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Everyday when you arrive, do the following:
Secure your assigned Chromebook and Log in.
This should be done BEFORE the bell, and you should be actively working when it sounds.
Complete 10+ minutes of Membean.
Have today's writing prompt displayed on your desk.
Have your reading book displayed on your desk.
If you finish early, you may work on Membean, our current class assignment, any missing assignments you need to submit, or read.
Monday
Have you finished your Benchmark on Schoolnet?
Complete the writing prompt.
Define the term forensics and summarize what you have learned so far about crime scene analysis and personnel.
When finished copy the guided notes for the Forensics video. Be ready to fill in the missing notes as we proceed through the video.
Video: Life Science: Forensics
Guided Notes available in the Notes/Handouts section for easier printing.
Fill in the missing information as you view the video.
1. The science of ______________________analyzes clues to reconstruct past
events.
2. One of the most important types of ______________________is found at the
tips of our fingers. _____________________________began over a century ago
when scientists discovered that no two people have the same print.
3. Fingerprints are analyzed based on three patterns: ______________,
_____________, and _______________.
4. Experts distinguish any two prints by looking for tiny imperfections, such as
________________that end abruptly or ridges that split and form little
_____________.
5. The traditional method for recovering a print uses ____________ ____________
and tape. The human touch leaves behind traces of _________________that the
powder adheres to and is lifted by the tape. Today some investigators use
______________________ powder and a high intensity laser light to reveal fingerprints.
6. A carpet ______________________may offer valuable clues by linking suspects to specific locations,
such as a crime scene.
7. Investigators can make a mold of a __________ ____________that to help them determine what type of
tire it was and trace it to a suspect’s vehicle.
8. Every cell in the human body contains DNA, which carries __________________ information, and looks
like a twisted ladder with a series of rungs. People usually leave behind some of their _______________ at a
crime scene and forensics scientists can gather and analyze DNA evidence. The DNA evidence may
_______________ a suspect to a crime or _________________ that suspect altogether.
9. The FBI considers __________ to be its most valuable tool. Samples are stored in ___________, which is
a computer database that stores DNA information on suspects.
10. Scientists can examine a painting to determine if it is real or a _____________.
Paint can be examined using a _____________________ to see if the pigments are
from the correct time period. Brush _____________ and details in the picture can
also be examined.
11. _________________ provide us with valuable insight into long lost cultures.
People in ancient cultures often honored their dead through mummification by
______________________ the body, or treating it with preservatives. Scientists
study the remains by examining human _________________ to determine the age,
sex, and diet of the person and even how that person died.
12. Investigators can sift through the ashes to determine if the _____________ was an accident or crime.
When someone sets a fire intentionally, it is called ______________ and is often meant to destroy evidence
of another crime. Gas _________________________ can be used to determine what type of accelerant was
used. Experts can pull fingerprints from the soot and water, since the fire’s _________________ actually
makes prints stick to many surfaces. Pieces of _________________ can reveal if someone broke in before
the fire or if the heat broke the glass.
Word Bank - forensics, evidence, fingerprinting, whorl, arch, loop, ridges, dots, black, powder, sweat, fluorescent, fiber, tire, tracks, genetic, cells, link, exclude, DNA, CODIS, forgery, microscope, strokes, mummies, embalming, bones, fire, arson, chromotography, intensity, glass, rocks, minerals, plants, accelerant
Modification - Guided Notes (above)
Extend -
Create a questionable crime scene scenario in which one of the Bill of Rights would be an issue. (We will share.) Please keep it appropriate.
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Tuesday
Complete writing prompt.
Does a person’s handwriting affect your opinion of him or her? Should it?
Handwriting Analysis - Please paste your work in a reply to my email labeled handwriting.
Define the following terms and explain how each is used to analyze handwriting:
Angle
Upper zone
Lower zone
Middle zone
Slant
Size
Style
Pressure
Create an analysis chart or table with personality traits and corresponding handwriting characteristics. Tables can be created in a spreadsheet and printed or hand written.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/handwriting-analysis.htm
http://www.businessballs.com/graphologyhandwritinganalysis.htm
http://www.handwritinginsights.com/
http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/handwriting-analysis
Activity 1
On unlined paper write the following:
Your name
Eggs
Milk
Frosted Flakes
Tuna
Diet Pepsi
Cat Litter
Lemons
Now make notes ON the writing sample about the characteristics of the writing based on what you have learned above. Explain what each mark means. Be sure to include notes about each of the zones, slant, and style. If you have time, find a partner that has completed this activity and analyze one another’s sample.
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Wednesday
Complete writing prompt.
Give at least three examples of information you learned yesterday during your handwriting analysis research.
Using notes from yesterday, complete Activity 2.
Activity 2
You will be given a handwriting sample, and will need to create a personality profile of the author using your handwriting analysis notes.
Extend: How would this analysis be useful in ways other than forensics?
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Thursday
Book Fair Visit
Complete writing prompt.
Identify the following common fingerprint patterns: plain arch, tented arch, radial loop, ulnar loop, plain whorl, central pocket loop, double loop whorl, accidental whorl.
Fingerprinting
Activity 1 – Dusting for Fingerprints (Collaborative)
Activity 2 – Recording Your Fingerprints (Individual)
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Friday
Library Visit
Complete writing prompt.
Explain the job of a forensic entomologist.
Entomology
http://www.forensic-entomology.com/
Forensic Entomology
Insects as Evidence
Blow Fly Life Cycle
Crime Scene Creatures
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Monday
Complete writing prompt.
Describe the life cycle of a blow fly. How could this information be useful inn a forensic setting?
Entomology Continued
Forensic Review and Extension
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Additional Activities
Flash Sketch Artist Program - http://flashface.ctapt.de/
Autopsy of a Murder - http://www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com/static/autopsy/flash.htm
http://www.annakoren.com/handwriting-analysis-of-serial-killers.html