Forensic Science First Quarter Syllabus

Aug. 21    Class rules and Introduction, Observation Activity, Adventure of the Dancing Men

Aug. 22 Chapter 1: What is forensic science?, Highlights in the history of forensic science, crime laboratories

Aug. 23 Types of crimes, Federal Rules of Evidence, Locard Principle, hearsay

Aug. 24 Fantastically Fun Fridays #1:  pennies id, scramble, you solve the crime, organization acronyms, mystery items id, picture search

Aug. 27 Types of Crimes - 41 different types of crimes

Aug. 28  Types of Crimes - more of the 41 different types of crimes

Aug. 29  Mr. Fabrizio:types of courts, types of laws, Bill of Rights, Miranda, Escobedo

Aug. 30  2nd, 4th & 5th Amendments http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/index.htm

Aug. 31 6th, 7th & 8th Amendments  http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/bill_of_rights/index.htm

Sept. 4  The Deadly Picnic Activity

Sept. 5  Quizzle,

Sept. 6  Chapter 2 Powerpoint

Sept. 7  Film on arson, DNA science

Sept. 10  Review types of crimes, quiz

Sept. 11 Exercise on Probablity and Class Evidence

Sept. 12  Review for Chapter 1 & 2 Test

Sept. 13  Individual vs. Class Evidence Worksheet

Sept. 14  Test - Chapter 1 & 2

Sept. 17  The Crime Scene

Sept. 18  The Crime Scene

Sept. 19  Collecting Evidence

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Sept. 27 

Sept. 28    No Classes

Oct. 1    Fingerprint Powerpoint

Oct. 2    Fingerprint Powerpoint

Oct. 3

Oct. 4

Oct. 5    Homecoming - No classes

Oct. 8    No classes

Oct. 9      Fingerprints

Oct. 10 

Oct. 11   

Oct. 12  Packet -

Oct. 15  Review for Test - Chapter 3 & 4 

Oct. 16  Test - Chp. 3 & 4

Oct. 17  Newspaper Articles

Oct. 18  The Adler Food Mystery: http://www.shodor.org/ssep/stu/activities/forensic/index.html

Oct. 19

End of 1st Quarter

Quarter 1Topics

Chp. 1 - Introduction to Forensic Science & Law

Chp. 2 - Types of Evidence

Chp. 3 -  The Crime Scene

Chp. 4 - Fingerprints

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