Welcome to CHS Forensic Science, Spring 2010

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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

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