Objective: Students will describe how bones contain a record of
injuries and disease.
Students will describe the role of DNA in bone identification.
DO NOW:
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1. How can you determine the age of a
skeleton by looking at the skull?
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Have you ever broke a bone, fractured a
bone, or did any activities that caused
you to damage a bone? How long ago?
By looking at bones we are
able to determine if and
when an injury occurred
Determining Trauma
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Antemortem
 Ante -
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Perimortem
 Peri-
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Postmortem
 Post -
Antemortem
Smooth
Perimortem
Growing back
Sharp edges
Postmortem
Scattered lines
Dried out
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Antemortem
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Perimortem
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Postmortem
Diseases
DNA
can extract even If a specimen is
severely decomposed
 Only a very small sample size is
required.
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Quiz Study Guide
If you can fill in the blanks without help,
then you should receive at least an 80%
on tomorrows quiz.
 If not, then take the study guide home
for practice.
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Quarter Project
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Due Tuesday March 11th
15 minutes to study
30 minutes on the quiz
45 minutes in the lab
Tomorrow Schedule
1st block
 7:15- Study 10 minutes
 7:25 – Quiz start
 7:55- room 103
Tomorrow Schedule
2nd block
 8:50- Study 10 minutes
 9:00 – Quiz start
 9:35- room 151
Tomorrow Schedule
4th block
 12:45- Room 103
 1:35 – Study
 1:45- Quiz
Progress Reports
Have not graded anything since last
Monday
If below a 77, bring back signed with a
parent contact number for a quiz grade
of 100%
I can only give you the grade, after I
contact your guardian.
Notebook Check 3/6
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Do Nows/objectives 2/28, 3/3, 3/5 15pts
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Worksheet: age, sex,
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No Bones about it
3/3
2/28
5pts
5pts