Richmond Hill High School
Science Department
Fall, 2010
Days of the
Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Pacing Calendar for: STF1
September
October
6
Labor Day
X
X
7
Teachers Report
X
8 First day of classes
Organization &
Icebreaker Activity
9
December
X
X
3 How do we determine
time of death (3 day lab
activity-pathology)
1 How do CSI’s
search the crime
scene?
3 UNIT 6
How can we describe
individual and class
characteristics of
physical evidence?
4 How can we
determine the
significance of
individual and class
characteristics?
5 How can we
determine if evidence
is individual or class?
X
4 How do we determine
time of death (3 day lab
activity-pathology)
2 Why are warrants
necessary for some
crime scene
searches?
6 How can we use
class evidence to
reconstruct crime
scenes? (Video)
1 Assessment NYS
Penal law
5 How do pathologists
help to solve crimes?
(Video-Autopsy Files)
3 How do we record
crime scenes?
4 UNIT 2
Who Was Jack The
Ripper?
8 How do we determine
time of death inquiry
activity (entomology)
6 Video- New
Detectives
Processing the crime
scene
14 How can we
successfully
complete our weekly
current events
homework?
5 Why were the Jack
The Ripper Murders
never solved?
9 What were the major
reasons for the growth
of forensic science in
the 1960’s
7 Who stole
Rachael’s backpack?
15 UNIT 1
How do we benefit
for the NY State
Penal Code?
16 How does the
punishment fit the
crime?
6 How can we create
a profile of Jack The
Ripper from the
evidence left behind?
7 How did eyewitness
accounts of Jack The
Ripper’s appearance
hurt the investigation?
10 How do the courts
determine the
admissibility of physical
evidence?
11 How can foot size
determine height? (lab)
8 How do forensic
scientists help
analyze crime
scenes? (video)
9 How do we sketch
the crime scene (Lab
3 days)
7 How are concept
maps good tools for
organizing and
representing our
knowledge of the crime
scene process?
(Rough copy due)
10 How are concept
maps good tools for
organizing and
representing our
knowledge of the crime
scene process?
(Rough copy due)
11 How are concept
maps good tools for
organizing and
representing our
knowledge of the crime
scene process? (Final
Copy Due)
12 Presentations of
Crime scene process
17 What types of
crimes do forensic
scientists help to
solve?
8 How does JTR’s
letters to the police
help us to understand
his motivations?
12 How do forensic
scientists tack plagues?
10 How do we
sketch the crime
scene (Lab
3 days)
20
What is NY State
Penal Law and what
is its purpose?
21 How are the
crimes determined
by degree?
11
Columbus day
X
15 Unit IV
Review Activity
12 How can we
understand JTR and
the times he lived in?
(Video 1)
13 How could modern
forensics be used to
investigate the JTR
murders? (video 2)
14 Assessment of
JTR Unit
16 Assessment
13 How do we
sketch the crime
scene (Lab
3 days)
14 How do crime
scene investigators
reconstruct accident
scenes?
15 Why do forensic
labs have such large
backlogs?
X
10
13 Introduction:
What is forensic
science?
X
VIDEO:
Biodetectives
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
January
1 How can bite marks be
used as physical
evidence?
(Video-Forensic
Files/Odontology)
2 Election day
How do we determine
time of death (3 day lab
activity-pathology)
X
Monday
November
Wednesday
22 How are crimes
determined by
mental states in NYS
Thursday
23 How can we
describe the history
of punishment?
17
18
16 Why are photos
an essential part of
recording the crime
scene? (Lab 1)
13 What are the
limitations of forensic
science?
Strengthening
Forensic Science in
the United States
14 What are the
limitations of forensic
science?
Strengthening
Forensic Science in
the United States
17
MLK Jr. Day
X
18 Comprehensive
Assessment review
18 Comprehensive
Assessment review
20 Course assessment
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
24 Why is the prison
the dominant form of
punishment in the
United States?
15 What is
anthropometry?
19
27 How can we use
a graphic organizer
to help us clarify our
ideas about NYS
Penal Law?
28 How can we use a
graphic organizer to
help us clarify our
ideas about NYS
Penal Law? (Final
copy)
29
18 UNIT 3
Observations
22
19 Observations
23
21 How can a
criminal profiler help
to solve a crime?
(Video)
20 Observations
24
30
21 UNIT 4
Forensic Science Lab
Units
What are the duties of
the criminalist?
22 How do police
investigate and solve
crimes? (video)
25 Who killed Mr.
Brooks?
25
Thanksgiving
X
22 How do we
successfully search
crime scenes?
23 Unit Assessment
26
Black Friday
X
29 UNIT5
Physical Evidence and
the Crime Scene
Process How do CSI’s
process Crime Scenes?
24
Winter Recess
X
27
26 How can we solve a
crime using inductive
reasoning?
27 What are the
various services
provided by a full
service crime lab?
28 What evidence is
processed by the
various crime lab
units?
29 How are lab units
of federal law
enforcement agencies
organized
30 What are the
protocols of a lead
investigator?
X
28
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
X
X
Monday
X
Tuesday
X
Wednesday
Thursday
X
X
Friday
17 How do we
properly collect,
handle, and analyze
evidence in the crime
lab? (lab 2)
20
X
X
29
X
X
30
X
X
31
X
21 Course assessment