Quarterly calendar
Class _____________
Week/
Dates
1
1/21 –
1/23
2
1/26 –
1/30
3
Content
Foundations:
Skills, goals and
context of Forensics
Logic: induction and
deduction and their
application to data.
Identity: faces and
fingerprints
2/2 –
2/6
4
2/9 –
2/12
5
2/17 –
2/20
History of
(Science)
Forensics; the
Disciplines of
Forensics.
Crime Scene: Locard’s,
Lines of inquiry
Chain of custody,
Databases
Year _________
Goals
Activities
the four Pillars: Develop the specific
skills of investigations; : the
importance of observations,
knowledge and logic. Understand
the role of Culture in defining
Justice.
Reacher, Sherlock: Record
analyze and conclude O.
Pistorius team investigation
and presentation; Najiba cast of
characters and flow chart.
Know when and how to use
deduction vs. induction;
successfully apply to
incarceration data.
Application of logic to news
articles. Use logic to
analyze incarceration data;
generate chart.
Understand the standards
that need to be met
construct a connection
between ‘features’ and
uniqueness.
Bertillions Anthropometry;
Faces: sketches and sketch
artist. Photo/scanning
technique.
Recognize the connection
between science
advancement and forensic
science; know the origin of
11 disciplines of Forensics .
History search and select,
Timeline, 'Name of the
Rose', Disciplines
posters, Bertillon's sys.
Know the procedures and
protocol of crime
Scenes; understand the
basis and applications of
rigor, algor and livor
mortis.
Lie to Me, analysis; JonBenet ransom letter;
Luther character analysis.
CSI:Miami types essay.
Case Study
Video
Pistorius/Najiba.
Hell on Wheels:
S1, Ep1. Justice
or..?
Project Innocence;
Lie to Me/Sherlock
TBD
Qtr _________
Portfolio Matl
Observations, and analysis:
Reacher/Sherlock; proposed strategies @
Reacher
Case study outputs; Comparative essay:
Justice vs Revenge: HoW and Najiba Najiba
CC and FC
Innocence Proj., Prison Pop. Data,
Crime show review #1
Bertillon’s data tables;
face sketching and photos
Crime show review #2
Name of the
Rose
CSI: Miami, S8,
Ep 8; Jonbenet
Ramsey; Luther,
S1, Ep1
History output,
Disciplines poster
Crime scene kit list, crime
scene evidence container
design; Luther character
analysis. CSI:Miami typed
essay.
Quarterly calendar
Class _____________
Week/
Dates
6
2/23 –
2/27
7
Content
Finish Forensic
Disciplines and Crime
Scene; Hair
Year _________
Goals
Team posters (portfolio).
Peer review, Crime scene
procedure
Activities
Posters, kit creation; crime
creation, hair slides and image
analysis
Forensic Anthro
Serology
8
Understand the intersection
of Forensic Anthro and many
forensics disciplines.
Blood typing and the tools
of fluid analysis.
Otzi, packets, historic
examples, applied science
techniques analysis; bone
breaking lab.
Blood typing lab, luminol.
3/9 –
3/11
3/16 –
3/20
10
3/23 –
3/27
Napolean’s hair,
reading
selection: Rose
(M. Cruz Smith)
Portfolio Matl
Evidence and C.S. kit inventory; first crime
scene creation
Crime show review #2
3/2 –
3/6
9
Case Study
Video
Qtr _________
Bloodstain
Pattern analysis
& crime scene
reconstruction.
Recognize the connection
between science
advancement and forensic
science; know the origin of
11 disciplines of Forensics .
Finish outstanding
unit content & take
2 days for summary
and integration.
Complete outstanding;
read related selection from
3 novels.
Physics concepts, properties
of fluids, spatter creation lab
Summary
Bones, Pilot ep.
Bone properties worksheet and quiz;
news article and summary.
Hinterland;
Chamberlin &
________;
Luther, Lucien
episode
Essay: Luther vs Cullen;
graphic organizer;
vocabulary of serology.
TBD
Pattern page template
TBD
TBD
Quarterly calendar
Class _____________
Week/
Dates
6
Content
Mass Murders & War
Criminals
3/30 –
4/2
7
Serial Killers
4/13 –
4/17
Ballistics/Explosives
8
Year _________
Goals
Activities
Definitions and
development of profiling
tools; knowledge of
historical data and
conventions of war
Posters, kit creation; crime
creation, hair slides and image
analysis
Understand the intersection
of Forensic Anthro and many
forensics disciplines.
Otzi, packets, historic
examples, applied science
techniques analysis; bone
breaking lab.
Blood typing and the tools
of fluid analysis.
Case Study
Video
Mass murder
data; war crimes
info; Behind
Enemy Lines
9
3/16 –
3/20
DNA & CyberCrime
10
3/23 –
3/27
Recognize the connection
between science
advancement and forensic
science; know the origin of
11 disciplines of Forensics .
Complete outstanding;
read related selection from
3 novels.
Portfolio Matl
Data chart creation; BEL graphic organizer
Crime show review #2
Ballistics: tracking and gel;
GSR residue lab
Bones, Pilot ep.
Hurt Locker; The
Kingdom
3/9 –
3/11
Toxicology.
Qtr _________
Physics concepts, properties
of fluids, spatter creation lab
Summary
TBD
TBD
Bone properties worksheet and quiz;
news article and summary.
Profiling activity: The
Kingdom; Quiz Gun
tracking, MM data chart. .
Pattern page template
TBD