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The course consists of one semester of Forensics and one semester of Marine Biology and one semester of Forensics

Forensics
Description: Forensic science is the application of science to criminal and civil law; dealing specifically with evidence. Topics covered will be crime scene analysis; hair and fiber evidence; DNA analysis; fingerprint analysis; blood spatter analysis and toxicology. This forensics class will use the scientific method and laboratory activities to investigate each topic. Analysis of current television shows and real court cases; along with visits by local professionals in the field will be an integral part of this class. Critical reading and analytical skills; as well as team work; are a must for success in this class.

Mystery Analysis (20%) - 5 Minute Mysteries; analysis of CSI episodes and
forensic movie clips; crime scenes

Lab Analyses (20%) - Lab reports on fiber analysis; blood spatter;
toxicology; DNA; etc.

Case Study (20%) - Written paper/presentation on a real case

Readings / Quizzes (20%) – Reading reflections; quizzes on readings and
skills

Final Exam (20%) - You may use all of your notes on the final exam.

Forensics Labs:
1. Handwriting Analysis
Objectives: Students look at 5 different handwriting samples and characterize traits for each sample. Students then get another “sample” and students have to determine which of the 5 suspects is the guilty forgery signature.
2. Fingerprint analysis
Objectives: Students make a 5 card for each of their hands and identify the traits of their own fingerprints.
Objectives: Students use different techniques to “lift” fingerprints from classroom furniture and everyday objects. Then; students identify common traits found on those fingerprints.
3. Crime Scene “seeing the scene”. This lab is done several times; each time getting more and more complex.
Objectives: Students observe a crime scene and are expected to record the scene using the proper recording techniques (sketching; drawing; photographing; identifying the evidence in an organized manner)
4. Crime Scene “securing the evidence” This is a repeating lab… done with each unit.
Objectives: Using proper procedures; students must collect and record different pieces of evidence. (fingerprints; fiber; soil; paint; blood)
5. How did Timmy Die? (This lab is done several times per week at the beginning of class)
Objectives: Students must identify evidence at the crime scene of Timmy’s death (Timmy is our dummy) and use the evidence to piece together the scenario of how Timmy died. Students must use evidence to support their conclusions.
6. Fiber labs
Objectives: Using information from our book; students look at 20 different fiber samples under a microscope and try to identify each fiber type based on their weave pattern.
Objectives: Using a simple flame test; students attempt to identify unknown fiber samples using common characteristics of known fibers to heat and flame.
7. Blood labs
Objectives: Students attempt to figure out who committed a series of crimes using blood typing procedures. There have been a series of “crimes” committed around our community. The culprits have left a few drops of blood at each scene. Using correct collection methods (see #4 above); students then test each sample for blood type and compare it to possible suspects who were seen in the area of each crime.
Objectives: Part I - Students observe and record the effect that height has on a blood drop shape by dropping blood from .5m; 1 meter; 2 meters; 3 meters. Based on the presence or lack of satellites and spikes as well as the diameter; students can easily predict the height at which blood fell.
Part 2 – Students observe what happens when blood drops at 10degree angle; 30 degree angle; 45 degree angle and 75 degree angle. Students then graph their findings and can use their graph for subsequent crime scenes where blood drops are found. They can predict the angle at which a person was falling by using their graph.
Part 3 – Measuring the lines of convergence of 3 different blood drops and using mathematical equations; students will determine the distance and location of a blood’s source.
8. Forensic Anthropology
Bone identification lab
Objective: Part I - Students will identify unknown bones by comparing to a chart and to a full skeleton.
Part 2 – Students will determine whether a bone is male or female; the approximate age as well as nutritional status of the bone sample.

Marine Science

Marine Biology/Oceanography is a single semester; upper level; elective science class designed to
challenge juniors and senior students interested in learning more about the physical; biological and
ecological characteristics of the ocean biome that covers much of the earth. Students enrolled in this
course will study water chemistry with a focus on salinity and density; the physical characteristics of
the ocean basin and shoreline; ocean ecology including life zones; and life in the ocean; from algae to
mammals. Political and ecological issues that affect the ocean basin will also be covered.

Day # Date Weekday Activity
1 5-Jan Sunday
2 6-Jan Monday Intro - Syllabus - Grading - Pretest
3 7-Jan Tuesday Oceanography - Chapter 22.1 - Guided Reading WS
4 8-Jan Wednesday Quiz on Guided Reading -
5 9-Jan Thursday Properties of Water - Groups - Identify 12 key vocabulary and 15 key concepts in 22.2;22.3
6 10-Jan Friday "Quiz - Characteristics of Water and Ocean Water 22.2;22.3
Then Discuss My Notes"
7 11-Jan Saturday
8 12-Jan Sunday
9 13-Jan Monday Lab - Properties of Ocean Water - Density; Salinity
10 14-Jan Tuesday Finish lab - Demonstrate Salinity and Temperature with colored water in two flasks - most dense on bottom then invert the flasks
11 15-Jan Wednesday
12 16-Jan Thursday Review for Exam - Study guide
13 17-Jan Friday Exam
14 18-Jan Saturday
15 19-Jan Sunday
16 20-Jan Monday Martin Luther King Day - No school
17 21-Jan Tuesday Sketches - How Tectonics Affects the Topography of the Ocean Basin - pg. 176
18 22-Jan Wednesday Quiz - Tectonics and Isostasy - Lecture to fill gaps in knowledge
19 23-Jan Thursday Isostasy Lab - Pennies and Tin foil
20 24-Jan Friday Talk about outlining - Start filling in outline from Chapter 23; Sections 1 and 2
21 25-Jan Saturday
22 26-Jan Sunday
23 27-Jan Monday Quiz Chapter 23 Sections 1 and 2
24 28-Jan Tuesday Complete Outline Sections 3 and 4
25 29-Jan Wednesday Quiz Outline - Sections 3 and 4
26 30-Jan Thursday Modeling lab - the ocean basin
27 31-Jan Friday Modeling lab - the ocean basin
28 1-Feb Saturday
29 2-Feb Sunday
30 3-Feb Monday Modeling lab - Write up
31 4-Feb Tuesday Review for Exam - using a chart with columns for feature; process; location; sketch
32 5-Feb Wednesday Exam - Matching; Ordering; identification by sight and description
33 6-Feb Thursday Tsunami Video - Old One - Discovery "Tidal Wave"
34 7-Feb Friday "Library Research - 1 page essay - Intro with 1st 3 slides of 'Ocean Currents' PPT
How do ocean currents affect countries?
Ecologically; economically; culturally; historically; meteorologically"
35 8-Feb Saturday
36 9-Feb Sunday
37 10-Feb Monday "Library Research - 1 page essay
How do ocean currents affect countries?
Ecologically; economically; culturally; historically; meteorologically"
38 11-Feb Tuesday Surface Currents- Notes from PowerPoint
39 12-Feb Wednesday "Quiz - Surface Currents - Using Notes
Start 24.2 - Currents beneath the Surface"
40 13-Feb Thursday PowerPoint - El Nino
41 14-Feb Friday Ocean Tides Chapter 24.3
42 15-Feb Saturday
43 16-Feb Sunday
44 17-Feb Monday Wave and tide Models - Styrofoam balls; globes; straws with oil and colored water in pans
45 18-Feb Tuesday Ocean Waves chapter 16 - Page 344
46 19-Feb Wednesday Review for Exam - Waves; Currents and Tides
47 20-Feb Thursday Rodeo Days
48 21-Feb Friday Rodeo Days
49 22-Feb Saturday
50 23-Feb Sunday
51 24-Feb Monday Exam
52 25-Feb Tuesday Shoreline Features in Library - Inserting photos into chart with descriptions
53 26-Feb Wednesday Complete Chart on Shoreline Features in Library
54 27-Feb Thursday Review Shoreline Features on PowerPoint - Build Shoreline features with clay
55 28-Feb Friday Quiz on Shoreline Features on PowerPoint
56 1-Mar Saturday
57 2-Mar Sunday
58 3-Mar Monday Charles Darwin - Biography
59 4-Mar Tuesday List all Vocabulary from Biology 2.1 and 2.2 - Define terms that you don't remember
60 5-Mar Wednesday Exam Retakes - Vocabulary Review - Using Ecology Terms - 2.1 and 2.2
61 6-Mar Thursday Worksheet on Charles Darwin
62 7-Mar Friday Grade WS on Charles Darwin - Review Natural Selection
63 8-Mar Saturday
64 9-Mar Sunday
65 10-Mar Monday Intertidal Ecology Lecture - Zones and Adaptations to Dessication; Waves; Predators
66 11-Mar Tuesday Library research - Adaptations to intertidal zones
67 12-Mar Wednesday Symbiosis - using symbols +; -; 0
68 13-Mar Thursday Watch Video - Describe marine examples of symbiosis
69 14-Mar Friday Intro to Taxonomy - Memo 3 domains and 6 kingdoms and characteristics - Quiz
70 15-Mar Saturday
71 16-Mar Sunday
72 17-Mar Monday Spring Break
73 18-Mar Tuesday Spring Break
74 19-Mar Wednesday Spring Break
75 20-Mar Thursday Spring Break
76 21-Mar Friday Spring Break
77 22-Mar Saturday
78 23-Mar Sunday
79 24-Mar Monday Algae Page - Characteristics;
80 25-Mar Tuesday Microscope - Algae (Volvox; Euglena; spirogyra & bottom; top of Pond)
81 26-Mar Wednesday Microscope - Algae (Volvox; Euglena; spirogyra & bottom; top of Pond)
82 27-Mar Thursday Algae Quiz - Big Quiz - with notes
83 28-Mar Friday Sponge Powerpoint and notes
84 29-Mar Saturday
85 30-Mar Sunday
86 31-Mar Monday "Cnidarians Reading; notes; sketch
Microscope Spicules; Hydra "
87 1-Apr Tuesday Build a reef with sponges and cnidarians - clay lab activity
88 2-Apr Wednesday Microscope Spicules; Hydra . . . Exam - Notes - Sponges and Cnidaria
89 3-Apr Thursday Organization of Worms - PPT - Worms
90 4-Apr Friday Parasitic Worm Research - Ascaris; Fasciola; Taenia; - Library
91 5-Apr Saturday
92 6-Apr Sunday
93 7-Apr Monday Molluscs and the Culinary Arts - Library - find an appealing recipe for snail; clam; oysters and squid. What are they called in the culinary field? Design a feast complete with appetizers; main course; drinks; and desert incorporating all of the above molluscs
94 8-Apr Tuesday Organization of Molluscs -
95 9-Apr Wednesday Mollusk Notes from reading
96 10-Apr Thursday PowerPoint - Snail Parts
97 11-Apr Friday Quiz Snails - label and give functin of clam parts
98 12-Apr Saturday
99 13-Apr Sunday
100 14-Apr Monday Clam Sketch; label; functions of Clams - External dissection
101 15-Apr Tuesday Clam Dissection - Internal
102 16-Apr Wednesday Show Mollusc PPT - Sketch; label; functions of Squid Parts (738)
103 17-Apr Thursday Review for Test Mollusca
104 18-Apr Friday Test - Mollusca
105 19-Apr Saturday
106 20-Apr Sunday
107 21-Apr Monday Echinoderms - Book
108 22-Apr Tuesday Echinoderms - Book
109 23-Apr Wednesday Echinoderms - PowerPoint
110 24-Apr Thursday Arthropods - PowerPoint
111 25-Apr Friday Arthropods - dissect Crayfish
112 26-Apr Saturday
113 27-Apr Sunday
114 28-Apr Monday Chondrichtyes - All structres and systems related to food getting - Skin; tooth; gill slits; digestive system; sensory organs; excretory organs
115 29-Apr Tuesday Chondrichtyes - PPT
116 30-Apr Wednesday Osteichthyes - Body Plan
117 1-May Thursday Osteichthyes - PPT
118 2-May Friday Birds - shore birds
119 3-May Saturday
120 4-May Sunday
121 5-May Monday Birds - Swimming birds
122 6-May Tuesday Amphibians and Reptiles
123 7-May Wednesday Amphibians and Reptiles
124 8-May Thursday Mammals - PowerPoint
125 9-May Friday Mammals - General Body Plan
126 10-May Saturday
127 11-May Sunday
128 12-May Monday Mammal - Seals; Sea Lions; Walruses - General body Plan/Behavior
129 13-May Tuesday Mammals - Whales; Porpoises; Dolphins - General Body Plan/Behavior
130 14-May Wednesday Training a mammal for show
131 15-May Thursday Review for Zoology Test
132 16-May Friday Take zoology Test - Lab and written
133 17-May Saturday
134 18-May Sunday
135 19-May Monday Review for Finals
136 20-May Tuesday Final Exams
137 21-May Wednesday Final Exams
138 22-May Thursday Final Exams
139 23-May Friday Final Day - Students Half-day
140 24-May Saturday

Length of Lab (days) Lab Title
2 Lab - Properties of Ocean Water - Density; Salinity
3 Mapping and Modeling lab - the ocean basin
2 Wave and tide Models - Styrofoam balls; globes; straws with oil and colored water in pans
1 Build Shoreline features with clay
2 Microscope - Algae (Volvox; Euglena; spirogyra & bottom; top of Pond)
2 Build a coral reef - clay; paper; toothpicks; string; tape
1 Microscope Spicules; Hydra
1 Clams - External Dissection
1 Clam - Internal Dissection
1 Arthropods - Dissect Crayfish (appendages)
1 Arthropods - Dissect Crayfish (internal)
1 Training a mammal for show
1 Lab final - Structures; microscope samples;
19 TOTAL DAYS IN LAB

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