Welcome to CHS Forensic Science, Spring 2010

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Friday, April 23, 2010

Thurs, Apr 29

LAB TIME
PowerPoint Presentations – Turn in Questions

Weds, Apr 28

LAB TIME
Continue PowerPoints

Tues, Apr 27

Unit 8 Review Game (Betting Game)
Unit 8 Quiz
Unit 9 Concept Map - Drugs
Form Groups for Drug Types Presentations
Media Center Lab to create PowerPoint Presentations

Mon, Apr 26

Physical Science Reference
-Read and Highlight

Review Worksheets
- Atomic Dimensions
- Isotope vs. different elements

Emission Spectroscopy
-gas glow tube demo

Review Questions III (divide and conquer)

Quiz Tues

Fri, Apr 23

Conclude Electromagnetic Spectrum Lab
-Share Data
-Graphs and Conclusion

Review Questions II
Concept Map (Back Side)

Thurs, Apr 22

Electromagnetic Spectrum & Waves

Spectrophotometer Lab
-assign wavelengths
-work on prelab questions

Weds, Apr 21

Did Peat Cheat? Lab
- Set up Lab
- Complete Chrom. Chart Notes
- Highlight Reference Handout
- Complete Lab

Unit 8 Rev. Quest. 1

Tues, Apr 20

Unit 7 Quiz

Unit 8 Concept Map (front Side)

Review Wksts.
-ID substances
-Elements, Compounds, Mixtures
-Phase changes

Mon, Apr 19

Go Over Unit 7 Rev. Quest.

Shoe Impressions Lab
Day 2
-Clean off Prints and Put Supplies Away

Start Shoe Impressions Lab Questions – 5 Characteristics to compare for shoe impressions

Video Case Study – Tools of Death

Fri, Apr 16

Shoe Impressions Lab – Day 1
-Make Print
-Make Cast

Unit 7 Rev. Quest.

Video Case Study – Richard Ramirez

Thurs, Apr 15

Bite Mark Lab

Exhibit A – Bite Mark Case Study

Carmine Calabora Case study

Unit 7 Quiz TUES

Weds, Apr 14

Create Bite Marks

Tool Mark Lab

Bruno Hauptman Case Study

Tues, Apr 13

Review Unit 7 Concept Map

Tire Track Lab

Tire Track Inventory

Tire Track Matching Activity

Mon, Apr 12

Open Note Firearms Quiz *Use collection and Preservation H.W. Questions Info included on quiz

Complete Unit 7 Concept Map

Thurs, Apr 1

Finish Ballistics stations
Watch firearms video

Weds, Mar 31

Unit 7
Firearms Concept Map and powerpoint
Begin Ballistics stations
H.W. Collection and Preservation of Firearms Evidence

Tues, Mar 30

Present Mid-Term Projects

Turn in Notebooks

Mon, Mar 29

Computer Lab

Begin
Presenting Mid-Term Projects

Fri, Mar 26

Mid Term Lab Practical
Computer Time

Thurs, Mar 25

Mid Term Lab Practical
Computer Time

Weds, Mar 24

Mid Term Lab Practical
-Complete Evidence Processing and Computer Time

Tues, Mar 23

Mid Term Lab Practical
-Introduce Process
-Begin Processing Evidence

Mon, Mar 22

Notebook Exam

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Thurs, Mar 18

1) Finish Latent Fingerprint Lab
2) Unit 6 quiz
3) Conclude Fingerprints Unit
4) Organize Notebooks
*NOTEBOOK EXAM MONDAY & Midterm exam all next week

Weds, Mar 17

1) Finish Unit Concept Map and notes: Latent Fingerprints
2) Begin Latent fingerprint lab

Tues, Mar 16

1) Fingerprint ID Lab: students fingerprint themselves on ID card & Balloon & complete Lab - due tomorrow

Mon, Mar 15

1) Continue Fingerprint Concept Map & Notes: Ridge Characteristics
2) Practice identifying Ridge Characteristic and Fingerprint patterns
3) Fingerprint Challenge Hmwk (due tomorrow)

Thurs, Mar 11

1) Unit 5 water retention review
2) Unit 5 quiz
3) Begin Unit 6 concept map & Notes: Fingerprints - Whorls, Loops, & Arches

Weds, Mar 10

1) Finish fibers lab
2) Unit 5 Review
* Unit 5 quiz tomorrow

Mon, 8

1) Fiber ID lab
*Unit quiz Thurs (no school tomorrow - ACT)

Fri, Mar 5

1) Complete Fibers Lab Water Retention data
2) Watch video Case study
3) Paint Review Questions

Thurs, Mar 4

1) Finish Fibers Lab
2) Fiber Review Questions for hmwk: due tomorrow

Weds, Mar 3

1) Continue Unit 5 Concept Map: Fibers
2) Begin Fibers Lab

Tues, Mar 2

1) Start and complete Hairy Cat Capers Lab
2) Wayne Williams questions: due tomorrow

Mon, Mar 1

1) Continue and finish hair lab
2) Hair Review questions and Collection and Preservation of hair, fiber and paint Questions: Hmwk due tomorrow

Fri, Feb 26

1) Continue hair lab (due monday)

Thurs, Feb 25

1) Unit 4 quiz
2) Unit 5 concept map: Hair
3) Begin Hair lab

Weds, Feb 24

1) Unit 4 Concept map: Soil
2) Soil Lab
3) Collection and Preservation of Glass and Soil Evidence Hmwk: due tomorrow

Tues, Feb 23

1) Continue and finish Glass Fragment Lab
2) CSI episode: Refraction

mon, Feb 22

1) Glass fragment Lab

Fri, Feb 19

1) Continue Refraction demos/labs
2) begin glass lab (broken window)

Thurs, Feb 18

1) Continue unit 4 notes: Glass fragments
-refraction
-fractures
2) Refraction labs
-ghost crystals
-spectrum
-penny refraction

Weds, Feb 17

1) Individual vs Class quiz/test
2) start Unit 4 notes: Physical properties

Tues, Feb 16

1) Review Individual vs Class
2) organize notebooks

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Thurs, Feb 11

1) Finish Individual vs Class Lab
- Individual vs Class Quiz next wednesday
2) Watch Case study

Weds, Feb 10

SNOW DAY:)

Tues, Feb 9

1) Stations Quiz
2) Begin Individual vs Class notes
3) Individual vs Class Lab (finish thursday)

Mon, Feb 8

1) Review stations lab
- stations quiz tomorrow (can use stations lab)
2) Unit 3 concept map
3) Erique Camarena Case Reading and Questions (due tomorrow)

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Fri, Feb 5

1) Finish Crime Scene Stations and turn in
2) Watch "48 hours: Man Murders Wife from Kzoo" video

Thurs, Feb 4

1) Continue Crime Scene Stations

Weds, Feb 3

1) Explain and begin Crime Scene Stations (due by the end of class on Fri)

Tues, Feb 2

1) Finish Crime scene lab
2) Watch photography video

Mon, Feb 1

*Turn in observation lab
1) Unit 2 concept map
2) Make-up room crime scene (sketches/lab due by the end of class tomorrow)
3) Crime scene Reading and Questions (due tomorrow)

Fri, Jan 29

1) Observation Lab (due today)

Thurs, Jan 28

1) Review metric system homework and turn in
2) Review for quiz
3) Observation Demo - Potato Candle
4) Rose Larner Video Case study

Weds, Jan 27

*Collect safety contracts and ZAP forms
1) Density of glass lab (due at the end of class)
2) Review metric system and assign hmwk (due tomorrow)
*Quiz tomorrow

Tues, Jan 26

*Collect safety contracts and ZAP forms
1) Review concept map
2) Collect homework
3) Stereoscope lab (due by the end of clas)
* Quiz Thursday

Mon, Jan 25

1) Introduction
- Syllabus
- Safety Contracts
- Tour of the Room
2) Forensic Science KWL
3) Unit 1 Concept Map
4) OJ Simpson Case Hmwk (due tomorrow)

Teaching Philosophy

"I hear—I forget, I see—I learn, I do—I understand, I teach—I master"

The quote above describes a good portion of my teaching philosophy. I believe students learn the most when they are engaged in the learning. This can be done by incorporating activities into a lecture or by relating a lesson to the experiences of the students. Each student is unique, therefore, it is imperative to incorporate multiple learning styles (visual, logical, kinesthetic, etc) and diversity within a lecture.

When a student is capable of teaching the information he or she has learned, it is a sign that he/she has mastered the