Forensic Science- Overview of Class Agenda and Goals- Weeks 1-5
**Please note that the following is subject to change and that the current week is highlighted in
GREEN**
Week 1: 9/3-9/6/2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
LABOR DAY-No School
CONFERENCE DAY- No School
-Course Overview and Expectations
-Team building and inquiry activities
-“Under Surveillance”- Observations Activity
Rosh Hashanah- No School
-Introduction to Forensics
-“Letter to the Editor” articles and discussion
-RESTATE course expectations
-DETERMINE the order of events
of a given scenario
-DEFINE forensic science
-DIFFERENTIATE between the
branches of forensic science
-SUMMARIZE a current events
article about Forensic Science
Week 2: 9/9-9/13/2013
Monday
-Finish Intro to Forensics
-Finish Letter to the Editor
Tuesday
-Deductive Reasoning
Wednesday
-Eye Witness Accounts
Thursday
-Eye Witness Accounts Continued
Friday
-Sketching a Crime Scene
-DEFINE forensic science
-DIFFERENTIATE between the
branches of forensic science
-SUMMARIZE a current events
article about Forensic Science
SOLVE crimes using
observations and by making
reasonable inferences
-TEST ability to make
observations during an event
-IDENTIFY factors that affect
observations
-TEST ability to make
observations during an event
-IDENTIFY factors that affect
observations
-SKETCH a crime scene
-IDENTIFY errors in a crime
scene sketch
Week 3: 9/16-9/20/2013
Monday
-
Sketching a Crime Scene
Tuesday
-Bertillon Lab- measurements for identification
Wednesday
-Sketching a Crime Scene
Thursday
-Finish Bertillon Lab
-Start Fingerprinting
Friday
-Pre-test
-SKETCH a crime scene using
proper methods
-IDENDIFY the pros and cons of
the Bertillon method
-EVALUATE the data collected
during the lab to make
conclusions about each person
-SKETCH a crime scene using
proper methods
-IDENDIFY the pros and cons of
the Bertillon method
-EVALUATE the data collected
during the lab to make
conclusions about each person
-Identify types of fingerprint
characteristics
DETERMINE initial
understandings of students
related to science, math and
ELA
Week 4: 9/23-9/27
Monday
-Fingerprinting
-Henry Classification
-Fingerprint mysteries
Tuesday
-Study your own prints
-Fingerprinting Case Studies
Wednesday
-Finish Cases
-Fingerprinting practice worksheets
Thursday
-Latent Prints
-More fingerprint mysteries
-IDENTIFY types of fingerprints
-EXPLAIN the different ways in
which fingerprints are obtained
-CLASSIFY fingerprints using the
Henry Classification System
-CALCULATE the Henry
Classification System ratio for
your own prints
-SOLVE a mystery involving
fingerprint evidence
-CLASSIFY individual fingerprints
-IDENTIFY ridge characteristics
of fingerprints
-EXAMINE cases where
fingerprinting has been used
-CLASSIFY individual fingerprints
-IDENTIFY ridge characteristics
of fingerprints
-EXAMINE cases where
fingerprinting has been used
-Solve a crime using fingerprint
evidence
Friday
-Fingerprint Case Quiz
-Finish fingerprinting worksheets- what isn’t
finished will be homework
-IDENTIFY hidden fingerprints
using practices used in the field
-RECALL AND DESCRIBE cases
where fingerprinting has been
used
-IDENTIFY fingerprint
characteristics as they relate to
general identification and
criminal cases
Week 5: 9/30-10/04
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
-Finish any fingerprinting materials
-Review for Test
-Test on Intro->Fingerprinting
-Hair and Fiber
Thursday
-Microscopic hair and fiber characteristics
Friday
-Hair and Fiber Whodunit
-Hair and Fiber Mystery
IDENTIFY characteristics of hair
and fiber
DISTINGUISH between different
types of hair and fiber
EXPLAIN how hair and fiber can
be used as evidence
ILLUSTRATE the differences
between hair and fiber types by
examining numerous samples
-UTILIZE hair and fiber data to
determine who was involved in
certain incidences