprinting
Lab
Exam
Fingerprint,
microns,
dactyloscopy,
plastic print, visible
print, latent print,
ninhydrin, luminal,
loop, delta, core,
whorl, arch, Henry
classification
system, Ridge
classification,
bifurication, AFIS
Toxicology
Blood
Evidence
1 week
3
weeks
Essential
Essential
6.25
hours
18.75
hours
3.1.B.B6,
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3
How can
toxicology be used
to solve crimes?
3.1.B.A7,
3.1.B.B6,
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3
How is blood
evidence used to
solve crimes?
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Overview of
Toxicology
Poisons
Alcohol
Drugs
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Overview of
Blood Evidence
Blood Types
Blood Spatter
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TV Analysis
Toxicology
Analysis Lab
Exam
Toxicology, toxins,
chronic exposure,
acute toxicity,
synergism,
antagonism,
chelating agent,
LD50, isotopes,
half-life,
microgram,
nystagmus,
Controlled drugs,
teratogen, alkaloid,
analgesics, designer
drugs,
spectrophotometry
TV Analysis
Blood Stain
Analysis Lab
Blood Typing Lab
Case of the Stolen
Serum Activity
Blood Spatter Lab
Online Crime
Scene Simulation
Exam
Hemoglobin,
precipitin test, serum,
antigens, agglutinate,
antiserum, serology,
plasma, erythrocytes,
leukocytes, ABO
classification, Rh
factor, blood factors,
secretors, Angle of
impact, arterial
spurting pattern, back
spatter, blood spatter
analysis, bloodstain,
cast-off pattern,
contact stain,
direction of flight,
directionality,
directionality angle,
draw-back effect, drip
pattern, expirated
blood, flight path,
flow pattern, forward
spatter, high-velocity
impact spatter, impact
pattern, impact site,
low-velocity impact
spatter, mediumvelocity impact
spatter, misting,
parent drop, passive
drop, point of
convergence, point of
origin, projected
blood pattern,
satellite spatter,
spatter, spine, swipe
pattern, target,
transfer or contact
pattern, void, wipe
pattern
DNA Analysis 3 weeks
Essential
18.75
hours
3.1.B.B1,
3.1.B.B3.
3.1.B.B4,
3.1.B.B6,
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3
How is DNA
useful in solving
crimes?
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Biology of DNA
DNA Testing
Case Studies of
DNA
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Decomposition
& Human
Remains
3 weeks
Essential
18.75
hours
3.1.B.A.7,
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3,
What role do
insects play in
decomposition and
how can human
remains be used to
solve crimes?
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Stages of Death
Forensic
Entomology
The Skeleton &
Skeletal Remains
Forensic
Anthropology
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TV Analysis
DNA Origami
DNA Extraction
Lab
DNA Webquest
Simulation of
RFLP
Simulation of
DNA Replication
using PCR
Gel
Electrophoresis
Lab
DNA
Fingerprinting
Online Crime
Scene
Innocence Project
Exam
TV Analysis
Body Farm
Investigation
Rigor & Algor
Mortis
Investigation
Crime Scene
Dossier
Forensic
Entomology
Project
Bone Bonanza
Bits & Pieces Lab
Determining Age
Lab
Determining Sex
Lab
Mock Crime
Decomposition
Project
Chromosomes,
DNA, genes,
proteins, hydrogen
bonds, helix, amino
acids, enzymes,
DNA extraction,
restriction
enzymes, RFLP
Analysis,
electrophoresis,
probe, PCR, alleles,
STR, DNA
fingerprinting
Algor mortis,
glaister, equation,
livor mortis, rigor
mortis, autolysis,
putrefaction,
adipocere,
saponification,
diagenesis,
metamorphosis,
molt, instar,
oviposition,
ambient, mites,
eclosion, degreeday, pupa, forensic
anthropology,
osteology, osteons,
femur, tibia,
humerus, radius, os
pubis, ventral arc,
epiphyses,
diaphysis, iliac
Firearms,
Toolmarks, &
Impressions
2 weeks
Essential
12.5
hours
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.C3
How can the
differences
between firearms
and tools be used to
solve crimes?
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Firearms
Toolmarks
Impressions
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TV Analysis
Firearms Project
Matching
Toolmark Lab
Casting Shoeprint
Lab
Tire Tread Lab
Shoe Size vs.
Height Lab
Bite Mark Lab
Exam
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TV Analysis
Exam
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Document
Examination
&
Handwriting
Analysis
2
weeks
If time
12.5
hours
3.4.12.B1,
3.4.12.B2,
3.4.12.B4,
3.4.12.C3
How can the
characteristics of
handwriting be
used to solve
crimes?
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Document
Examination
Handwriting
Analysis
crest, clavicle,
sutures, symphysis,
caucasoids,
negroids,
mongoloids
Caliber, bore,
gauge, shot, slug,
grains, rifled, lands,
grooves, striae,
cannelures, head
stamp, breech,
extractor, ejector,
magazine,
chamber, Greiss
test, GSR,
toolmarks,
outsoles,
gait,wheelbase,
stance
Class
characteristics,
individual
characteristics,
diacritics, forgery,
blind forgery,
simulated forgery,
traced forgery,
backhand writing,
obliterate, indented
writing, watermark,
sizing, cybercrime,
hacking, malware,
virus, worm, Trojan
horse, phishing,
pharming,
webjacking, bots,
zombies, spoofed
websites,
crimeware, denial
of service, spam,
piracy, copyright,
computer forensics