| Date | Do | Handouts | HW |
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| Feb 27 - March 03 | work in the Case Study | none, see link to Case Study | Due: April 2, 2012 (period 4), April 4 (period 2) |
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Q1 Project: Fingerprint portfolio:
(Q2 Project) 
Crime Novels - Free Downloads of older book from Project Gutenberg
Crime Case Study (Q3 project): Due: April 2, 2012 (period 4), April 4 (period 2)
Click here for links to electronic resources about Famous CrimesPerfect Crime: Q4 project
Review Sheet for Exams
Current Event Article Review Assignment - what to do and resource links
Eyewitness memory problem - assignment page (directions)
- How to write this report and general resources to help
Resources
Unit II: At the Crime Scene
Crime Scene Investigation asks students to use forensic techniques to solve a murder mystery featuring the characters from the game "Clue." We will run this lab Q2. Once we have you may use this as a resource/reference.
How to Solve a Crime or Mystery is an activity-based Web page that introduces primary-school audiences to forensic science. By completing the 4 activities, the audience learns about forensic science techniques, the history of forensic science, and the educational requirements for the field.
Police Link: Visual Documentation in Crime Scene Investigations
How to collect evidence
Crime scene investigator newtork
- Power Point on what to do at a crime scene
- Power Point on how to sketch a crime scene Show on how to deal with a crime scene, from securing the scene to logging in evidence.
- Examples of a rough and finished sketchUnit I: The Age Old Probl
em of Identification: Mutilations, Tattoos, Anthropometry, FingerprintingFS chapter 14 Glossary
NY Times Links for Fingerprints
History of Identification: Mutilations, Tatoos, and more
Friction Skin: the anatomony of fingerprints
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body
Print Characteristics - FBI resource
Image of different print patternsFBI: All about finger prints
History of Finger prints time line
How does ninhydrin work?
-due THU 10/6
- They types of ridge characteristics (delta, ridge ending...)
- Outline version of the PowerPoint on Finger Prints and Criminal ID (chapter 14).
- the QS to answer as you read chapter 14
- Basic overview on how to tell difference between L.A.W.
- WS Done in class to review how to id print types and compare prints
- Handout showing how to compare prints Presentation #1: Fingerprinting Basics (PPT)
Worksheets: Fingerprinting Basics Student Notes (PDF), My Prints (PDF)
Presentation #2: Science of Ridges (PPT)
Worksheet: Science of Ridges Student Notes (PDF)
Presentation #3: Latent Prints (PPT)
Worksheet: Latent Prints Student Notes (PDF)
Reference Card: Fingerprint Basics Card (PDF) - This two-sided handout replaces the worksheets for all of the fingerprint lessons.
Questions about the reference cards? See the note at the top of this page.
Fingerprint Guide (PDF) -
This one-page handout includes examples for all of the ridge patterns
and characteristics discussed in the fingerprinting lessons.
Other Fingerprinting Resources:
Fingerprints Online (PDF) - I use this worksheet after the first presentation. Visit the Forensic Science page at the Kid Zone for the sites.
Fingerprint Challenge (PDF) - Students use their investigative skills to match fingerprint samples.
Fingerprint Analysis (PPT) - I use this activity with my students to analyze the distribution of fingerprint patterns in each class. After students complete the My Prints worksheet and classify their prints, they complete the top section of the Fingerprint Analysis worksheet. We calculate the percentages for each pattern and discuss how it relates to the expected percentages presented in class. We also analyze the distribution of patterns for males vs. females and discuss the results after students have completed the bottom section of the worksheet.
My Toe Prints worksheet (PDF) - Students are always interested in examining their toe prints to see how they compare to their fingerprints. Instead of using the incapax from the fingerprint unit, the students create their own "ink" by rubbing pencils on an index card and then pressing it to their toes. They use a piece of clear tape to lift the print and tape it to the correct spot on the worksheet.
Lip Print Activity
(PDF) -
Thanks to Dina Sbarra for sharing her lip
print mystery activity. Shewent around the
school and got lip marks from several
teachers at her school on paper and then put
them in sheet protectors. She had one
teacher also mark their lips on a plastic
cup (the criminal that destroyed her room).
She toilet papered my room and the students
had to find out who did it. She put the
lip prints on the screen so they could
look at the various types to help them
classify the lip prints and identify the one
from the culprit.
Unit IV: Glass Analysis
What is glass
Glass Reconstruction Lab
Glass Density Lab - Directions
Refraction of light- online physics book, explains what refraction is and Snell's Law
mass vs weight - what is the difference between mass and weight, how is density related to this
Mass, weight and density, explained- what are they and how do they differ
Unit III: Blood Stain Patterns Analysis
- Chapter 8 Notes
- Notes given in class on chapter 8
- the ppt shown in class on how to process a blood spatter pattern.Vector Analysis Lab - direction on how to do this lab
Blood Typing Game - a fun game about blood type compatibility (ABO).
- this pdf file included directions and explains how it works
Unit VI: Document ExaminationWeb Page for lab that does Hand Writing analysis
What is check washing? - basic info
National Check Fraud Center - what chemicals are used, what they do
Security Ink
Unit VII: DNA and the Law
Creating a DNA Fingerprint - online activity WS
This is an online activity that describes the uses of DNA fingerprinting. Students solve a series of mysteries using computer-simulated DNA fingerprinting techniques.
Interactive Investigator — Virtual Exhibit on Forensic Science is an online activity that describes the uses of DNA fingerprinting. Students solve a series of mysteries using computer-simulated DNA fingerprinting techniques.
Virtual DNA Fingerprinting Laboratory, developed by the National Science Foundation's Center for Engineering Plants for Resistance Against Pathogens (CEPRAP), involves high school students in solving a mystery using virtual laboratory techniques.
Rubric for Grading Forensic Science Lab Reports - (I will re-post this document on 4/14, It needs updating...)
- this is the WS I passed out in class on how to do the Human Cheek Cell DNA Extraction
Unit V: Crash - Physics of Impacts
Crash Testing
- notes on physics of crashes
- crash between car and truck law caseUnit VIII: Hair and Fibers
Hairs & Fibers (PPT)
Hairs & Fibers Note Worksheet (PDF) - Student worksheet for the presentation.
Reference Card: Hairs & Fibers (PDF)
Questions about the reference cards?
Hair Lab Worksheet (PDF) - Students examine their own hair sample as well as other animal hairs to complete this worksheet.
Hair & Fiber ID Lab Worksheet (PDF)
Unit IX: Impression Evidence
Introductory P
resentation: Impression Evidence (PPT)Worksheet: Impression Evidence Notes (PDF)
Reference Card: Impression Evidence (PDF)
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Questions about the reference cards?
Tire Tracks Challenge (PDF) - This
lesson idea was submitted by Sandy Powell, a member of the Middle
School Science Yahoo Group. The activity challenges students to match
tire tracks of 8-10 small toy cars. Teacher information, a student
worksheet, a
Tool Marks Challenge (PDF) - This activity challenges students to match tool impressions from a set of 12 tools. Teacher information and a student worksheet are provided in the download. Also available ... my challenge page and a PowerPoint to introduce the activity and challenge.
Need materials for a
tool mark identification lab? Visit
Precision Forensic Tesing
to see their tool mark identification kit.
They also offer an accessory kit and poster. Be sure to check
out their
Basic Firearms and
other materials for exploring
ballistics. Bite
Mark Evidence (PDF) - This activity
allows students to practice making and
analyzing bite mark impressions using
stryrofoam plates and a variety of soft
candy. This activity goes along with the
material presented in the introductory
presentation listed above. A
PowerPoint is available for this
activity.
Unit X: Facial Reconstruction:
Forensic Art - article on how it is done (basics)Student Work - 2011
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