My room is clean. Empty. Except for the fish - which are doing very well. I've learned leaving things alone seems to be better than constant fussing over them - hmmmm. Less stress too!! :) I've put in grades, as a Senior class we are done. As of graduation I am no longer considered your teacher so please friend me on facebook so I can keep in touch. I love hearing about your journeys!! I know you will go far!! Oh the Places You Will GO!! I did a little diving in Lake Murray (still a bit chilly) and hope to travel to San Pedro Island off the coast of Belize (they have no Covid cases) in July. Keep in touch and let me know how you are doing! I'm always an email away. Love you and am proud of you!! Ms. R
"The Truth About Drugs" course/videos I mentioned. We saw the one on alcohol. Use this link to actually take the course: https://www.drugfreeworld.org/course/lesson/the-truth-about-drugs/
!!!!! FIELD TRIP!!!!!
Take a virtual tour of these Forensics Labs: http://stem-works.com/external/activity/6
Day 1: Toxicology Notes
Day 2 - Day 5: Choose a celebrity who died due to an overdose of drugs or alcohol and answer the following questions in a presentation:
Adobe Spark is great for adding pictures and music.
Out of School
Since we are in the middle of Drugs, Alcohol and Toxicology Unit I would love for you to know more about the drugs mentioned in the second part of the notes. I think we've done a good job of listing poisons and their effects. I want to practice calculating BAC and will be posting some practice problems.
As you start notes on drugs - take the opportunity to go through "The Truth About Drugs" course/videos I mentioned. We saw the one on alcohol. Use this link to actually take the course: https://www.drugfreeworld.org/course/lesson/the-truth-about-drugs/
!!!!! FIELD TRIP!!!!!
Take a virtual tour of these Forensics Labs: http://stem-works.com/external/activity/6
Materials needed for this course: 5 section spiral bound notebook
WHAT WE DID TODAY:
Thur/Tue, March 12/17 - Powerpoint
Fri/Mon, March 6/9 - Make up tests, Poisoners handbook arsenic to carbon monoxide
Wed/Thur, March 4/5 - Review, Test, Start "Poisoners Handbook You will need to make 3 column chart for the 1. poisoner/date/ other 2. type of poison 3. symptoms of that poison
Mon/Tue., March 2/3 - Practice angle of incidence and height of angle: see practice sheets
Thur/Fri, Feb. 27/28 - Vocab test review
Tue/Wed, Feb. 25/26 - Go over blood spatter worksheet, review notes, Lab assessment sheet QUIZ next class
Wed/Thur, Feb. 19/20 - Organize notebooks, WS Identifying graphics of Blood Spatter, Teacher Ppt - Blood Spatter
Fri/Tue, Feb, 14/18 - Completed lab - stand, walk, jog, run. Case: Dead REckoning - Wilson family
Wed/Thur, Feb. 12/13 - We went over last classes lab results. Cases: Garden of Evil and The Blood Trail
Mon/Tue, Feb. 10/11 - Blood lab part 3 & 4 - types of surface, area of convergence, angle of impact
Thur/Fri, Feb. 6/7 - Blood drop lab - part 2 - angle
Tue/Wed., Feb. 4/5 - Blood drop lab - part 1 - height
Fri./Mon., Jan. 31/Feb. 3 - Vocab and Notes sheet, Blood Spatter PowerPoint
Wed/Thur., Jan. 29/30 - vocab and blood spatter goose chase
Mon/Tue., Jan. 27/28 - Quiz, then explored the behavior of water when drops of water are placed on a penny, droped from heights, dropped from angles.
QUIZ NEXT CLASS!! Mon/Tue
Thur/Fri., Jan. 23/24 - After GATACCA, we discussed profiling and taking note of more than class evidence ex. personality traits. We also discussed Bioethics. Finally, please find your VOCABULARY, BLOOD TYPING WEBQUEST, Ch. 11 DNA ANALYSIS notes, and CRISPR articles. Study them for some quiz questions next class.
Tue/Wed. Jan. 21/22 - Discuss CRISPR and possible negative affects, apply what you have learned to GATTACA (see questions handout)
Thur/Fri., Jan. 16/17 - finish simulation, read CRISPR Cas9 2016 and 2017 articles. Then discuss 2018-2020. Possible Videos: Explaining CRISPR (historic), Crash course, Gene Drive,
Tue/Wed., Jan. 14/15 - Biotechnology wrap up then Activity: Simulation of DNA Replication Using PCR
Fri/Mon, Jan. 10/13 - Review, Lab, Ch. 11 notes using blue book, Biotechnology intro
Wed/Thur, Jan. 8/9 - Blood Typing Webquest, working links: Part 1 - front https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1930/landsteiner/biographical/
back page https://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/bloodtypinggame/
Part 2: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/blood_types/Intro.html
Part 3: https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/blood/ABO_system.htm
Part 4: Use google search
Mon/Tue, Jan, 6/7 - Today's Lesson (google slides), website https://sciencenotes.org/elements-in-the-human-body-and-what-they-do/
Fri. Dec. 20 - 2A and 4A exams: 3A
Thur. , Dec. 19 - 6B abd 8B exams; 5B and 7B
Wed., Dec. 18 - 1A and 3A exams; after 3A exam marble drop and personal and peer assessment . 2A and 4A exam review
Tue., Dec. 17 - 5B and 7B exams; after exam 5B marble drop and personal and peer assessment. 6B work on exam review
Mon., Dec. 16 - short classes, giving assembly, exam review
Thur/Fri, Dec. 12/13 - Oral exam review; Exam Review (student), Answers - teacher
Tue/Wed, 10/11 - Blood Types Lesson, Written Exam review given out
Fri./Mon. Dec 6/9 - Test and blood vocab (define using blue book)
Plasma, Erythrocyte, Leukocyte, Secretor, Serum, Antibodies, Antigens, Agglutination, Antiserum, Serology, Rh factor (had to Google this one)
Wed/Thur, Dec. 4/5 - Test Review - complete review - answers see Hair and Fiber Ppt STUDENT COPY,
Mon/Tue, Dec. 2/3 - Complete, wrap up and go over, hair and fiber lab
Teacher copy with review answers Hair and Fiber Ppt Teacher Copy
Mon/Tue. Nov. 25/26 - Hair and Fiber lab part 2
Thur./Fri., Nov. 21/22 - Hair and fiber lab part 1
Tue/Wed., Nov. 19/20 - Animal Hair lab, set up for Fiber lab, Jeffery MacDonald case in depth
Fri./Mon., Nov. 15/18 - Hair toxicology lesson, Anthony Peterson case in depth
Wed/Thur., Nov. 13/14 - Discussed notes - growth of hair to toxicology. Watched video clips on hair characteristics. Case Study: Hadden Clark/Laura H murder
Mon/Tue., Nov. 11/12 - VR experience of crime scenes, Google classroom assignment 4A: gvjp4q9 or 6B: 6j3s72 on fibers, forensic files on fiblers (know trilobal shape)
Thur/Fri., Nov. 7/8- Hair and fiber notes, use ppt attached above to complete notes. Student Notes
Tue/Wed, Nov.5/6- Hair and fiber evidence lesson
Wed/Mon Oct. 30-Nov.4
YELLOW BOOK – flip through this book, it is much more advanced than the blue book and has some really good diagrams, cases and photos. This is a two class, in class assignment. Read Ch. 3 - Summarize the Scott Peterson case p. 82-83 then complete the Chapter Review pp. 103-104 #s 1-25. Note Physical Evidence in Figures 3-1, 3-2, 3-6, 3-8 & 3-9, and 3-11. Then turn to Ch. 15 on Fingerprints – pay close attention to the tools and techniques used to lift prints. List and describe each print on pp. 556-558. New Unit: Check out Chapter 11 Trace Evidence: Hair and Fibers - Read and summarize in your case study section of your notebook the Jeffery MacDonald case p. 410. Read Chapter 11: Answer questions pp. 439 -440 #s 1-30. On pp. 441-443 try questions 5, 6 and 7
Thur/Tue., Oct. 24/29 - Make up work day, ALL assignments due by end of class
Tue./Wed., Oct. 22 -23, TEST
Fri./Mon., Oct. 18/21 - Test Review - student, teacher Correction #21 should be LATENT!!
Wed/Thur., Oct. 16/17 - We completed the rest of the imprint lab - tires, rope, teeth, iodine fingerprints
Mon/Tue., Oct. 14/15 - Review FP notes, activities impression evidence 1) discover a note 2) lifting an impression with plaster 3) dusting and lifting fingerprints off of glass Case Study: Larry Gene Bell
Thur/Fri., Oct. 10/11 - Go over notes (see teacher notes), activity - match fingerprints of suspects to fingerprints found at the scene,
TUe/Wed., Oct. 8/9 - Use blue textbook to complete notes, video - compare fingerprints, handout: Fingerprint basics
make up day
Thur/Fri, Oct. 3/4 - Fingerprinting - notes introduction, Henry-FBI classification; we drew our hand and identified arches vs. loops. vs whorls
Tue/Wed, Oct. 1/2 - Went over tests, Fingerprinting web quest: Site 1, Site 2
Fri/Mon, Sept. 27/30 - TEST, fingerprint worksheet
Wed/Thur, Sept. 25/26 - Brief review for test, went over notes for sketching, finish making crime scenes, complete a rough draft, complete a final draft of the crime scene.
Mon/Tue, Sept. 23/24 - Review (how to directions) problems on calculating probability of class evidence, Notes/video on crime scene sketches - video 1, video 2, **Need lab sheet and notes** used rest of class to create a crime scene (based on CLUE) then will make rough sketch (don't forget to photograph) and final sketches next class.
Thur/Fri, Sept. 19/20 - Went over quiz, went over lab results of Class vs. Individualized evidence, discussed how class evidence can be individualized and calculated (looking at stats from Wayne Williams case) then sample on pp. 28-29 of text book, and finally over view of OJ Simpson case - NOTES ***Lab grade was taken - I asked students to name a "class evidence" object that might be found at a crime scene and explain how it is considered class, then tell how it could be individualized.
Tue/Wed , Sept. 17/18 - Open notes quiz, Wayne Williams case (video and article)
Fri/Mon., Sept. 13/16 - We reviewed notes taken on Ch.1 so far, completed a Class vs. Individualized evidence activity, make sure notes are complete for an open notes quiz next class
Wed/Thur., Sept. 11/12 - Review, FACES program, fingerprint art
Mon/Tue - Sept. 9/10 -
Discuss eye witness accounts and look at activities that make us invstigate why we see what we see further
a) Motorcycle phenomenon
b) Selective attention - video clip
c) Check out these links and see if anything is "new" or surprising to you:
d) Eyewitness ppt first few slides - memory game
e) Ronald Cotton case
Make sure all notes complete.
Fri - Sept. 6 - Study Crime Report, Answer questions in chart about skits, Complete Notes Part II, Go to CSI – The Experience - and complete Case One: The Rookie Experience http://forensics.rice.edu/
Thur - Sept. 5 - Out due to possible effects of Hurricane Dorian
Wed, Sept. 4 - Skit practice, skits with "crime reports", begin Ch. 1 notes using Blue book
Tue., Sept. 3 - Study Crime Report, Answer questions in chart about skits, Complete Notes Part II, Go to CSI – The Experience - and complete Case One: The Rookie Experience http://forensics.rice.edu/
Fri, Aug 30 - interrupted by assembly and alternate schedule
Thur Aug. 29 - Skit practice, skits with "crime reports", begin Ch. 1 notes using Blue book and Ppt.
Tue/Wed Aug. 27/28 - Safety Contracts Due, 5 subject notebook Due., Set up notebooks, solving crimes: bank robbery, the deadly pic-nic. Skit assignments
skit assignments - to be performed next class, bring some props
Fri/Mon Aug. 23/26 - Turn in Safety Contracts. Getting to know you sheet. We wrapped up our look at bite mark evidence with an activity and discussion of living tissue vs. tissue that is losing water. How the use of bite marks as evidence might be misinterpreted or misused. Read an article, "Is this the end of bite marks as evidence?" Discussed. Watched a case where a person had been convicted with poor bite mark analysis.
Wed/Thur Aug. 21/22 - Please get a 5 subject spiral bound notebook by Tue/Wed. Please get your Lab Safety contract signed as soon as possible. Dental impression activity
INDEX
p. 1 8/27-28/19 Data Table 1 re: Deadly Pic Nic
p. 2 A day 8/29/19 or B-day 9/4 Skits with written crime reports
p. 3 A day 8/29 or B day 9/4 Ch. 1 Notes Part I (Blue Book)
p. 4 A day 9/3 or Bday 9/5 Chart with skit recall questions
p. 5 9/ 6 & 7 Ch. 1 Part II Notes (Blue Book)
9/8-12 Notes review, Faces computer activity, and Thumb print art
p. 6 9/13 & 16 Individualized Evidence Lab (p. 30-32 Blue Book)
9/17 & 18 Reviewed Lab, oral notes review
p. 7 9/19 & 20 Unit 1 Notes Part III - Crime Scene Sketches and Probability
p, 8 9/23-24 Forensics - Probability and Class Evidence practice/how to
p. 9 9/25-26 Forensics Test Review
p. 10 9/27-30 Fingerprint Challenge
p. 11 10/1&2 Fingerprint webquest - opposite page hand drawn with taped on fingerprints
p. 12 10/3 & 4 Unit 2 - Impression Evidence notes
p. 13 10/10 & 11 Lab: Classifying Fingerprints
p. 14 10/14 & 15 Lab: Impression Evidence observation notes stations 1 and 2
p. 15 10/16 & 17 Lab: Impression Evidence observation notes stations 3-6
p. 16 10/18 & 21 Fingerprint Test Review
LAST SECTION
Cases
#1 Ronald Cotton/Jennifer Thompson
#2 Wayne Williams
#3 OJ Simpson
#4 Larry Gene Bell (Shari Smith) case