PHYSICAL SCIENCE – SPRING 2004



Forensic Science–Fall 2019 Syllabus & Expectations Coach BROOKS

GRADING POLICY: Major Test and Projects…………………….....……..…57%

(Grading policy is Daily Grades and Quizzes….…...……………..……….23%

subject to change) Final Exam ……...………….….....……………...…......20%

Science Grading Policy regarding Test Recovery - If a student earns a 74% or less on a unit test, then the student may retake that unit test to earn a maximum of a 75% on the assessment. If the student chooses to retake the test, then the test retake must be completed within 2 weeks after the original graded assessment has been given back to the student for review.

SUPPLIES: Students will need a 3-ring binder, pens/pencils and notebook paper.

TEXTBOOK: The official class textbook is by Cengage. The title is Forensic Science: Fundamentals and Investigations. I will not assign a book to take home. I will make an online copy available for use. If a student would instead like to check out a copy, just let me know. If a student does not return the book or damages the book in any way, shape or form; then he/she is responsible for replacing the book at full cost of $116.50.

CLASS EXPECTATIONS: Students are expected to bring their notebook, calculator, paper and writing utensils to class each day. Work is due on the day it is assigned, unless otherwise noted. Any major assignment, lab report or project turned in one day late will be counted off 25% and may not be accepted after 4 days.

STUDYING: This is a challenging course. Nightly studying will improve your grades. I suggest at least 20 minutes each night and more before tests and quizzes. Most of you need this class to graduate. If you are a senior, start strong and finish well.

ATTENDANCE/MAKEUP WORK: It is important that students attend class regularly. Because the class is taught on the block schedule, we cover a large amount of material each day. All worked missed due to an absence should be made up as soon as possible. When the teacher sees that the absence is excused then the credit will be given for the make-up work. It is the student’s responsibility to check the absentee folder and obtain any missed work. I am available on an as needed basis to help students complete make-up work; however the student needs to initiate that they need help.

EXTRA HELP: I am available on Monday and Wednesday morning or Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoons. We will also look to add one morning a week as well to offset losing the afternoons. If you need help, please schedule a tutoring session with me. Students need to sign in when they arrive for a tutoring session.

EATING IN CLASS: Eating and drinking need to be kept to a minimum. If trash is left in the room, then eating and drinking will be totally prohibited. Due to the risk of contamination from chemicals, no food/drink may be consumed during a lab.

LAB EXPECTATIONS: All labs will be conducted in a manner consistent with the lab safety rules that are distributed and signed at the beginning of the semester. These rules will be re-emphasized at the beginning of each lab. Labs will also help us achieve our school goal to improve writing, so we will do formal lab reports to accompany most labs. There will be five formal lab reports. These reports will be graded and averaged together to be entered as a summative grade.

HALL PASSES AND TARDIES: Students should make every effort to go to lockers, restroom, etc. between classes. Students will be marked tardy if they are not in the classroom when the bell rings and the student will be required to sign in at the ISS room and then present their pass to enter class. The NPHS tardy policy for tardy discipline will be followed. If a student needs to leave during class, then they will need to take a classroom pass signed by the teacher with them.

USE OF PHONE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Students are not to have their phone or any electronic device out in sight during instructional time. The only exception is when the teacher asks the students to use their device for research or for a calculator. If this rule is broken, then the teacher will ask the student to put their phone in the “cell jail”. Two cell jails will result in an administrator write-up. Electronic devices may never be used as a calculator during a quiz or a test.

NOTE TO PARENTS: This is a senior level class taught with a HIGH LEVEL of expectation from the teacher. It is my experience that parental involvement increases a child’s achievement. Typically, students need this class to graduate in May. I encourage you to access your child’s grades on a regular basis through the on-line service that the school provides. Please contact me if you have any questions concerning your child’s progress. I am available before and after school. The school phone number 770-443-9400 and my email address is JBrooks@paulding.k12.ga.us .

Forensic Science Standards

|SFS1. Students will recognize and classify various types of evidence in relation to the definition and scope of Forensic Science. |

| |a. Compare and contrast the history of scientific forensic techniques used in collecting and submitting evidence for admissibility in court (e.g. Locard’s |

| |Exchange Principle, Frye standard, Daubert ruling). |

| |b. Distinguish and categorize physical and trace evidence (e.g. ballistics, drugs, fibers, fingerprints, glass, hair, metal, lip prints, soil, and toxins). |

| |c. Determine the proper techniques to search, isolate, collect, and record physical and trace evidence. |

| |d. Evaluate the relevance of possible evidence at the site of an investigation. |

| |e. Organize relevant information to accurately develop and submit both scene and analysis reports. |

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|SFS2. Students will use various scientific techniques to analyze physical and trace evidence. |

| |a. Identify and utilize appropriate techniques used to lift and evaluate readable, latent, plastic and visible fingerprints. |

| |b. Analyze the morphology and types of hair, fibers, soil and glass. |

| |c. Evaluate how post mortem changes are used to determine probable time of death: |

| |Rigor Mortis |

| |Livor Mortis |

| |Algor Mortis |

| |d. Identify methods used for the evaluation of handwriting and document evidence. |

| |e. Determine the appropriate uses of chromatography and spectroscopy in evidence analysis. |

| |

|SFS3. Students will analyze the use of toxicology, serology, and DNA technology in forensic investigations. |

| |a. Classify toxins and their effects on the body. |

| |b. Compare the effects of alcohol on blood alcohol levels with regard to gender, and according to the law. |

| |c. Evaluate forensic techniques used to isolate toxins in the body. |

| |d. Differentiate the forensic techniques used to distinguish human and animal blood |

| |e. Analyze the physics of blood stain patterns. |

| |f. Compare short tandem repeat patterns (STR) and relate to identifying the DNA of an individual. |

| |g. Explain the use of the DNA database for DNA profiling. |

| |

|SFS4 Students will evaluate the role of ballistics, tool marks and evidence of arson in forensic investigation. |

| |a. Identify firearm lab tests used to distinguish the characteristics of ballistics and cartridge cases. |

| |b. Analyze the physics of ballistic trajectory to predict range of firing. |

| |c. Recognize the forensic significance of tool marks, footwear and tire impressions in an investigation. |

| |d. Evaluate possible indicators of arson and criminal bombing. |

| |

|SFS5 Students will evaluate the role of Forensics as it pertains to Medicolegal Death Investigation. |

| |a. Identify various causes of death (blunt force trauma, heart attack, bleeding, etc.). |

| |b. Analyze evidence that pertains to the manner of death (natural, homicide, suicide, accidental, or undetermined). |

|Unit |Standard(s) and Vocabulary |

|1: Intro to Forensics; |SFS1.Students will recognize and classify various types of evidence in relation to the definition and scope of Forensic Science. |

|History, Evidence, |a. Compare and contrast the history of scientific forensic techniques used in collecting and submitting evidence for admissibility in court |

|Crime Scene Overview |(e.g. Locard’s Exchange Principle, Frye standard, Daubert ruling). |

| |b. Distinguish and categorize physical and trace evidence (e.g. ballistics, drugs, fibers, fingerprints, glass, hair, metal, lip prints, |

|Block:2 weeks |soil, and toxins). |

| |c. Determine the proper techniques to search, isolate, collect,and record physical and trace evidence. |

| |d. Evaluate the relevance of possible evidence at the site of an investigation. |

| |e. Organize relevant information to accurately develop and submit both scene and analysis reports. |

| |_____________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: Frye standard, Federal Rules of Evidence, Daubert ruling, Locard’s Exchange Principle, Testimonial evidence, Trace evidence, |

| |Physical evidence, Crime scene, Rough sketch, Finished sketch, Chain of custody, Standard/reference samples, Identification, Comparison, |

| |Class characteristics, Individual characteristics, Reconstruction, Product Rule, probability |

|2: Fingerprinting, |SFS2.Students will use various scientific techniques to analyze physical and trace evidence. |

|Impression Evidence, and |a. Identify and utilize appropriate techniques used to lift and evaluate readable, latent, plastic and visible fingerprints. |

|soil |b. Analyze the morphology and types of hair, fibers, soil and glass. |

| |SFS4c. Recognize the forensic significance of tool marks, footwear and tire impressions in an investigation. |

|Block:2 weeks |_____________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: ridge patterns (arch, loop, whorl), minutiae, AFIS, Principles of Fingerprinting, latent print, plastic print, visible print |

|3: Hair and Fibers |SFS2.b. Analyze the morphology and types of hair, fibers, soil and glass. |

| |_____________________________________________________________________________ |

|Block:1 week |Vocabulary: Cuticle, Cortex, Medulla, Root, Shaft, Follicular tag, Natural fibers, Synthetic fibers, Medullary index, Nuclear DNA, |

| |Mitochondrial DNA, Stages of growth (anagen, catagen, telogen) |

|4: Blood Serology and |SFS3.Students will analyze the use of toxicology, serology, and DNA technology in forensic investigations. |

|Spatter |d. Differentiate the forensic techniques used to distinguish human and animal blood. |

| |e. Analyze the physics of blood stain patterns. |

|Block:2-3 weeks |_____________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: Agglutination, Antibody, Antigen, serology, BPA, Angle of impact, Satellite spatter, Precipitin test, Kastle-Meyer test, Luminol,|

| |Types of bloodstains (passive, projected, transfer), erythrocytes, thrombocytes, leukocytes |

|Midterm |Block: End of 1st 9 weeks |

| |Traditional: End of 1st semester |

|5: DNA |SFS3.Students will analyze the use of toxicology, serology, and DNA technology in forensic investigations. |

| |f. Compare short tandem repeat patterns (STR) and relate to identifying the DNA of an individual. |

|Block:2-3 weeks |g. Explain the use of the DNA database for DNA profiling |

| |_____________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA, CODIS, STR, PCR, RFLP, Alleles, Chromosome, Nucleotides, Tandem repeats, Electrophoresis, |

| |Restriction enzymes, Homozygous, Heterozygous |

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|7: Ballistics, arson, and |SFS4. Students will evaluate the role of ballistics, tool marks and evidence of arson in forensic investigation. |

|glass analysis |a. Identify firearm lab tests used to distinguish the characteristics of ballistics and cartridge cases. |

| |b. Analyze the physics of ballistic trajectory to predict range of firing. |

|Block:1 week |d. Evaluate possible indicators of arson and criminal bombing. |

| |SFS2.b. Analyze the morphology and types of hair, fibers, soil and glass. |

| |____________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: Gauge, Bore, Caliber, Greiss Test, Radial fracture, Concentric fracture, NIBIN, IBIS, Rifling, Lands, Grooves, Accelerant, |

| |Firing Pin, Cartridge, Bullet, SEM testing, Striations, Combustion |

|8: Death Investigation |SFS5.Students will evaluate the role of Forensics as it pertains to Medicolegal Death Investigation. |

| |a. Identify various causes of death (blunt force trauma, heart attack, bleeding, etc.). |

|Block:1.5 weeks |b. Analyze evidence that pertains to the manner of death (natural, homicide, suicide, accidental, or undetermined). |

| |SFS2.c.Evaluate how post mortem changes are used to determine probable time of death: |

| |Rigor mortis, Livor mortis, Algor mortis, Gastric contents |

| |_________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: Manner of death (accident, suicide, homicide, natural, undetermined), cause of death, Glaister formula, Pathology, Rigor mortis, |

| |Livor mortis, Algor mortis, Forensic anthropology, Forensic entomology, legal death, clinical death, coroner, medical examiner |

|9: Handwriting and |SFS2.d.Identify methods used for the evaluation of handwriting and document evidence. |

|Document Analysis | |

| |_________________________________________________________________________ |

|Block:1 week |Vocabulary: Erasure, Exemplar, Indented writings, Natural variations, Questioned document, |

| |Obliteration |

|6: Drugs and |SFS2.e. Determine the appropriate uses of chromatography and spectroscopy in evidence analysis. |

|Toxicology |SFS3. Students will analyze the use of toxicology, serology, and DNA technology in forensic investigations. |

| |Classify toxins and their effects on the body. |

|Block:2 weeks |Compare the effects of alcohol on blood alcohol levels with regard to gender, and according to the law. |

| |Evaluate forensic techniques used to isolate toxins in the body |

| |____________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: Depressant, Hallucinogen, Narcotic, Stimulant, Psychological dependence, Physiological Dependence, Toxicology, Chromatography (TLC and |

| |gas), Mass spectrometry, Infrared spectrophotometry, UV spectrophotometry, Schedule of drugs (I-V), Acid, Base, Pure substance, Mixture, BAC |

|7: Ballistics, arson, and |SFS4. Students will evaluate the role of ballistics, tool marks and evidence of arson in forensic investigation. |

|glass analysis |a. Identify firearm lab tests used to distinguish the characteristics of ballistics and cartridge cases. |

| |b. Analyze the physics of ballistic trajectory to predict range of firing. |

|Block:1 week |d. Evaluate possible indicators of arson and criminal bombing. |

| |SFS2.b. Analyze the morphology and types of hair, fibers, soil and glass. |

| |____________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: Gauge, Bore, Caliber, Greiss Test, Radial fracture, Concentric fracture, NIBIN, IBIS, Rifling, Lands, Grooves, Accelerant, |

| |Firing Pin, Cartridge, Bullet, SEM testing, Striations, Combustion |

|8: Death Investigation |SFS5.Students will evaluate the role of Forensics as it pertains to Medicolegal Death Investigation. |

| |a. Identify various causes of death (blunt force trauma, heart attack, bleeding, etc.). |

|Block:1.5 weeks |b. Analyze evidence that pertains to the manner of death (natural, homicide, suicide, accidental, or undetermined). |

| |SFS2.c.Evaluate how post mortem changes are used to determine probable time of death: |

| |Rigor mortis, Livor mortis, Algor mortis, Gastric contents |

| |_________________________________________________________________________ |

| |Vocabulary: Manner of death (accident, suicide, homicide, natural, undetermined), cause of death, Glaister formula, Pathology, Rigor mortis, |

| |Livor mortis, Algor mortis, Forensic anthropology, Forensic entomology, legal death, clinical death, coroner, medical examiner |

|9: Handwriting and |SFS2.d.Identify methods used for the evaluation of handwriting and document evidence. |

|Document Analysis | |

| |_________________________________________________________________________ |

|Block:1 week |Vocabulary: Erasure, Exemplar, Indented writings, Natural variations, Questioned document, |

| |Obliteration |

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