Forensics

= The Essential Questions for the Unit =

* How can forensics help in other areas besides crime?
January 13- Observations and inferences!



January 15-

Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning-

January 17- More connecting claims, evidence and reasoning. "My Dad's a Space Alien" [|What's the evidence for this?]

Check out this exemplar to improve-

January 28- Practice using a microscope and preparing slide as way to examine evidence. Practice learning the parts of the microscope here. [|Microscope part]

Rubric for using the microscope

January 30- Microscope practice, practice, practice. Learn how to make a wet and dry mount slide. How to prepare a slide [|Preparing plant and animal cell slides] Study for a quiz on microscope parts and function on Sunday. Use the links above.

February 5 Microscope practical today! And, look at hair under the microscope. Use the Powerpoint above for background information.

February 11- Study Chapter 2 for a quiz that will be coming on Wednesday. Use the shared doc we wrote in class to review.

Chromatography is a method to separate mixtures based on their properties. Check out this website for separating mixtures [|NOVA] We'll separate some ink in today's lab. Chromatography Lab-Whose pen is it?



February 18- Make sure that your Rf numbers are correct! Have them ready for Wednesday when you walk into class.

February 20- Write a conclusion for the chromatography lab and then upload it to Moodle. Here are the requirements.

February 25- Summative assessment using chromatography- Whose pen is it? Use the checklist and rubric below to evaluate your work.

March 4- Have you uploaded your chromatography file correctly to Moodle? Continuation of Tire Tracks lab. Check out the rubric.

March 6 and 8- Writing conclusions. Redo your chromatography conclusion with the feedback you received.

March 10- Finish analyzing the tire track data and write a conclusion. USE THE RUBRIC ABOVE! Check the document for which suspect has the tire type you identified. Eliminate more suspects from your list.

Introduction to blood evidence.





March 14- Finish writing the conclusion for the blood typing identification investigation. It is time to identify the culprit! The requirements for the summary. Your choices for showing your learning.

The project will be due on Sunday, March 24.